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Why we doubled down in 011h’s €25M Series-A to decarbonize European multi-family homes

by Patric Hellermann

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Vertical search for building materials

Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be the latest catch-all that venture capital investors are in love with - following “FBA...

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Some AEC-tech opportunities for 2023

I have a bit less time this week for a longer researched piece. Since we just kicked 2023 off, thought...

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The 2023 AEC design stack

In the past week we announced our new round in Snaptrude, which we were fortunate to co-lead alongside our friends...

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Software Unicorns in ConstructionTech

Last week I traded emails with a McKinsey Partner who counts global AEC software firms among his clients. He was...

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API-first in AEC

I’ve been seeing a few API-enabled startups in architecture and construction this year. Few of them API-first. We first partnered...

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Why architects make great founders

// this week deserves a different format - a love letter 💌  Dear architects, dear archi-founders: I think it is...

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Blue-collar 2.0

I prefer to start my AEC_VC posts with a “why now” trigger. This week, it would make sense to start...

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The construction wood crisis

It’s election time in several major economies. One of which is Brazil, which is home to one of the world’s...

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CO2 from buildings

I became quite fascinated by how eco-friendly wood in new construction is. For one, because we partnered with numerous founders...

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Mergers and acquisitions in AEC part deux

This is part deux of my look into the state of M&A in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) software in...

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Mergers and acquisitions in AEC

3 triggers that stimulated me last week to look deeper into M&A in AEC. First, various friends who work at...

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Anti-fragility in construction

Looking at our financial markets in early October 2022 is like riding one of these rollercoasters that take you up...

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Renovating air-gaps

The EU already had aggressive decarbonization targets for its homes before the war in Ukraine. With inflation ravaging due to...

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Why we doubled down in 011h's €25M Series-A to decarbonize European multi-family homes

Wood TF just happened ? Homes. Since the early dawn of man, we have tried to perfect the four walls...

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Speckle snags $5.5M seed to build open source platform for 3D drawings

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3D becomes FreeD - How Speckle unshackles the global 3D creator economy

The world runs on 3D 3D design. Somehow everyone seems to have an idea of what it is. But it’s...

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DIS/AGREED Episode #5: The future of construction marketplaces

In the fifth episode of our DIS/AGREED vodcast Patric Hellermann and Shubhankar Bhattacharya are discussing the future of construction marketplaces. comparing the various dynamics...

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Colombian E-Commerce Startup Tül Nabs $800 Million Valuation

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The future of construction marketplaces

What a start into 2022. Today news broke that our portfolio company Tül had completed its most recent growth round:...

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Investment Framework for AEC Tech Startups

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Construction Buy Now Pay Later - The Opportunity of the Decade?

BNPL: These 4 letters have dominated tech news the past few months. Headline after headline, funding round after funding round. ...

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Investors call it the 'Amazon of Construction'. Meet the builders of Infra.Market, the now $2.5 billion behemoth

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DIS/AGREED Episode #4: Why Construction SMBs are sleeping Superpowers?

In the fourth episode of our DIS/AGREED vodcast Patric Hellermann and Shubhankar Bhattacharya are debating on why Construction SMBs are sleeping...

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LMRE VC Spotlight - Patric Hellermann

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Infra.Market - The outlier writing a new playbook

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Can Fleet Management Platform LocoNav Become India’s Answer To IoT Unicorn Samsara?

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Fleet software startup LocoNav raises $37 million to expand in developing markets

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DIS/AGREED Episode #3: Global vs. Regional Players

In the third episode of our DIS/AGREED vodcast Patric Hellermann and Shubhankar Bhattacharya are debating the winners in construction. Who...

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The difference between ConstructionTech and PropTech – finally explained

We were asked many times since we started Foundamental 2.5 years ago: What is the difference between ConstructionTech and PropTech?...

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FARO Expands Digital Twin Product Suite – Acquires HoloBuilder Inc.

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Why every epic ending boosts ConstructionTech

Today we all learnt that a major ConstructionTech firm is allegedly about to close shop. It started with much fanfare...

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"Accelerating renovation for energy efficiency is vital"

Interview with Kristofer Fichtner Kristofer Fichtner is a serial entrepreneur and impact investor. With a background in information systems and...

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What's bigger this year? ConTech or PropTech? 4 insiders, 4 viewpoints.

We are four months into 2021. As the year-end holidays are approaching in big steps – time to do the...

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Procore Acquires Construction Artificial Intelligence Company, INDUS.AI

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3D-Printed California Community Shows The Technology’s Huge Potential For Home Construction

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“Supply chain transparency in mining is a tremendous opportunity”

Interview with Arnoud Balhuizen Arnoud Balhuizen knows the mining industry inside out. He has been with BHP for almost 25...

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DIS/AGREED Episode #2: Asset-heavy vs. Asset-light

In the second episode of our DIS/AGREED vodcast, Patric Hellermann and Shubhankar Bhattacharya are debating one of the hottest topics...

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A Wave Of Billion-Dollar Computer Vision Startups Is Coming

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“Complexity becomes an even bigger opportunity for architecture”

Interview with Prof. Dr. Benjamin Dillenburger “Digital Building Technologies” sounds to many people familiar with the construction industry like an...

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Foundamental becomes first construction tech investor with a unicorn in its portfolio

Berlin/San Francisco/Singapore, February 25, 2021 – Foundamental, the largest global investor in construction technology, today announced that Infra.Market, a technology...

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Infra.Market becomes India’s newest unicorn with $100 million fundraise

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Amidst Pandemic-Driven Urban Exodus, Welcome Homes Launches First Fully Digital Home Buying Experience, Bolstered by a $5.35M Seed Round

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Mighty Buildings Raises $40 Million For Sustainable, Certified 3D Printed Housing

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DIS/AGREED Episode #1: Warehousing in construction

In the first episode of our DIS/AGREED vodcast, we’ve put together our two biggest hitters, Patric Hellermann and Shubhankar Bhattacharya,...

