Tag: StartUp
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Construction Startup Competition taps 2025 contech finalists
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: After narrowing down hundreds of submissions from burgeoning contech firms, the Construction Startup Competition has selected 2025 finalists for its top awards, according to an Oct. 22 announcement from Cemex. The construction material manufacturer’s venture…
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Construction Startup Competition 2025 Winners Announced
The Construction Startup Competition 2025 has just revealed its 13 winners, representing the next generation of construction technology innovators from around the globe. Organized by industry heavyweights, including Cemex Ventures, Caterpillar, Dysruptek by Haskell, Ferrovial, Hilti, Leonard by VINCI, NOVA by Saint-Gobain, Trimble, and Zacua Ventures, the competition continues to be a leading force in…
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Robotic software startup FieldAI lands $405M in fresh funding
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Irvine, California-based FieldAI, a startup that focuses on physical artificial intelligence for robots, has raised $405 million across two consecutive funding rounds, the company announced on Aug. 20, as builders look for proven tech solutions…
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Boost for straw bale construction as startup enters UK market
Adrian Crosson, Irish director and general manager at Ecological Building Systems, said: “From the beginning, Ecological has focused on low embodied carbon solutions that are durable, purpose-fit for the UK and Ireland, and supported by expert technical guidance, from design through to construction. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Startup JetZero to build $4.7B factory in North Carolina
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Aerospace startup JetZero unveiled plans on Thursday to build its first manufacturing and assembly facility in Greensboro, North Carolina as it looks to break into commercial aerospace production. The $4.7 billion plant is expected to…
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Start-up lowdown: Surfaice – Construction Management
Do you want a project manager that never sleeps, forgets or misses a deadline? If so, perhaps Surfaice was made for you. Surfaice co-founder and COO Omar Zhan gives BIMplus the lowdown on the project management platform for repeatable construction. BIMplus: Let’s have your elevator pitch – how does your technology help those in the built environment?…
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Asphalt Plant Seasonal Start-Up Best Practices
Before he passed away, my grandfather used to say, “Machines are meant to run.” He spent his life working as a mechanic for several factories and metal shops in Northeast Ohio, and, eventually, he ended his career working at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. He basically had a full machine shop in his garage,…
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Construction Startup Competition 2023 Launched
Cemex Ventures, Cemex’s corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, kicks off its Construction Startup Competition 2023, which is the biggest competition in the construction industry for startups. The application phase for the competition will be open until July 2, 2023. Cemex Ventures is joined in its 7th Competition edition by prominent leaders such as…
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Introducing the Gold Medalists of the Construction Startup Competition
The 2022 Construction Startup Competition winners presented their solutions at the Pitchday during Procore´s Groundbreak conference in New Orleans. Of the eight winners, Automatic Construction, Carbon Limit, Exodigo, and Soil Connect took home the gold medals in their category. I had a chance to chat with their teams after the results were announced. Automatic Construction The startup has devised…
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The Construction Startup Competition – An Interview with Ibon Iribar
The Construction Startup Competition 2022 allowed innovative teams from around the globe to showcase their solutions to leading industry developers and investors. I sat down with Ibon Iribar of CEMEX Ventures to discuss the competition and its value to the industry. Ibon Iribar is an investment and open innovation advisor at CEMEX Ventures. The company organized the…