Foundamental GmbH, established in 2018, is a Berlin-based venture capital firm with additional offices in San Francisco and Singapore. The company specializes in investing in early-stage technology companies operating in the construction, mining, and related sectors, such as real estate technology and supply chain logistics. Foundamental has a global investment focus, targeting companies in Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, and Africa. The firm is known for being an early partner to ambitious founders, leading pre-seed, seed, and Series-A rounds, and reserving a significant portion of its funds for follow-on investments. With a diverse team background in technology, venture capital, and industrial operations, Foundamental provides deep understanding and support to its portfolio companies, aiming to build the next legendary technology companies in the real world.
GreenFortune is an Indian company specializing in window and door systems. It offers a tech-driven approach, combining global manufacturing expertise from India, Germany, and Japan, with a dedicated Design and Technical Services team. The company is renowned for delivering high-quality products at affordable prices, making it a preferred choice for both fabricators and customers. GreenFortune's international investors from Japan and Singapore support its strategic partnerships and commitment to enhancing efficiency in the construction industry through its technology platform.
Infra.Market
Series F in 2025
Infra.Market is a construction solutions company that operates a centralized online procurement marketplace for the construction materials industry. It offers a comprehensive range of products, including cement, steel, and chemicals, to meet diverse construction needs. By leveraging technology, Infra.Market simplifies the procurement and logistics processes, providing clients with an efficient platform that aggregates demands and matches them with its supply chain. The company also emphasizes affordability by offering credit options and enhancing delivery tracking capabilities, thereby delivering a streamlined experience for businesses in the real estate and construction sectors. Through innovation and technology, Infra.Market is transforming the construction materials ecosystem.
Speckle
Series A in 2024
Speckle is a collaborative data hub that connects various tools within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sectors, aiming to enhance global project delivery. The company offers an open-source digital infrastructure that facilitates automation in design, engineering, and construction processes. Its cloud-based platform provides a set of connectors that allow users to curate design data and access multiple data streams for advanced querying. This infrastructure addresses interoperability challenges between different software systems and supports real-time collaboration, data management, versioning, and automation. By enabling clients to coordinate effectively and gather insights on project data, Speckle seeks to streamline workflows in a traditionally fragmented industry.
Monumental
Seed Round in 2024
Monumental automates on-site construction with robotics and software.
PermitFlow
Seed Round in 2023
PermitFlow is a construction permit application and management platform that focuses on simplifying and expediting the process of obtaining construction permits in the United States. By providing a comprehensive software solution, PermitFlow enables builders, contractors, architects, developers, and property owners to manage the entire permitting process, including research, application preparation, submission, and monitoring. The platform standardizes the building permit submittal process across municipalities, ensuring efficient navigation through complex regulations and paperwork. With nationwide coverage and expertise in local municipal requirements, PermitFlow facilitates permitting for projects in single or multiple jurisdictions, thereby unlocking greater value within the $1.6 trillion construction market. The company is a graduate of the Y Combinator W22 program.
Graneet
Series A in 2023
Graneet is a developer of a management platform tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises in the construction industry. The platform provides users with real-time access to key performance indicators, enhancing their ability to manage projects effectively. By automating financial and administrative monitoring, Graneet enables clients to improve their margin rates and streamline their operations. The platform assists users in automating various tasks, processing business opportunities, generating invoices, and managing payments, thereby reducing the likelihood of errors and increasing overall efficiency.
Latii
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Latii is a producer and supplier of building materials, specializing in windows and doors, structural steel, metal, casting, and fastening products. The company also operates a cloud-based supply chain platform designed to streamline the sourcing of technology for construction precision parts. This platform includes features for reviewing projects, obtaining free quotes, and managing documents, all aimed at enhancing quality and efficiency in the construction industry. Through these offerings, Latii supports various aspects of construction, ensuring that businesses have access to reliable materials and innovative solutions for their projects.
Jumba
Seed Round in 2023
Jumba is a construction technology platform based in Nairobi, Kenya, established in 2022. The company focuses on streamlining B2B construction material purchases and financing, facilitating transactions between manufacturers and retailers. Jumba's platform enables businesses to order a variety of construction materials, including cement, steel, paint, tiles, plumbing supplies, electrical components, glass, and kitchen and bathroom finishes, with the option to pay later. By connecting small hardware stores with medium-sized retailers in their vicinity, Jumba helps enhance inventory management and negotiates pricing to simplify the supply chain for construction materials across Africa.