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To fix the housing crisis, these designers drew inspiration from the Apple Store

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Time to dust off: 5 reasons why 2021 is the best time to build a tech company in construction

We all know that manufacturing, e-commerce, hospitality and many other industries have faced dramatic changes in the past 20 years....

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“Orchestrated supply chains are the key to unlock efficiency in the AEC industry”

Interview with Prof. Dr. Daniel Hall There aren’t many professorships specifically dedicated to innovative and industrial construction. Daniel Hall at...

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Infra.Market raises $20 million for its B2B marketplace in India

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Tech-for-wood: 011h raises €10m to build low-carbon wooden “smart buildings”

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The B2B Marketplace Stack

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Foundamental co-leads one of Europe's largest Seed rounds of 2020 for 011h

Barcelona/Berlin, December 14, 2020 – Foundamental, the largest global investor in construction technology, today announced that it has co-led a...

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Why Iron Man is the solution for one of construction's biggest problems

What may sound like a catchy title, is our argument for the use of exoskeletons in the built world. Well,...

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A tech orchestra is what construction needs

Don't we all share that romantic notion of a self-managed construction site, where planning and execution are seamlessly integrated and...

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“The belief that every building is unique has been an excuse not to industrialize construction”

Klaus Freiberg is an experienced blue chip CxO with a deep treasure trove of operator’s knowledge in the real estate...

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Text Message Interview with Mighty Buildings

In our text message interview, Sam Ruben, Co-Founder and Chief Sustainability Officer at Mighty Buildings, explains how they are solving the housing...

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How not to build an airport - lessons from an infrastructure disaster made in Germany

We don’t want to blame former US president Ronald Reagan. Still, in his famous Berlin speech in 1987, he not...

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“The whole sector is deeply undermanaged”

Stefan Kirsten is an industrial veteran with a background as a German blue chip CFO at companies like Metro Group,...

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SafeAI Teams Up with Obayashi for Autonomous Construction Pilot

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The case for solving construction CO2

Why tackling construction emissions is one of the biggest levers we have 'Our house is on fire.' That was the...

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If you are heads down, you should probably look up :)

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“There is no other sector that holds such a big lever for climate impact”

Gaurav Sant is a professor for civil and environmental engineering as well as materials science and engineering at the University...

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Building Smarter, Brick by Brick

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These cute backyard houses can be entirely 3D-printed

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From Passion to Calling: Why Jeremy Brown Moved to Germany to Pursue Venture Capital

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Why VC and data science is a love marriage

Would you believe anyone who says that data and digitisation doesn’t matter in their industry, because their domain is different?...

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Free the software stack!

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The Future of Blue-Collar Work

Most of us have been chilling , losing our mind, staying calm, operating as WFH professionals for the better part...

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What the NFL Draft teaches us about decisions for CO2 reduction in construction

I am a die-hard NFL and college football fan. When I am in Europe, I get up at 1.45am on...

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Construction & Workers’ Insurance: a triple threat scenario (lose-lose-lose)

We’ve become quite enamored with exoskeletons … if we’re being honest, ever since we saw Ripley dance toe-to-toe with Aliens...

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CO2 in Construction / The Uniqueness of the European Housing Stock

The benefits of being a global investor is that we see trends and themes across markets but also become market insiders of...

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CO2 in Construction / Not a plug & play game

On the route to a carbon neutral world, construction can’t be bypassed. Knowing that, we have to go down the...

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SafeAI secures funding from strategic investors Obayashi and Foundamental for its autonomous heavy equipment solutions

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Covid-19 vs. Construction

First of all, to our loyal subscribers: apologies for the clickbait title. I wish I could say it did not...

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The Future of Construction Supply Chains

At a recent panel discussion, one of my colleagues was asked how about a new and improved construction industry could...

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CO2 in construction / Highly relevant but often disregarded

Stating the obvious: we have been living on credit for decades. Since 1960 the per capita CO2 emissions have been...

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10 steps how we discover patterns across the global ConstructionTech markets

If you follow us regularly, you know: we are investing globally in construction technology and building materials technology. Part of...

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Bulldozing the digital chaos: Who will harvest vast data from Construction machinery?

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Ready-mix concrete dispatching / Filling knowledge gaps

Multiple sources claim that ready-mixed concrete (RMC) is the second most used substance after water. While we did not validate...

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Single family homes / Baking 1000 cookies with 1000 cookie-cutters

Marc Andreessen publicly claimed that “fully loaded construction costs [for end consumers] have doubled” since the year 2000. While the research...

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Pre-construction automation / Taming the code with code

With Foundamental we are investing under a clear thesis for the construction sector: we believe in autonomous supply chains in AEC. But...

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Automating construction / Why function follows form

In almost all discussions we had at Foundamental in 2019 with corporate partners and our newest LPs, the topic of robotics and...

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3D construction printing to date / Chasing product-segment fit

Up until very recently, ConstructionTech has remained a new and surging space in the eyes of many horizontal VCs. At Foundamental we are recently...

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Communication on construction sites / Supervisors are super-heroes

Since 1990, the real value added per construction labor hour has dropped by 23%. One fundamental reason is the opacity...

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Drivers in ready-mix concrete

Within Foundamental we saw early that deep insights into construction workflows are critical for founders and co-investors. Hence, we decided to do...

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Disputes in construction

In Foundamental we look at more than 70 deals of early-stage tech companies in the construction sector per month across Asia, North...

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The Future of Autonomous Vehicles

The hype around autonomous vehicles (AVs) is real. And, frankly, it should be. With billions of dollars being poured into AVs...

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