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Tangible wants to scale up construction decarbonization
The Tangible platform has been designed to support sustainability and development managers who use it as a tool to find low-carbon materials, drawn primarily from global environmental product declarations.
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Decarb the Real World
How Commercial Interior Firms Use Snaptrude for Seamless Design Collaboration
Collaboration serves as a cornerstone of Building Information Modeling (BIM). By uniting clients and design teams on a unified platform, we can foster more efficient communication, ultimately enhancing design outcomes and guaranteeing fast project completion. Consequently, real-time multi-user collaboration (akin to Figma) represents a crucial advancement for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. Snaptrude facilitates this seamless collaboration.
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The 3D design stack is under attack: Part 2 ─ Where we see the biggest attack vectors currently
A month ago, I wrote Part 1 of my public thesis why I believe the 3D design stack is under attack. Starting with why the incumbents actually have a problem in the first place.
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Energy audits for buildings
While the initiative has its merits, and is commendable from a carbon reduction perspective – it leaves many building owners in Germany (B2C and B2B) with a lot of uncertainty what it might mean for them.
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Europe
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Home energy assessment startup Enter raises €19.4M Series A to expand in Germany and beyond
Homeowners complete a digital survey, then get an assessment of the energy status of their building, and suggestions on how to reduce their outgoings. It also takes care of the appropriate subsidy applications for renovations.
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Europe
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Financial Operating Systems for SMB contractors in Europe
Almost all vertical operating systems start with a best-in-class wedge product that creates a system of record around the foundational customer unit.
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Europe
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Graneet raises $8.7 million for its vertical SaaS for construction companies
French startup Graneet is building an all-in-one software-as-a-service product focused on small construction companies. And it has grown quite a lot since I first covered the company, as the company has tripled its revenue over the past six months.
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The 3D design stack is under attack: Part 1 ─ Why incumbents have a huge problem in 10 pictures
Over the next weeks, I will be sharing a series of posts explaining our view why the 3D design stack is not just ripe for disruption – but why it is already in the middle of it – and what our thesis is.
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Lun Energy Raises $11.2M in Seed Funding
Led by CEO Martin Collignon, and COO Anders Valentin, Lun is building a software solution that allow tradespeople to sell, plan and install heat pumps with fewer truck rolls.
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Europe
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Scaling heat pumps - and why it’s about design and workflow software
One of our super exciting young bets of the last year had been Lun, who today announced a new €10M round with Norrsken, Lowercarbon and Partech, which they raised ultra quickly on the back of assembling one of the best management teams in the space in Europe and executing a super unique product (more on that below).
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