Disrupt the way we design, construct, and maintain the built world.
This is our challenge to entrepreneurs. This is what we invest in.
Disrupt the way we design, construct, and maintain the built world.
This is our challenge to entrepreneurs. This is what we invest in.
OUR MISSION
Identify, invest in, and grow emerging companies developing innovative software and hardware solutions for the industries of architecture, engineering, construction, and facilities management.
THE Team
THE Team
CURTIS RODGERS
PRINCIPAL VICE PRESIDENT
Coming from Kiewit, McCarthy, and PlanGrid pedigree, Curtis brings a level of knowledge of new technologies and construction process improvement second to none. Equally comfortable in a board room, on a construction site, wearing an exoskeleton, or running the Society for Construction Solutions (SCS), Curtis is a passionate construction technologist and industry connector.
DARREN BECHTEL
MANAGING DIRECTOR
With over 8 years of venture investing and 7 years as an engineer, operator, and turnaround CEO in the AEC and medical device industries, Darren brings investment strategy, business management, and design thinking skills to the team. Realizing the vast opportunities for innovation in the AEC world, Darren founded Brick & Mortar Ventures in 2015 to help entrepreneurs disrupt the built world industries.
flash (The DoG)
MASCOT
10.5 years old and going strong, Flash helps keep the team motivated, grounded, active, and balanced. Come by the office and he will greet you at the door.
Our Companies
We continue to be inspired and impressed by the innovative teams in which we invest and with which we partner. Get to know them, because they are the ones set on disrupting one of the largest sectors of the global economy.
Our Companies
We continue to be inspired and impressed by the innovative teams in which we invest and with which we partner. Get to know them, because they are the ones set on disrupting one of the largest sectors of the global economy.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
The $8.5T global construction market is expected to grow to $15.5T worldwide by 2030, yet the industry has been late to the game to adopt new technologies to improve project delivery and process management. With IT expenses hovering around 1% of gross revenue, construction holds last place in the rankings of IT spend by global economic sector. Fierce competition between firms to win future bids, necessity to reduce operating expenses in response to shrinking margins, and challenges in recruiting and retaining young talent are forcing the industry to innovate.
Innovation in the AEC and facilities management sectors spans a wide continuum ranging from simple digitalization of paper-based processes to the frontiers of science fiction. We look at investment opportunities across this full range. Incremental improvements to existing workflows and radically disruptive new processes alike will help drive efficiency gains, increase productivity, and improve safety conditions throughout the AEC and facilities management industries.
From cloud-based design collaboration and task management software, to workforce telematics and asset tracking, to exoskeletons and autonomous equipment, to reality capture technologies and more, the future of how we design, construct, and maintain the built world around us within our generation will be dramatically different from the activity you see on your commute to work.