Construction Venture is the venture capital arm of Bouygues Construction, dedicated to ConTech startups. These startups become strategic partners in the aim to build a more sustainable, more productive and more innovative future.
By working with leaders in innovation, Research & Development, and a network of partners in business and operations, Construction Venture seeks to anticipate evolutions in the sector. Together with our portfolio startups, we aim to resolve the challenges we are confronted with today and to discover the opportunities for tomorrow.
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INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY
Construction Venture invests in strategic startups which address the challenges faced by Bouygues Construction along three major themes. We invest along three major pillars, which are aligned with operational and R&DI roadmaps.
Green Construction
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Decarbonization & Biodiversity of the Built-Environment
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Sustainable Materials
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Circular economy practices
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Resilience
Boosted Productivity
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Safety & Security
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AI, Data & Analytics
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Digital Construction
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Low Tech
The Future of Construction
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Modular and Prefabricated Construction
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Robotics & 3D printing
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Smart Infrastructure
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Process Automation
As we bring increased added value at the beginning of a project, we finance early-stage startups, participating in rounds
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of Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A
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usually in the form a capital increase
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with co-investors
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for 5 to 20% in equity
We believe that the success of our relationship depends on the creation of a strong and long-term link between Bouygues Construction and the startup, and for this reason our investments are made on condition of joining the Board of the startup.
Startups outside of the scope of Construction Venture may want to check out ISAI Build, a separate financial venture capital fund in partnership with Bouygues SA.
ADDED VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION VENTURE
Construction Venture is more than capital. An investment by Bouygues Construction Venture comes with
- Opportunities to work on real worksites and internal test sites
- Expertise along the entire value chain
- Introductions to operational teams around the world
- Access to market information and internal trend reports
TEAM
Construction Venture is based at the Bouygues Construction headquarters outside of Paris, with satellites in San Francisco and Tokyo. The team has 40 years combined experience in venture capital, M&A, innovation, R&D, and business strategy and 25 years combined at Bouygues Construction.
- Aidan Halter, Head of CVC
- Stephanie Dalquist, Senior Associate Europe
- Pierre Mustière, Associate APAC
- Viviane André, Associate North America
- Maureen Bucket, Senior Analyst
- Marco Lucchini, Analyst
PORTFOLIO
- Blic is the solution for streamlining deliveries on your worksites. The Smart Parcel Locker for construction sites offers peace of mind and security for the receipt of orders, expedition of returns, transfers and temporary storage.
- Dawex is the leader in Data Exchange solutions to distribute or share data products, with trust, for any business case, in compliance with data regulations.
- Geoflex is a cloud service operator enhancing GPS/GNSS based applications to 4 centimeters positioning on land, at sea and in the air.
- Hesus is the provider of a treatment for repairing drainage, poly-contamination, and polluted soils, removal, and recovery of soil, excavated material and construction waste, and the delivery of soils and materials.
- Octopus Lab designs and deploys unique and unrivaled predictive solutions that improve your building’s energy efficiency and your indoor air quality.
- Powidian offers hydrogen generators and smart renewable energy stations.
- SPIX industry develops voice solutions and intelligent conversational agents for Industry 4.0.