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Following the economic uncertainty in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, venture capital raises in the AECO technology space boomed in 2021, posting record highs of total raised capital. In total, we at BuiltWorlds logged more than 160 capital raises in 2021, amounting to nearly $5.4 billion. The total capital raised in 2021 is roughly 3.6 times greater than that in 2020, which was $1.5 billion. As AECO technology investing is still in its early phase, we at BuiltWorlds expect AECO technology funding to continue its rapid growth well into the future. Take a look below for the specific deals, as well as information on active investors, funding round size, and spending by category.
2021 Top 15 Venture Investors
| Rank | Firm | Investment Activity | Startups Invested In |
| 1 | Brick & Mortar | 18 | Cumulus, ZeroKey, Veerum, Curri, Canvas, Rod Radar, Trade Hounds, Curbio, Handdii, SafeAI, Brook & Bucket, IFM Restoration, Fohlio, Hosts Labs, Wingtra, Foresight, Siteline |
| 2 | Tiger Global | 9 | Agora, Assignar, Briq, EquipmentShare, Infra.Market (2x), Monograph Inc., Path Robotics, Versatile |
| 3 | Ironspring Ventures | 7 | Assignar, Fast Radius, GoContractor, ICON, OneRail, Copia, Plus One Robotics |
| 4 | Insight Partners | 6 | HqO, EquipmentShare, Made Renovation, Doxel, Versatile, CompanyCam |
| 5 | Blackhorn Ventures | 5 | Briq, Toggle, Modulous, QuoteToMe, Rhumbix |
| 6 | CEMEX Ventures | 4 | Modulous, Carbon Clean, Voyage Control, Synhelion |
| 7 | Breakthrough Energy Ventures | 4 | Dandelion Energy, Malta, 75F, Aeroseal |
| 8 | Fifth Wall | 4 | Built Technologies, Assignar, Flyhomes, Assignar |
| 9 | Founders Fund | 4 | Workrise, Made Renovation, AirGarage, cover |
| 10 | JLL Spark | 4 | HqO, OpenSpace, Lev, Jones |
| 11 | Khosla Ventures | 4 | Mighty Buildings (x2), Avvir, Jones |
| 12 | Suffolk Construction | 4 | HqO, Canvas, Flexbase, Diamond Age |
| 13 | Saint-Gobain | 3 | Ecomedes, Factors_OS, ToolBelt |
| 14 | Romulus Capital | 3 | Flexbase, Reconstruct, EquipmentShare |
| 15 | Greycroft | 3 | David Energy, 1build, Enkasa |
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Specialty % Change - 2020-2021
| Field Management | 18071% |
| Robotics | 1299% |
| Planning & Design | 526% |
| Energy, Sustainability, & HVAC | 453% |
| Data Analytics & Sensors | 453% |
| Consulting, Financing, & Payments | 419% |
| 3D Printing | 405% |
| Real Estate | 306% |
| Equiptment & Materials Tracking | 195% |
| Equipment & Materials Marketplaces | 171% |
| Building Operations & Maintenance | 59% |
| Risk Management | 45% |
| Drones, Inspection, & Image Capture | 44% |
| Prefabrication & Modular Structures | -38% |
| Project Management | -37% |
2021 Top 50 Deals
| Company | Specialty | Round | Amount Raised | Month Announced | Investors |
| Workrise | Field Management | Series E | $300,000,000 | May 2021 | Baillie Gifford, Franklin Templeton, Founders Fund, Bedrock Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Moore Strategic Ventures, 137 Ventures, Brookfield Growth Partners |
| EquipmentShare | Equipment Tracking | Venture Round | $230,000,000 | July 2021 | Tiger Global, Spruce House Partnership, RedBird Capital Partners, Tru Arrow Partners, Romulus Capital, Insight Partners, Anchorage Capital |
| Icon | 3D Printing | Series B | $207,000,000 | August 2021 | Norwest Venture Partners, 8VC, Bjarke Ingels Group, Fifth Wall, Moderne Ventures, Oakhouse Partners |
| Prescient | Consulting | Venture Round | $190,000,000 | May 2021 | JE Dunn, Eldridge |
| Flyhomes | Real Estate | Series C | $150,000,000 | June 2021 | Fifth Wall, Norwest Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Camber Creek, Balyasny Asset Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Canvas Ventures |
| Blueground | Real Estate | Venture Round | $140,000,000 | September 2021 | WestCap Group |
| Infra.Market | Materials Marketplaces | Series D | $125,000,000 | August 2021 | Tiger Global |
| Built Technologies | Financing | Series D | $125,000,000 | October 2021 | Brookfield Technology Partners, 9Yards Capital, HighSage Ventures and XYZ Venture Capital |
| Density | Data Analytics | Series D | $125,000,000 | November 2021 | Kleiner Perkins |
| Flexiv | Robotics | Series B | $100,000,000 | January 2021 | Meta Capital, New Hope Group, Longwood, YF Capital, Gaorong Capital, GSR Ventures, Plug & Play |
| Halio | Real Estate | Series B | $100,000,000 | December 2021 | SK, Capricorn Investment Management |
| Infra.Market | Materials Marketplaces | Series C | $100,000,000 | February 2021 | Tiger Global, Foundamental, Accel Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, Evolvence India Fund, Sistema Asia Fund |
| Veev | Real Estate | Venture Round | $100,000,000 | March 2021 | Undisclosed Investors |