CalcTree
Pre Seed Round in 2022
CalcTree is a developer of a calculation management platform designed to enhance collaboration among engineering teams by integrating designs and calculations. The platform addresses the inefficiencies and complexities inherent in traditional engineering design and construction processes, which often involve multiple disciplines such as architecture and civil, mechanical, electrical, and geotechnical engineering. By adopting a building information model, CalcTree helps clients minimize time and errors in their projects, ensuring that all data sets are connected and easily accessible. This approach not only streamlines workflows but also reduces the fragmentation of information, providing a more organized and efficient environment for engineering professionals.
Welcome Homes
Series A in 2022
Welcome Homes is an online platform designed to simplify the home building process for buyers. By streamlining various stages, including land selection, customization, financing, and construction, it allows users to manage their home-building journey entirely online. This approach transforms home buyers into home builders, providing a seamless and price-transparent experience. Welcome Homes aims to help individuals save time and ensure they can create a beautifully designed home in their preferred location.
Prolance
Seed Round in 2022
Prolance operates a business-to-business software-as-a-service platform that streamlines the interior design process by leveraging automation and aggregation. The platform is designed to enhance accuracy and efficiency in executing interior projects, helping to eliminate errors and prevent cost escalations. By providing essential support for material supply and manufacturing, Prolance ensures predictability for interior design companies and freelancers. This focus on simplifying project execution contributes to a more effective workflow within the interior business sector.
011h
Series A in 2022
011h Sustainable Construction SL is a construction company based in Barcelona, Spain, established in 2020. It focuses on sustainable building development, employing advanced design and technology to create a new approach to construction. The company constructs various types of buildings for residential and other purposes, providing a comprehensive range of services including design, procurement, manufacturing, and construction. Additionally, 011h offers digital support for property operation and maintenance, aiming to deliver buildings more efficiently and affordably while prioritizing the well-being of people and the environment.
Werk
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Werk is building a global blue-collar migration hub for skilled construction workers - jobs, relocation, community. Our community connects migrants across Europe and Asia and gives them a tool for supporting and upskilling each other.
Speckle
Seed Round in 2022
Speckle is a collaborative data hub that connects various tools within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sectors, aiming to enhance global project delivery. The company offers an open-source digital infrastructure that facilitates automation in design, engineering, and construction processes. Its cloud-based platform provides a set of connectors that allow users to curate design data and access multiple data streams for advanced querying. This infrastructure addresses interoperability challenges between different software systems and supports real-time collaboration, data management, versioning, and automation. By enabling clients to coordinate effectively and gather insights on project data, Speckle seeks to streamline workflows in a traditionally fragmented industry.
Cottage
Series A in 2022
Cottage operates a managed marketplace focused on addressing housing affordability by facilitating the construction of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). The company offers a software platform that connects homeowners with contractors, streamlining the planning, financing, building, and renting processes for ADUs. By enabling homeowners to design and manage their projects online, Cottage ensures a seamless experience while providing access to a curated selection of contractors for project delivery.
PermitFlow
Venture Round in 2022
PermitFlow is a construction permit application and management platform that focuses on simplifying and expediting the process of obtaining construction permits in the United States. By providing a comprehensive software solution, PermitFlow enables builders, contractors, architects, developers, and property owners to manage the entire permitting process, including research, application preparation, submission, and monitoring. The platform standardizes the building permit submittal process across municipalities, ensuring efficient navigation through complex regulations and paperwork. With nationwide coverage and expertise in local municipal requirements, PermitFlow facilitates permitting for projects in single or multiple jurisdictions, thereby unlocking greater value within the $1.6 trillion construction market. The company is a graduate of the Y Combinator W22 program.
Kompozite
Seed Round in 2022
Kompozite operates a digital platform designed to enhance the construction industry's efficiency and sustainability by accelerating the decarbonization process. The platform aggregates comprehensive material data and automatically generates optimized construction solutions tailored to the specific needs of its users. It features an extensive material library, integrates technical and environmental data, and calculates and assigns carbon values. By providing a collaborative and user-friendly interface, the platform facilitates the transition to low-carbon practices in building construction and renovation, supporting clients in making informed, environmentally conscious decisions.
