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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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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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CO2 in Construction: The Uniqueness of the European Housing Stock
The benefits of being a global investor is that we see trends and themes across markets but also become market insiders of what differentiates these markets from each other.
Articles
Decarb the Real World
CO2 in Construction: Not a plug & play game
Knowing that, we have to go down the rabbit hole to find the drivers of CO2 emissions and identify ways to avoid these emissions. Spoiler alert: it’s not as easy as plugging out conventionally generated electricity and plugging in renewables.
Articles
Decarb the Real World
SafeAI secures funding for its autonomous heavy equipment solutions
SafeAI, a company that retrofits heavy equipment for autonomous applications in the mining and construction industries, is announcing a strategic investment from Obayashi Corporation, one of Japan’s largest construction companies, and Foundamental, the global investor in construction and mining technology.
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North America
Robotics | Hard-Tech
Single family homes: Baking 1000 cookies with 1000 cookie-cutters
Marc Andreessen publicly claimed that “fully loaded construction costs [for end consumers] have doubled” since the year 2000. While the research wizards in our Foundamental Insights group couldn’t corroborate the exact number Marc was referring to, we did triangulate with primary research done by the NAHB and US Census Bureau.
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North America
Markets Observatory
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 ConstructionTech markets
Part of the reason why we choose to be global, cross-border VC investors is that it puts us in the position to identify patterns and indicators for emerging investment trends across the 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.
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Supply | Marketplaces
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