| Material Bank | Materials Marketplaces | Series C | $100,000,000 | May 2021 | General Catalyst, Durable Capital Partners, Bond, Lead Edge Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Raine Ventures |
| Mighty Buildings | 3D Printing | Venture Round | $100,000,000 | July 2021 | ArcTen Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, Decacorn Capital, Gaingels, Khosla Ventures, Klaff Realty, MicroVentures, Modern Venture Partners, Polyvalent Capital |
| Path Robotics | Robotics | Series C | $100,000,000 | July 2021 | Tiger Global, Silicon Valley Bank |
| HomeLight | Real Estate | Series D | $100,000,000 | September 2021 | Zeev Ventures, Group 11, Menlo Ventures |
| Built Technologies | Payments | Series C | $88,000,000 | February 2021 | Addition, Canapi Ventures, Index Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Nyca Partners, Fifth Wall, Nine Four Ventures, Renegade Partners, Green Point Partners, Witkoff Group |
| Versatile | Sensors | Series B | $80,000,000 | September 2021 | Insight Partners, Tiger Global |
| Locusview | Project Management | Series A | $64,000,000 | May 2021 | Israel Growth Partners |
| Monarch Tractor | Robotics | Series B | $61,000,000 | November 2021 | Trimble Ventures |
| HqO | Building Operations & Maintenance | Series C | $60,000,000 | April 2021 | Accomplice, Insight Partners, JLL Spark, Navitas Capital, DivcoWest, Allegion Ventures, PruVen Capital, Cushman & Wakefield, Suffolk Construction |
| Factory_OS | Prefabrication & Modular Structures | Series B | $60,000,000 | April 2021 | Lafayette Square, JPMorgan, Saint-Gobain |
| Urbint | Risk Management | Series C | $60,000,000 | August 2021 | Energize Ventures, American Electric Power, OGCI Climate Investments, Energy Impact Partners, Salesforce Ventures |
| cover | Prefabrication & Modular Structures | Series B | $60,000,000 | October 2021 | Gigafund, Valor Equity, Founders Fund, Lennar |
| VergeSense | Data Analytics | Series C | $60,000,000 | November 2021 | Scale Venture Partners |
| Mynd | Real Estate | Venture Round | $57,300,000 | September 2021 | QED Investors |
| Path Robotics | Robotics | Series B | $56,000,000 | May 2021 | Addition, Lemnos Labs |
| OpenSpace | Image Capture | Series C | $55,000,000 | April 2021 | Alkeon Capital Management, PSP Capital, GreenPoint Partners, New World Development, Lux Capital, Menlo Ventures, JLL Spark, Navitas Capital, Zigg Capital |
| DroneDeploy | Drones | Series E | $50,000,000 | February 2021 | Energize Ventures, AirTree |
| Malta | Energy Products | Venture Round | $50,000,000 | February 2021 | Proman, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Alfa Laval |
| Measurabl | Real Estate | Series C | $50,000,000 | September 2021 | Energy Impact Partners |
| CompspStak | Financing | Series C | $50,000,000 | November 2021 | Morgan Stanley, Mitsui Fudosan, Crow Holdings |
| Block Renovation | Materials Marketplace | Series C | $50,000,000 | November 2021 | SoftBank Vision Fund 2 |
| Schuttflix | Data Analytics | Series A | $48,000,000 | October 2021 | Draper Esprit |
| Mosaic Building Group | Bid management | Series B | $44,000,000 | November 2021 | Peak State Ventures, Starwood Capital, invisionAZ, Tekfen Ventures, Brightstone |
| BLOX | Prefabrication & Modular Structures | Series B | $40,000,000 | February 2021 | Bessemer, ASH Ventures |
| Mighty Buildings | 3D Printing | Series B | $40,000,000 | February 2021 | Khosla Ventures, Zeno Ventures |
| Doxel | Image Capture | Series B | $40,000,000 | August 2021 | Andreessen Horowitz, Insight Partners |
| Nexii | Building materials | Venture Round | $40,000,000 | September 2021 | Horizon Technology Finance Group |
| Kebony | Building materials | Venture Round | $34,700,000 | October 2021 | Jolt Capital, Lightrock |
| Nexii | Sustainability | Venture Round | $33,000,000 | January 2021 | Undisclosed Investors |
| Plus One Robotics | Robotics | Series B | $33,000,000 | April 2021 | McRock Capital, TransLink Ventures, BMWi Ventures, Kensington Capital Partners, Ironspring |
| Agora | Supply Chain Management | Series B | $33,000,000 | August 2021 | Tiger Global, 8VC, Tishman Speyer |
| covetool | Design | Series B | $30,000,000 | December 2021 | Coatue, Footprint Coalition, Mucker Capital, Urban.Us, Knoll Ventures |
| Dandelion Energy | Energy Products | Venture Round | $30,000,000 | February 2021 | Breakthrough Energy Ventures |
| Briq | Data Analytics | Series B | $30,000,000 | June 2021 | Tiger Global, Eniac Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures |
| Billd | Financing | Series B | $30,000,000 | July 2021 | LL Funds, Ulysses Management |
| Lev | Real Estate | Venture Round | $30,000,000 | July 2021 | Greenspring, First American Title, NFX, Canaan Partners, JLL Spark, Animo Ventures, Ludlow Ventures |
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