Graneet
Seed Round in 2021
Graneet is a developer of a management platform tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises in the construction industry. The platform provides users with real-time access to key performance indicators, enhancing their ability to manage projects effectively. By automating financial and administrative monitoring, Graneet enables clients to improve their margin rates and streamline their operations. The platform assists users in automating various tasks, processing business opportunities, generating invoices, and managing payments, thereby reducing the likelihood of errors and increasing overall efficiency.
1Build
Series A in 2021
1build, Inc. is a software company that specializes in converting building blueprints into material shopping lists and cost estimates. Established in 2019 and based in Mountain View, California, 1build offers an innovative platform that automates cost estimation for construction companies, enhancing pricing accuracy and predictability in a dynamic market. By leveraging advanced algorithms and a comprehensive API that analyzes millions of data points, the platform standardizes construction project pricing, enabling builders to manage the pre-construction process efficiently—from plan uploads to bid submissions. This functionality allows clients, particularly those in wood and metal framing, insulation, and drywall contracting, to focus on execution while improving their bidding success and maximizing profits.
Juno
Series A in 2021
Juno Residential, Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, focused on the development of residential apartments. Established in 2018, Juno Residential specializes in creating prefabricated housing solutions that prioritize environmental sustainability. The company employs innovative prefabrication techniques and utilizes organic, low-carbon materials such as mass timber to construct modern and curated living spaces. By offering these eco-friendly and efficient housing alternatives, Juno aims to address the growing demand for sustainable residential options.
Yojak
Seed Round in 2021
Yojak operates India's first B2B managed marketplace focused on finishing building materials, aiming to enhance business opportunities for retailers and manufacturers. The platform facilitates the online buying and selling of building materials, connecting a nationwide network of verified buyers and sellers. It offers competitive pricing, quality products, and a diverse range of options while ensuring a streamlined supply chain and fulfillment process. By partnering directly with manufacturers, Yojak provides a comprehensive value proposition that encompasses product discovery, delivery, and financing, ultimately enabling both manufacturers and retailers to engage in more efficient transactions. The company's long-term vision is to create a complete ecosystem for building materials that addresses global demand.
Infra.Market
Series C in 2021
Infra.Market is a construction solutions company that operates a centralized online procurement marketplace for the construction materials industry. It offers a comprehensive range of products, including cement, steel, and chemicals, to meet diverse construction needs. By leveraging technology, Infra.Market simplifies the procurement and logistics processes, providing clients with an efficient platform that aggregates demands and matches them with its supply chain. The company also emphasizes affordability by offering credit options and enhancing delivery tracking capabilities, thereby delivering a streamlined experience for businesses in the real estate and construction sectors. Through innovation and technology, Infra.Market is transforming the construction materials ecosystem.
Mighty Buildings
Series B in 2021
Mighty Buildings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in the manufacture of 3D printed custom homes. Utilizing advanced construction technology, the company employs 3D printing, robotics, and automation to create modular homes that aim to disrupt the residential housing market. Mighty Buildings has developed a proprietary building material known as Light Stone Material (LSM), which mimics synthetic stone and provides advantages such as faster construction, zero waste, and improved thermal regulation compared to traditional materials like concrete, wood, or steel. The company's innovative approach focuses on producing prefabricated, environmentally friendly, and climate-resilient homes, thereby facilitating smart urban development and making housing more affordable.
011h
Seed Round in 2020
011h Sustainable Construction SL is a construction company based in Barcelona, Spain, established in 2020. It focuses on sustainable building development, employing advanced design and technology to create a new approach to construction. The company constructs various types of buildings for residential and other purposes, providing a comprehensive range of services including design, procurement, manufacturing, and construction. Additionally, 011h offers digital support for property operation and maintenance, aiming to deliver buildings more efficiently and affordably while prioritizing the well-being of people and the environment.
