{"id":23002,"date":"2023-11-02T13:35:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/construction-startup-competition-2023-launched\/"},"modified":"2023-11-02T13:35:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:35:40","slug":"construction-startup-competition-2023-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/construction-startup-competition-2023-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Startup Competition 2023 Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong>Cemex Ventures, Cemex\u2019s corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, kicks off its Construction Startup Competition 2023, which is the biggest competition in the construction industry for startups. The application phase for the competition will be open until July 2, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cemex Ventures is joined in its 7th Competition edition by prominent leaders such as<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black &amp; Veatch<\/li>\n<li>Dysruptek by Haskell<\/li>\n<li>Ferrovial<\/li>\n<li>Hilti<\/li>\n<li>VINCI Group\u2019s Leonard<\/li>\n<li>NOVA by Saint-Gobain<\/li>\n<li>Trimble and Trimble Ventures<\/li>\n<li>Zacua Ventures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The international, all-inclusive Competition is an instrument to foster collaboration and advance the most promising startup technologies and business models in the construction sector. The Competition partners are searching for solutions to make construction <strong>more sustainable, productive, agile, and innovative<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"\/>\n<p>\u201cThe Construction Startup Competition is a mechanism for startups to bring their solutions to a global stage and benefit from the relationships formed with the corporate partners and other outstanding startups,\u201d said <strong>Gonzalo Galindo<\/strong>, Head of Cemex Ventures. \u201cEvery year, the Construction Startup Competition attracts new startups and industry-leading corporates, so it\u2019s no surprise that the Competition counts on a network of more than 3000 startups, some of which have gone on to become unicorns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Competition benefits include networking, capital, piloting, and the opportunity to pitch to top industry investors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-qubely-row qubely-section qubely-block-ca4ff6\">\n<div class=\"qubely-container\">\n<div class=\"qubely-row \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-qubely-column qubely-column qubely-column-front qubely-block-8af27f\">\n<div class=\"qubely-column-inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-the-construction-startup-competition\">About the Construction Startup Competition<\/h2>\n<p>Since its first edition in 2017, startups from over 80 countries have participated in the biggest challenge aimed at startups in the construction industry, the Construction Startup Competition. Many entrepreneurs have collaborated with the participating companies after applying to the Competition. Given the global outreach of its partners, the 2023 edition expects to see an increase in the number of applications to identify the most innovative solutions around the world, continue growing the Contech ecosystem, and begin agile implementation of innovative technologies and business models.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the closing of the application phase on July 2, 2023, the Competition\u2019s hosting partners will deliberate and decide on the winners who will be invited to the final stage of the Competition, Pitch Day, scheduled for November 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The selected entrepreneurs will get the opportunity to showcase their solutions to the Competition\u2019s jurors and leading companies and investors from the construction and technology industry at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trimble.com\/en\/our-company\/events\/dimensions\/overview\" target=\"_blank\">Trimble\u2019s Dimensions User Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Construction Startup Competition has seen almost 2,500 startups from over 80 countries participate since its first edition. As the sector demands evolution, top innovators and industry giants are joining Cemex Ventures in the call to disrupt the construction industry. And with investment stable despite the current macroeconomic forces, the time to act is now. The Construction Startup<\/p>\n<p>Competition 2023 challenges startups in the sector to \u201cJoin the Builders of the Future Now\u201d by applying at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cemexventures.com\/constructionstartupcompetition\" target=\"_blank\">www.cemexventures.com\/constructionstartupcompetition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Cemex Ventures, Monterrey, Mexico and Madrid, Spain, April 25, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"et_social_bottom_trigger\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/construction-startup-competition-2023-launched\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cemex Ventures, Cemex\u2019s corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, kicks off its Construction Startup Competition 2023, which is the &#8230; <a title=\"Construction Startup Competition 2023 Launched\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/construction-startup-competition-2023-launched\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Construction Startup Competition 2023 Launched\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1062,1066],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aec-business","category-all-posts","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}