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Our library of thoughts about everything AECS-Tech, spanning design, construction, renovation, blue-collar and robotics, B2B marketplaces, supply chains and logistics. Plus the occasional sneak peeks into the Foundamental family life.

Practical Nerds

The latest in venture and technology in the real world, from construction-tech to design-tech. Two early-stage investors shooting the breeze about startups, founders and venture funding. We talk about design, construction, renovation, blue-collar, robotics and supply chains. Hosted by Patric Hellermann and Shub Bhattacharya, General Partners at Foundamental

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Reflections of a VC in AEC technology (architecture, engineering and construction-tech). What fascinated me last week.

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The Foundamentary

In what might be a world premiere - a VC firm allowing an external documentary team inside - Foundamental’s General Partners sit down with the Bricks & Bytes Documentary team for an unfiltered view into our ‘kitchen’.

From Foundamental’s unique origin story, over controversial takes on the future of AECS and venture, to the philosophies powering Foundamental’s decisions and portfolio success, this documentary series offers a first-of-its-kind behind the scenes access to the people, strategies, and hard-earned learnings of Foundamental.

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Covering a spectrum of verticals on construction, 3D and design, including renovation, blue-collar workforce and robotics, supply chains and logistics.

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If you ever get exhausted by our takes on the real world, here’s what the real world says about itself.

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Lun is in a mad rush to help heat-pump installers decarbonize homes
Helping fitting more heat pumps is what Lun hopes to do by building a platform for tradespeople — which it dubs an installation “operating system” — to provide them with “full stack” support.
Press
Europe
Decarb the Real World
Truck drivers
Road Freight is extremely relevant to our economy. 77% of freight transported in the EU is carried by trucks. That leads to about 6.2 million trucks circulating through the EU.
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Europe
Workforce | Blue-Collar
Why construction cost are becoming a societal issue
The European Central Bank raised interest rates a few weeks ago again, bringing the main lending rate to 3% and further closing the gap to the Federal Reserve.
AEC_VC
Markets Observatory
Jumba, a Kenyan startup simplifying sourcing of construction supplies, raises $4.5M
Jumba has secured clients in major regions of the East African country, a tell-tale of the growth it has experienced over the last 10 months.
Press
Africa
Supply | Marketplaces
Construction-trash talk (or: the problem with circular construction materials)
Last week I had mentioned that we are running out of rocks and crushed stone to use in construction. I dug deeper on how recycling and circularity of construction & demolition waste (CD&W) might or might not help fix the raw material shortage we are running into.
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Europe
Decarb the Real World
Sequoia Capital backs cross-border payments startup Tazapay
Tazapay was created to combine both card and real-time payment methods as a full-stack service for merchants who sell across borders, so they only need to use one payment platform.
Press
Asia-Pacific
The Financial Stack
Hidden truths in construction (for outsiders)
Had a chat with a founding team last week who provided a sharp observation: “Construction is full of these hidden billion-dollar problems”.
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Markets Observatory
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 aggregators” in 2020, “Web3” in 2021 or some fundamentally stupid “climate” stuff that also got backed in 2022.
AEC_VC
Markets Observatory
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 at Accel.
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North America
Design | CAD | 2D | 3D
From cloud computing to constru-tech: DigitalOcean co-founders raise $29M for Welcome Homes
When Alec Hartman first decided he wanted a house after his first child was born several years ago, he was surprised by the lack of options.
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North America
Supply | Marketplaces
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