Infra.Market
Series B in 2020
Infra.Market is a construction solutions company that operates a centralized online procurement marketplace for the construction materials industry. It offers a comprehensive range of products, including cement, steel, and chemicals, to meet diverse construction needs. By leveraging technology, Infra.Market simplifies the procurement and logistics processes, providing clients with an efficient platform that aggregates demands and matches them with its supply chain. The company also emphasizes affordability by offering credit options and enhancing delivery tracking capabilities, thereby delivering a streamlined experience for businesses in the real estate and construction sectors. Through innovation and technology, Infra.Market is transforming the construction materials ecosystem.
Infra.Market
Series B in 2020
Infra.Market is a construction solutions company that operates a centralized online procurement marketplace for the construction materials industry. It offers a comprehensive range of products, including cement, steel, and chemicals, to meet diverse construction needs. By leveraging technology, Infra.Market simplifies the procurement and logistics processes, providing clients with an efficient platform that aggregates demands and matches them with its supply chain. The company also emphasizes affordability by offering credit options and enhancing delivery tracking capabilities, thereby delivering a streamlined experience for businesses in the real estate and construction sectors. Through innovation and technology, Infra.Market is transforming the construction materials ecosystem.
Stealth
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Optimizing construction supply chains and warehousing.
reINVENT
Series A in 2020
reINVENT innovation GmbH is a Munich-based company that develops software solutions tailored for the construction industry. Its platform aims to enhance communication and planning processes by connecting all key participants throughout the construction and warranty phases. By digitizing communication, data transfer, and documentation, reINVENT seeks to streamline operations for architects, developers, contractors, and project developers. This centralized platform integrates various aspects of project management, customer management, finance, and construction site management, ultimately enabling stakeholders to achieve significant cost and time savings. Through its innovative approach, reINVENT addresses the challenges of a traditionally under-digitized sector, facilitating more efficient collaboration among all parties involved in construction projects.
Juno
Seed Round in 2020
Juno Residential, Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, focused on the development of residential apartments. Established in 2018, Juno Residential specializes in creating prefabricated housing solutions that prioritize environmental sustainability. The company employs innovative prefabrication techniques and utilizes organic, low-carbon materials such as mass timber to construct modern and curated living spaces. By offering these eco-friendly and efficient housing alternatives, Juno aims to address the growing demand for sustainable residential options.
Novade
Series B in 2020
Novade, established in 2013 and based in Singapore, specializes in construction management software. It offers a platform that digitizes and automates site processes such as quality control, safety management, progress tracking, workforce management, and maintenance. The software synchronizes all project data, including inspections, checklists, asset tracking, and repair management, using features like digital signatures, map locations, and QR codes. Novade serves leading contractors, real estate developers, and owners worldwide, helping them streamline operations and drive digital transformation.
Speckle
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Speckle is a collaborative data hub that connects various tools within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sectors, aiming to enhance global project delivery. The company offers an open-source digital infrastructure that facilitates automation in design, engineering, and construction processes. Its cloud-based platform provides a set of connectors that allow users to curate design data and access multiple data streams for advanced querying. This infrastructure addresses interoperability challenges between different software systems and supports real-time collaboration, data management, versioning, and automation. By enabling clients to coordinate effectively and gather insights on project data, Speckle seeks to streamline workflows in a traditionally fragmented industry.
1Build
Seed Round in 2020
1build, Inc. is a software company that specializes in converting building blueprints into material shopping lists and cost estimates. Established in 2019 and based in Mountain View, California, 1build offers an innovative platform that automates cost estimation for construction companies, enhancing pricing accuracy and predictability in a dynamic market. By leveraging advanced algorithms and a comprehensive API that analyzes millions of data points, the platform standardizes construction project pricing, enabling builders to manage the pre-construction process efficiently—from plan uploads to bid submissions. This functionality allows clients, particularly those in wood and metal framing, insulation, and drywall contracting, to focus on execution while improving their bidding success and maximizing profits.
ALICE Technologies
Series A in 2019
ALICE Technologies develops an AI-powered construction simulation platform designed to enhance project planning and execution in the construction industry. This platform utilizes artificial intelligence to analyze complex building requirements, generate efficient schedules, and adapt these schedules as construction progresses. By providing detailed schedules and resource allocations, the platform helps contractors and project owners effectively plan, bid, and build, leading to significant reductions in construction times and labor costs. For a typical $500 million construction project, ALICE Technologies can save approximately $30 million. The company collaborates with key players in the infrastructure and commercial construction sectors, including Parsons, HDCC, and Kajima Corporation, to optimize construction processes and improve project outcomes.
