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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.

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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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The Future of construction marketplaces
What a start into 2022. Today news broke that Tül had completed it's most recent growth round: $181M on an $800M post.
Articles
Latin America
Supply | Marketplaces
Construction Buy Now Pay Later - The Opportunity of the Decade, Or Perhaps Not?
BNPL: These 4 letters have dominated tech news the past few months. Headline after headline, funding round after funding round.
Articles
The Financial Stack
Investors call it the 'Amazon of Construction'. Meet the builders of Infra.Market, the now $2.5 billion behemoth
In its audacious bid to disrupt the fossilised real estate and constructions industry with its innovative business model, Infra.Market—the B2B online infra procurement platform—gets deeper with its retail play. Will the aggressive gambit pay off?
Press
Asia-Pacific
Supply | Marketplaces
Investors call it the 'Amazon of Construction'. Meet the builders of Infra.Market, the now $2.5 billion behemoth
In its audacious bid to disrupt the fossilised real estate and constructions industry with its innovative business model, Infra.Market—the B2B online infra procurement platform—gets deeper with its retail play. Will the aggressive gambit pay off?
Press
Asia-Pacific
Supply | Marketplaces
Can startups build a better construction industry?
Construction’s productivity has only grown 1% in the last two decades. This alongside evolving climate policies and the pandemic forcing new ways of working presents a golden opportunity for startups to dig into construction’s challenges.
Press
Europe
Markets Observatory
dis/agreed: Why Construction SMBs are sleeping Superpowers?
In this episode of our dis/agreed vodcast Patric Hellermann and Shubhankar Bhattacharya are debating on why Construction SMBs are sleeping Superpowers?
Podcast
Markets Observatory
Graneet thinks construction companies should switch from Excel to its tool
Meet Graneet, a French startup that just raised a $2.8 million seed round led by Point Nine and Foundamental. Graneet is a vertical software-as-a-service startup focused on the construction industry and the myriad small and medium companies in this industry specifically.
Press
Europe
The Financial Stack
How Brick & Bolt is reimagining the messy world of construction with technology
Armed with a BTech degree in civil engineering from IIT-Roorkee, Jayesh teamed up with his sister’s son, Arpit, 34, who holds a BTech degree in computer science, and together they launched Brick&Bolt in January 2018.
Press
Asia-Pacific
Supply | Marketplaces
LMRE VC Spotlight - Patric Hellermann
Foundamental is the largest global investor in construction technology. Backed by some of the world’s largest construction and materials companies, the team give experts privileged access to deep sector knowledge across markets.
Press
Europe
Inside Foundamental
Logistics startup Wiz Freight gets $3.5 mn in seed funding
The company offers door-to-door multimodal logistics solutions to its customers.
Press
Asia-Pacific
Supply | Marketplaces
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