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Buildots founders

Buildots raises $130 million at nearly $1 billion valuation as AI boom drives data center construction

14.09.26|Sophie Shulman

The Israeli construction software company has more than quadrupled its valuation from its previous funding round and now has over 400 employees. Its AI system is increasingly being used on massive data center projects, where delays can carry particularly high financial costs.

צוות עובדי סטארט-אפ מדידה Medida

Medida raises $4M Seed to turn smartphone scans into millimeter-accurate renovation measurements

10.12.25|Sophie Shulman

After deploying across 35 U.S. states, the year-old company is already generating $3M ARR and targeting profitability by early 2026.

LeanCon founders

LeanCon raises $6 million Seed to accelerate AI-driven pre-construction planning

Startup doubles its target as investors back technology that compresses months of planning into minutes.

מימין מאור גרינברג ו עמי אברהמי מ special AI

Spacial raises $10 million Seed round to automate U.S. home construction

28.10.25|Meir Orbach

Israeli-founded startup brings AI to building design, aiming to eliminate costly manual processes and delays.

Nemetschek acquires Firmus AI in deal worth tens of millions to cut construction risks

Firmus, an Israeli-founded startup led by Unit 8200 veteran Shir Abecasis, will bring its 35-person team and AI drawing-review platform into Nemetschek’s subsidiary Bluebeam; the company had raised $11.5 million prior to the sale.

LightYX raises $11 million Series A to redraw construction layouts with lasers

The startup’s patented technology projects building plans in real time, reducing errors and boosting productivity.

Daphna Buildots

Buildots appoints Daphna Beer-Gabel as Chief Customer Officer

“Her leadership experience in fast-scaling companies… will be invaluable as we enter our next phase of global expansion,” said CEO and Co-founder Roy Danon.

Buildots founders

Buildots raises $45M at $300M valuation to modernize global construction with AI

29.05.25|Sophie Shulman

The Israeli startup aims to cut project delays in half and expand across North America and Europe.

Buildots founders

How three IDF veterans are fixing construction’s biggest problem

30.04.25|Sophie Shulman

Buildots is targeting the one issue everyone complains about—and few understand: why everything runs late.

מגזין נדל"ן 2.3.25 הדמיה של בניין ב בינה מלאכותית

How AI and automation are forcing architecture and construction into the future

06.03.25|Viki Auslender

While digital tools revolutionize design, the construction industry is struggling to keep up.

סיטק רודשואו 2024 נדב פוליטי שביט אור CTech ROADSHOW 2024 Nadav Politi And Shavit Or וידאו

Conext Global has tangible solutions for concrete problems

28.11.24|James Spiro

Nadav Politi and Shavit Or, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs at Conext Global, spoke to CTech about the impact cement has on the environment - and how they plan to reduce it.

סיטק רודשואו 2024 חלי ווסרמן CTech ROADSHOW 2024 Cheli Wasserman וידאו

Bimmatch ready to take its contech AI solution to the US

26.11.24|James Spiro

Cheli Wasserman, Co-Founder and CEO at Bimmatch, spoke to CTech about penetrating the American market with its AI platform.

Buildots founders

Buildots secures $15 million in funding for AI-driven construction management platform

11.07.24|Meir Orbach

The Israeli startup’s platform provides a performance-driven approach that measures individual tasks, increasing overall efficiency, and lessening costs, while reducing delays by up to 50%.

Starstone’s rock-solid plan to change the trillion-dollar concrete industry

The company has raised a total of $525,000 for its biology-based cement

ישי סמית מנכ"ל ורסטייל חדש

Contech startup Versatile appoints Eishay Smith as new CEO

05.02.24|Meir Orbach

Smith succeeds Meirav Oren, the company's founder, who transitions to the role of active chairman

SafeGuard raises $8 million for its AI solution to automate decision-making in construction zones

17.04.23|James Spiro

In the US alone, three workers die each day on the job in the construction industry, with injuries taking place roughly every three minutes

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StructShare secures $8 million to digitize the construction supply ecosystem

The Israeli startup aims to solve chronic inefficiencies across the supply chain using digital tools and data analysis

Contech startup founded by ex-Sayeret Matkal officers raises $11 million

Beti's cloud-based platform is designed to allow construction companies to easily and efficiently supervise and coordinate workflows and worker safety on the site

Mapping the Israeli contech landscape

There are around 100 startups in Israel active in the construction tech sector, with VC funding growing from a few million in 2018 to half a billion in the first half of 2022 alone, according to Viola Ventures

Tal Israel Dr. Ricardo Osiroff Yossi Buda Ception

Israel’s Ception turns to AI to cut heavy equipment accidents at construction sites

28.09.22|James Spiro

The contech company recently joined Access, an accelerator founded by the construction company Shapir Engineering