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CRH Ventures

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The construction industry is entering a period of unprecedented innovation. We are investing and partnering with those pioneering ConTech and ClimateTech startups to develop solutions that make our industry safer, smarter, more efficient, and sustainable.

We are a $250M venturing and innovation fund that invests ambitiously and strategically in ConTech and ClimateTech start-ups across our focus areas to form bold new partnerships that will shape the future of the construction industry.

CRH Ventures is the Venture Capital arm of CRH

The world’s leading building materials business and a Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 Company.

  • No. 1 building materials business in North America and Europe.
  • $32B+ 2022 revenue (continuing operations)
  • 75,800k+ employees worldwide across 3,155 locations.
  • 29 countries across the globe.

We offer much more than capital

  • Expertise: We have 50+ years of operational excellence, industry leading R&D facilities and a global network of industry networks to support our partners and portfolio companies on product development and testing.
  • Scale: With a global reach spanning 29 countries, we are the most vertically integrated building materials company, with touchpoints across the entire construction value chain. Our scale allows us to accelerate launches into new markets and quickly test product-market fit.
  • Relationships: We have a strong network of industry partners and long-lasting relationships with the biggest stakeholders across the entire construction value chain to support our partners and portfolio companies to reach their end clients.

Let’s tackle some of the biggest challenges

We are focused on investing and partnering with companies tackling 5 themes that make our industry safer, smarter, more efficient and sustainable.

  • Next Gen Products: Commercialise and scale the next generation of advanced sustainable products.
  • Decarbonisation: Accelerate our industry’s path to carbon neutrality using carbon capture usage and storage technologies, supplementary cementitious materials, low carbon production methods, clean energy, and alternative fuels.
  • Industrialisation: Increase on-site productivity and safety through modular construction, 3D printing, robotics and autonomous vehicles.
  • Digitalisation: Make the built world smarter using data from IoT devices and AI to generate actionable insights. Improve on-site efficiency through digital platforms for supply chain, collaboration & reporting.
  • Marketplaces: Increase market efficiency and optimise the interaction between supply and demand for materials, labour, equipment, home and contracting services.

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