INDUS.AI
Series A in 2019
INDUS.AI is a construction intelligence platform that provides real estate investors, owners, developers, and general contractors with real-time visibility and actionable insights into construction activities, productivity, and risks. Founded in 2017, the company operates offices in San Francisco and Toronto, serving clients across the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, and Brazil. INDUS.AI employs a cloud-based 3D computer vision platform that utilizes live video streams from secure IP cameras to identify inefficiencies on construction sites. This technology enables project managers and general contractors to optimize labor, equipment, and materials while offering real-time project controls to address over-billed charges and schedule discrepancies. By enhancing safety, efficiency, and transparency, INDUS.AI aims to transform construction site management and improve overall project outcomes.
HoloBuilder
Corporate Round in 2019
HoloBuilder Inc. is a software company that specializes in construction progress management through an artificial intelligence-based platform. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, HoloBuilder offers a web-based solution that enables construction teams to capture, communicate, and manage project progress using 360-degree photos. The platform integrates with Autodesk BIM 360 and allows users to document construction site progress at every stage. With its subscription-based model, HoloBuilder provides virtual reality capabilities and organizes photos by location and time, allowing engineers, contractors, and clients to virtually visit construction sites at any time. The platform has gained trust from over 28,000 construction projects across 35 countries, helping teams improve efficiency, adhere to schedules, and manage budgets effectively.
Mighty Buildings
Series A in 2019
Mighty Buildings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in the manufacture of 3D printed custom homes. Utilizing advanced construction technology, the company employs 3D printing, robotics, and automation to create modular homes that aim to disrupt the residential housing market. Mighty Buildings has developed a proprietary building material known as Light Stone Material (LSM), which mimics synthetic stone and provides advantages such as faster construction, zero waste, and improved thermal regulation compared to traditional materials like concrete, wood, or steel. The company's innovative approach focuses on producing prefabricated, environmentally friendly, and climate-resilient homes, thereby facilitating smart urban development and making housing more affordable.
Mighty Buildings
Seed Round in 2019
Mighty Buildings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in the manufacture of 3D printed custom homes. Utilizing advanced construction technology, the company employs 3D printing, robotics, and automation to create modular homes that aim to disrupt the residential housing market. Mighty Buildings has developed a proprietary building material known as Light Stone Material (LSM), which mimics synthetic stone and provides advantages such as faster construction, zero waste, and improved thermal regulation compared to traditional materials like concrete, wood, or steel. The company's innovative approach focuses on producing prefabricated, environmentally friendly, and climate-resilient homes, thereby facilitating smart urban development and making housing more affordable.
reINVENT
Seed Round in 2018
reINVENT innovation GmbH is a Munich-based company that develops software solutions tailored for the construction industry. Its platform aims to enhance communication and planning processes by connecting all key participants throughout the construction and warranty phases. By digitizing communication, data transfer, and documentation, reINVENT seeks to streamline operations for architects, developers, contractors, and project developers. This centralized platform integrates various aspects of project management, customer management, finance, and construction site management, ultimately enabling stakeholders to achieve significant cost and time savings. Through its innovative approach, reINVENT addresses the challenges of a traditionally under-digitized sector, facilitating more efficient collaboration among all parties involved in construction projects.
Trelar
Seed Round in 2018
Trelar is a network of vocational trucking owner-operators, drivers, contractors, and plant operators revolutionizing the $150B construction vehicle ecosystem through an app-driven marketplace that matches carriers to the contractors who need delivery capacity.
CalcTree
CalcTree is a developer of a calculation management platform designed to enhance collaboration among engineering teams by integrating designs and calculations. The platform addresses the inefficiencies and complexities inherent in traditional engineering design and construction processes, which often involve multiple disciplines such as architecture and civil, mechanical, electrical, and geotechnical engineering. By adopting a building information model, CalcTree helps clients minimize time and errors in their projects, ensuring that all data sets are connected and easily accessible. This approach not only streamlines workflows but also reduces the fragmentation of information, providing a more organized and efficient environment for engineering professionals.
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