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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

Practical Nerds Podcast

AEC_VC

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

AEC_VC Content

Stacking Atoms

"Stacking Atoms" is a series by Foundamental that explores construction's unique processes, hidden workflows, and unwritten rules across different segments and global markets. We don't aim to perfectly describe every detail, but rather to spotlight insights that help founders and innovators connect with construction experts around relevant workflows, removing unknown-unknowns and providing terminology that bridges innovation and industry expertise.

The Daily Blueprint

The Daily Blueprint is Foundamental's daily newsletter covering everything AEC tech globally — from startup funding and M&A to product launches, partnerships, regulation shifts, and industry trends across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas. It's the daily signal on what's shaping the future of how we design, build, and operate the real world, while most competitors focus solely on the US market.

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.

Articles

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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VARM secures Pre-Seed funding to accelerate home insulation
The company is on a mission to drive household decarbonisation by making it faster, easier, and more affordable for homeowners to insulate buildings’ cavity walls and roofs.
Press
Europe
Decarb the Real World
The State of Constru-Tech in Q4 2023
The construction technology (Constru-Tech) sector has now surpassed $30 billion in total venture capital funding raised (even excluding former unicorn Katerra).
AEC_VC
Markets Observatory
Rayon, 2D vs. 3D, and the Future of Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Rayon revolutionizes Building Information Modeling (BIM) with a cloud-based, multiplayer design tool for the AEC industry. It replaces outdated PDFs and CAD files with real-time 2D design editing in the browser. Discover how BIM software is evolving
Practical Nerds
Design | CAD | 2D | 3D
Rayon: A Design Software Revolutionizing Collaboration for Efficient Project Development
The innovative online design tool that aims to create a new collaborative approach to developing "mundane buildings" within the city, has been selected as part of ArchDaily's 2023 Best New Practices
Press
Europe
Design | CAD | 2D | 3D
Rayon is a collaborative design tool for architects and designers
A relatively new French startup called Rayon wants to apply the Figma formula to another sector — the architecture, engineering and construction industries.
Press
Europe
Design | CAD | 2D | 3D
Net-Profitability in Constru-Tech
013 | Net-profitability in Constru-Tech startups - Achievable and desirable | Why and how founders in AEC get net-profitability done | Net-profitable venture examples in AEC
Practical Nerds
Frameworks | Models
PowerUs secures 24M in Series B financing round
PowerUs raised €24M for its career platform for electronics technicians and plant mechanics from Eurazeo, General Catalyst, Headline and HV Capital.
Press
Europe
Workforce | Blue-Collar
Mighty Buildings raises 52M for 3D printed prefab homes
The new round values Mighty Buildings at $300M-$350M and brings total raised to $150M.
Press
North America
Robotics | Hard-Tech
Indian Constru-Tech landscape
012 | Indian Constru-Tech landscape | First-gen Constru-Tech's vs. the next-generation
Practical Nerds
Asia-Pacific
Markets Observatory
B2B marketplaces for building materials factories
011 | Building materials factories | Wildfires v. the built-world - and a generational founding opportunity in it | Our climate-tech hot takes
Practical Nerds
Supply | Marketplaces
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