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Our Latest Investment in Measurabl

It’s been an incredible journey to witness Measurabl’s growth. When we made our initial investment in 2017, the company consisted of a dozen people in an old converted San Diego…

Travis ConnorsJune 6, 2023

UpCodes co-founders Scott Reynolds and Garrett Reynolds.

Investments Allen Preger

Our Investment in UpCodes

Building codes are foundational to the built environment. They express the laws and regulations that stipulate how and what can be built or renovated, as well as the functional and…

Allen PregerMay 31, 2023

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Spring 2023 Newsletter

We’re writing to you not just for the first time in 2023, but for the first time from our new Building Ventures office. We moved into a bigger space of…

Building VenturesApril 5, 2023

Heather Widman Building Ventures Updates

Welcoming Kelly LaBuff to Building Ventures

We’re excited to share that Kelly LaBuff is joining us at Building Ventures for the semester. An MBA candidate at Harvard Business School, Kelly is currently taking a course exploring…

Heather WidmanMarch 21, 2023

Skillit CEO Fraser Patterson presenting at our BVIN Fall Summit 2022.

Skillit Jesse Devitte Investments

Our Investment in Skillit

Our mission at Building Ventures is to create a better built world, and there’s no way to do that without addressing and improving construction’s labor crisis. This is exactly why…

Jesse DevitteJanuary 20, 2023

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Winter 2022 Newsletter

As we’re closing in on the end of 2022, it’s hard not to reflect on what a busy end of the year it’s been for our team, our portfolio, and…

Building VenturesDecember 20, 2022

Mezo Heather Widman Investments

Our Investment in Mezo

The value of the US housing market was estimated to be a whopping $43.4 trillion at the start of 2022. This comprises roughly 140 million housing units, approximately 90 million…

Heather WidmanDecember 7, 2022

The Building Ventures team at our BVIN Fall Summit 2022. From left: Gregg Wallace, Ceillie Clark-Keane, Jesse Devitte, Heather Widman, Mayra Soto, Travis Connors, and Allen Preger.

Mayra Soto Jesse Devitte Building Ventures Updates

Welcoming Mayra Soto to the Building Ventures Team

It's been an exciting year for Building Ventures. We've made some new investments and celebrated exciting successes for our existing portfolio companies. Earlier this fall, we announced that we've raised…

Jesse DevitteDecember 5, 2022

Elephant Energy Heather Widman Investments

Our Investment in Elephant Energy

One of our core investment theses is that we urgently need solutions that move our built environment forward on the path to sustainability. A sustainable built environment is one that…

Heather WidmanNovember 30, 2022

Stacy Smedley during her keynote presentation at the BVIN Fall Summit 2022.

Building Ventures Updates Ceillie Clark-Keane

Announcing Stacy Smedley as Building Ventures Innovator 2022

Last week, our team gathered in Boston with the Building Ventures Innovators Network, the BVIN, for our Fall Summit. With more than a hundred professionals committed to built environment innovation…

Ceillie Clark-KeaneNovember 3, 2022

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