BuiltUp Ventures

Somos uma empresa de venture capital especializada no setor construtivo e mercado imobiliário. A primeira da América Latina focada em startups construtechs e proptechs. Buscamos negócios ao longo de toda cadeia de valor da construção. Startups capazes de resolver problemas reais nos diferentes subsegmentos do mercado. Vamos transformar o setor. Por meio de nossos investimentos e do fomento ao ecossistema, queremos mudar e acelerar a forma como a inovação acontece no setor construtivo.

We back early-stage startups transforming the built environment with construction technology, climate innovation, and urban infrastructure solutions. Our portfolio reimagines how we design, build, power, and manage cities, with software, data, and industrial intelligence. With Drees & Sommer as a strategic investor, startups gain instant market access and deep domain expertise. Our Principles The strategic focus drives ROI by investing in key industries, tech trends, and business models to secure lasting competitive advantages. Early stage investment fuels innovation by supporting emerging technologies and scalable business models for long-term growth. Build first emphasizes creating tangible solutions early to accelerate learning, adoption, and market impact.

We back visionary entrepreneurs who areredefining the built world, at every step oftheir journey. Zacua ventures is an early-stage VC focused oninvestments in the Built Environment at a global scale. We partner with top-tier corporates in this spaceacross the globe and enable our portfolio companiesto connect with them seamlessly. We drive value and accelerate growth for our partnersand entrepreneurs through access to innovativetechnologies, strategic insights into emerging trendsand unrivaled scalability through our network ofindustry leaders. We focus on the futureProductivity: The future is efficient. The built world needs more productivity, safety and connection among stakeholders. Sustainability: The future is green. The built world needs more environmentally harmonious materials, practices and systems through the entire building lifecycle. Urbanization: The future is interconnected. The built world needs buildings and cities that meet future demands.

We partner with owners and managers across real estate asset classes and with firms in major industries that intersect with the built world to provide startups with the capital and counsel they need to scale into tomorrow’s category defining companies. Stage Focus We focus on Pre-seed, Seed and Series A stages but selectively consider Series B+ investments based on strategic fit Attributes We partner with founders who are building unique/proprietary technologies, and leveraging go-to-market strategies and business models that support fast growth and drive margin expansion at scale Engagement We align on strategic objectives early, plug in our network and follow through on what we say we’re going to do including everything from but not limited to: product iteration & feedback, customer & partnership building, market insights & expansion, etc.

Round Hill Ventures (RHV) is a global venture capital firm that supports ambitious founders who shape our built world. We invest from late seed to series B+ rounds as lead or co-investors. Our unique structure grants us direct access to 200+ real estate private equity professionals with knowledge of the full real estate value chain. We believe that to be a truly valuable growth catalyst for startups, we need to provide more than capital. We have a strategic partnership with Round Hill Capital that gives us access to real estate professionals across multiple asset classes. Furthermore, Round Hill Capital's strong pan-European footprint gives us fantastic access to a number of key players in the real estate ecosystem such as asset managers, operators and brokers allowing us to be at the forefront of property technology innovation in Europe.

We believe that the last great frontier for technological transformation is the built environment. Real estate is the largest asset class in the world, yet in almost every category, the sector's adoption of technology is still in the earliest stages. Even with this lag in innovation, the number of unicorn tech companies being created in the space is growing significantly. Structural tailwinds, shifting trends, customer demand and a fresh influx of talent and capital are creating the perfect conditions for the next wave of startups to drive profound changes across the entire sector. From the way places are designed, built and managed. To the way people live, work, learn and are cared for. Across infrastructure and construction, operations and experiences, financing and transactions. Providing unparalleled opportunities to generate significant financial, societal and environmental benefits for individuals, organisations and the planet. Our role is to back these breakthrough businesses so they can reconstruct the built world for the better. Your role is to join us in this exciting endeavour as an Associate. ActivumSG Ventures was launched in 2020, and is the ventures investing arm of ActivumSG, a 60 person European real estate private equity fund with an established track record investing €2bn across every aspect of real estate from residential to retail, hospitality to healthcare, commercial to corporate, logistics to lending. Which means we can bring significant value to our portfolio by leveraging the expertise, experience, assets, footprint and network across the entire firm. One of our most deeply held values is 'Leave it better than you found it'. This means we go out of our way to have a positive impact on everything we do, everyone we work with and every company we back.