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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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Covid vs. Construction: 10 stunning facts
When panic and pandemic are used interchangeably — it’s time for facts and logic.
Articles
Markets Observatory
The Future of Construction Supply Chains (2020)
At a recent panel discussion, one of my colleagues was asked how about a new and improved construction industry could deal with the global challenges of uncertainties in costs, and uncertainties with….you know…the Coronavirus situation (Sure, why not?)
Articles
Supply | Marketplaces
CO2 in construction: Highly relevant but often disregarded
Stating the obvious: we have been living on credit for decades. Since 1960 the per capita CO2 emissions have been growing by 55%.
Articles
Decarb the Real World
How we discover patterns across the global ConTech markets
why we choose to be global VC investors is that it puts us in the position to identify patterns and indicators for emerging investment trends across markets.
Articles
Inside Foundamental
Bulldozing the digital chaos: Who will harvest vast data from Construction machinery?
This 5-part article speculates on current state of Construction equipment IoT. There remains a conundrum faced by many Construction related product and innovation managers, who at the same time are curious and anxious to see a rise in IoT use cases yet remain frustrated by the continued fragmentation.
Press
Robotics | Hard-Tech
Ready-mix concrete dispatching: Filling knowledge gaps
Ready-mix concrete is a quasi-commodity and its production not a state secret. But: the devil is in the delivery.
Articles
Supply | Marketplaces
The Future Of Autonomous Vehicles: Off-Highway Sites
The hype around autonomous vehicles (AVs) is real. And, frankly, it should be. With billions of dollars being poured into AVs annually (a whopping $4.2B invested in the first 3 quarters of 2018), we’d be concerned if there wasn’t a hype.
Articles
Robotics | Hard-Tech
Disputes in construction: No matter how thick you slice it, there will always be two sides
In Foundamental we look at more than 70 deals of early-stage tech companies in the construction sector per month across Asia, North America and Europe.
Articles
Markets Observatory
Drivers in ready-mix concrete: Over-utilized but under-valued
Mixer drivers matter. A lot. The US ready-mix industry employs 75’000 drivers across ca. 5’600 plants. Drivers make up 56% of the entire US ready-mix workforce.
Articles
Workforce | Blue-Collar
3D construction printing: Chasing product-segment fit
Contech is gaining traction with top-tier horizontal VCs - more leading firms are now reaching out and beginning to formulate in-house theses on our sector.
Articles
Robotics | Hard-Tech
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