Construction Tech Startups

United Building Solutions is an acquisition-driven platform that consolidates mechanical building, controls, and energy services companies into a network of local and regional partners. It provides services for optimizing building systems and operations, improving energy efficiency, and serving mission-critical, multi-site, and complex building end markets across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, and Southern U.S.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[]

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United Cities Foundation is an R&D lab focused on urban innovation, providing spatial data, modeling, and design intelligence tools to communities and policymakers. The organization works to make advanced urban technologies and AI-driven solutions accessible to citizens and entrepreneurs shaping cities.

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Unlimit DB provides interior design, construction, and furniture services with comprehensive project solutions for clients in the Czech Republic. Its subsidiary Unlimit TZB supplies building technology installations including electrical systems, heating, cooling, ventilation, and plumbing.

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UPERIO sells and rents tower cranes and self-erecting cranes, including its own Arcomet and OPTI crane lines, and supplies replacement parts for construction sites. It serves construction contractors, roofers, and carpenters and is an official dealer for Potain, Terex, and Zoomlion across several countries.

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UPFACTOR develops building elevation solutions that add residential units on top of existing structures, enabling energy renovation financing and urban densification without soil artificialisation in France. The company targets social housing landlords and property owners seeking to create new housing in tight urban markets while preserving land.

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Uplift is developing factory-manufactured homes as an alternative to traditional on-site, hand-built construction, aiming to mass-produce housing. The company is pre-launch, with its earliest units going to a small initial group of customers.

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Urbanamente offers FRANK, a data platform that draws on official public sources such as census data, the Chilean tax authority's (SII) property registry and Form 2890 real estate transfer filings, and municipal urban regulations. It serves companies with property and real estate analysis in Chile.

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Urban Catalyst is a private equity real estate firm and developer specializing in Opportunity Zone investing, serving accredited investors and financial advisors seeking tax-advantaged real estate. It operates as both fund manager and developer, focused on ground-up development in downtown San Jose, California.

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Urbanistic provides a planning platform that analyzes urban development projects in real-time, checking building regulations and key performance indicators to assess feasibility and zoning compliance. The platform uses 3D city models and parametric design tools to help urban planners and developers evaluate building densification potential and streamline approval processes.

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Urban Surfaces supplies durable, waterproof, slip-resistant flooring products for a range of building types, including multifamily, senior and assisted living, student housing, hospitality, commercial, single-family, and stadium projects. It serves property managers, owners, designers, builders, contractors, and installers, offering product samples and partnership-based service.

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US LBM is a distributor of specialty building products and materials used to build, maintain, and renovate homes and businesses, operating through a national network of local operating divisions. It serves construction and renovation customers across the United States via more than 450 locations.

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Appello is a workforce management and operations platform built for industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) trade subcontractors such as mechanical, insulation, HVAC, sheet metal, and electrical contractors. It combines timesheets, scheduling, job costing, safety compliance, progress billing, and AI-driven analytics into one integrated system, serving contractors across Canada and the USA.

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Copay offers invoice-based early payment financing for subcontractors, releasing funds once an invoice is approved with a small discount applied and no compounding interest. It bases eligibility on the contractor's creditworthiness rather than the subcontractor's, positioning itself as an alternative to invoice factoring and bank credit lines in the construction sector.

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Utility Service Group Water Solutions (USG) provides asset management and rehabilitation services for water and wastewater infrastructure, serving municipal and private water companies across the United States. Its services aim to improve asset performance, simplify operations, and reduce maintenance costs.

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USIC provides public utility locating services, using trained technicians to locate and mark underground infrastructure lines for power, water, and communications to prevent damage during excavation. The company operates nationwide across the U.S. serving utilities and excavators with infrastructure protection and public safety services.

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UTwin provides digital twin software that transforms building and infrastructure data into actionable insights for real estate owners, facility managers, and operators across Europe and the MENA region. The platform optimizes asset management and operational activities by leveraging Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology to monitor energy performance, efficiency, and compliance.

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V-Labs builds an augmented reality solution using GNSS/RTK-integrated AR glasses (Microsoft HoloLens 2) that lets surveyors, contractors, engineers, and utilities visualize, modify, and measure geospatial data with centimeter accuracy in the field. The tool provides step-by-step work instructions, remote assistance, and automatic quality control to digitize field operations and construction work.

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Valley Lighting is a distributor of commercial lighting and shading products for large-scale commercial projects, working with designers, architects, contractors, and property managers. Founded in 1965, it provides coordination, design, and supply services to help clients complete projects within budget and on schedule.

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Valoon offers software that turns WhatsApp into a construction site documentation and communication tool, capturing voice messages and photos and automatically translating and structuring them into digital timesheets, time tracking, and project folders. It serves construction companies and site teams in Germany and is a spin-off of KIT.

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Van Noort Liften B.V. is a brand-independent lift-technology company providing maintenance, repair, and modernization of elevator installations, including passenger lifts, goods lifts, and home lifts. It also advises clients on multi-year maintenance budgets and offers a 24/7 breakdown service in the Netherlands.

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Vanguard Modular Building Systems, now operating as BOXX Modular, rents, leases, and sells modular buildings including mobile offices, office complexes, classrooms, specialty structures, and bank/credit union facilities. It serves construction, education, healthcare, financial, and other sectors with temporary and permanent modular construction across the continental United States.

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Varadise builds AI-powered software for construction project management, including COSMOS, which aggregates urban GIS, terrain data, and regulatory constraints, and Athena AI, which simulates project feasibility and environmental impact. The platform provides spatial intelligence to support planning and operations in the construction industry.

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vConstruct provides technology-driven construction project delivery, integrating software and processes to improve productivity and predictability across the project lifecycle. It serves the construction industry with services aimed at building higher-value products faster.

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Verdant Ventures provides real estate solutions for diplomatic missions and international companies operating in Africa, building bespoke facilities, offices, and housing to specification and leasing them back to clients. Its build-to-suit and leaseback model lets clients avoid large upfront capital investment when establishing or expanding operations across the continent.

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