Welcome to the BEIF Inaugural Update!
We are excited to update you on the progress of our new Built Environment Innovation Fund. In this update, we want you to be the first to hear about our investments and invite you to be part of the BEIF community. As we move ahead with the Fund, we will be sending out periodic updates on our progress and investments.
BEIF Investments – Designing, Building and Improving our World
Our four initial investments are the building blocks in creating a diversified portfolio that will integrate building data and processes to improve our world. We are thrilled to introduce you to these investments: Smartvid.io, Measurabl, Blokable and Dandelion. You can find detailed information about each company below.
Help Seed the Future – Connect with us
These companies are in rapid growth mode, so please direct any great talent in your network to their career pages or send them our way. We’d also like to connect with outstanding entrepreneurs, companies or individuals you know that are focused on transforming the industry. And if you’d like to learn more about the state of Built Environment Innovation, check out The BUILTR Daily for the latest.
We are looking forward to this next chapter in our evolution and appreciate all the support and guidance you have provided and will provide in the future. As always, please let us know how we can be of help to you.
We are looking forward to this next chapter in our evolution and appreciate all the support and guidance you have provided and will provide in the future. As always, please let us know how we can be of help to you.
The Built Environment Innovation Fund Team
Portfolio News
Books We Are Reading
Michael Bloomberg
Carl Pope
Notable Quote:
“Improving the efficiency of buildings in not as sexy as saving a rainforest. You don’t see many celebrities dedicating their philanthropy to it. But the fact is, making the biggest possible dent in greenhouse gas emissions – and in the pollution that causes death and disease – requires focusing on buildings. And it is something that people can do in their own hometowns.”
Carlo Ratti
Matthew Claudel
Notable Quote:
“Yet our civilization today has transitioned from mechanization to computation. The digital revolution—the convergence of bits and atoms—is poised to be the most radically disruptive change that has ever recast the design, construction, and operation of our built environment”
Events we are attending
- Supernova South | Atlanta, GA | October 2 – 6
- Digital Building Lab Symposium | Atlanta, GA | October 4 – 6
- MIPIM PropTech Summit | New York, NY | October 11
- Canadian Construction Innovation | Toronto, ON | November 3
- Greenbuild | Boston, MA | November 8 – 10
- Autodesk University | Las Vegas, NV | November 14 – 16
Articles we are reading
- Smart Technology Is Coming To A City Near You [Forbes]
- 13 cities that are starting to ban cars [Silicon Alley Insider]
- What Amazon’s HQ2 Wish List Signals About the Future of Cities [Harvard Business Review]
- Cornell built a super-high-tech school in New York City that could revolutionize building design — take a look [Business Insider]
- How Tectonic Shifts in Construction are Shaping the Future of our Cities[The Urban Developer]
- The construction industry’s productivity problem [The Economist]
