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[🔍 Did you know] The Construction Startup Competition has been a launching pad for nearly 3,000 startups to facilitate fundraising and gain notoriety in the industry. Check out the benefits of participating in the Construction Startup Competition 2024 ⬇️ and consider applying today! #CSC2024 #startups #investing #corporateventures #construction #cleantech #supplychain #productivity

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The most explosive stats from #ConstructionStartupCompetition2024 are here! 💥 The application period has wrapped up, and now investment experts from the 9 corporate giants – Cemex Ventures, Caterpillar Inc., Dysruptek, Ferrovial, Hilti Group, Leonard, NOVA by Saint-Gobain, Trimble Inc., & Zacua Ventures - are diving deep into each submission. Want to know which revolutionary technologies are catching their eye? 🔍 Here’s an exclusive preview of some key highlights from the startups that competed in the 8th edition: - Startups from +70 countries have applied - 38% of the technologies are related to Enhancing Productivity in construction - 29% of the solutions are in the Early Commercialization stage Caterpillar Inc.’s Greg Matthews shares 🗨️, "We look forward to seeing the participants’ pioneering solutions that will continue to take the construction industry to the next level.” Discover the rest of the impactful takeaways here 👉 https://lnkd.in/drdpxFjD

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Innovation is key.

Cemex's Construction Startup Competition 2024 has gone live today! 🌍 Do you have a transformative idea that will reshape the construction industry? Then Cemex wants to hear from you. As with last year, we are excited to be supporting Cemex Ventures to automate the application and screening process using Venture IQ’s platform Catalist. #BuildersOfTheFutureNow #constructiontech #innovation #startupchallenge

#fundingalert 💼Company: CemVision 💰Funding: €10 Million ⚡Round: Seed 👥Investors: Zacua Ventures, BackingMinds In 2020, Claes Kollberg, Paul Sandberg, and Marcus Olsson —all with experience in the cement industry—founded Cemvision, a Swedish startup. They are combining their vast industrial experience with their knowledge gained from scaling innovative technologies. Productivity can be boosted since Cemvision’s cement can build early strength up to five times faster than Portland. Three seasoned executives from established global cement companies created the business. Oscar Hållén Susanne Najafi Tobias Emanuelsson Read more - https://lnkd.in/gqxs29AW To share your startup story write us on - [email protected] #cemvision #swedishstartup #climatetech #cementindustry #co2emission #funidng #startupnews #startupfunding #fundingnews #news

Sustainable construction is not a lofty thingumajig. It's happening. But it feeds on genuine innovation and partnerships.

Is there a market for ConstructionTech in Europe? How can startups scale in a fragmented market and what might be future exit opportunities in this vertical? The answer is a resounding YES! The construction industry in Europe is ripe for transformation, driven by the pressing needs for sustainability and solutions to the skilled labor shortage. Innovation is not just desired—it's essential. This was confirmed by the panel of strategic partners and investors attracting a large crowd of startups, investors and stakeholders along the construction value chain during the BuiltWorlds Summit Paris hosted by VINCI / Leonard. Having Holcim and other large multinationals along the construction value chain with well proven open innovation formats of international corporations such as Holcim MAQER Ventures help to validate innovative solutions and to scale internationally in a decentralized market. Get in touch with us if you want to maQe an impact! A big thank you to the Leonard team for uniting the ecosystem and to my panelist colleagues, Colleen Schutte, Thomas Le Diouron, Guillaume Bazouin and Louis COTTIN, for their insightful contributions. #ConstructionTech #Innovation #Sustainability #Startups #Investors #ConstructionIndustry