Funding Cascade Raised $3.5M to Find the Projects Firms Never Knew They Lost The New York startup reads bond filings, permits and capital plans to flag construction work months before it goes out to bid. a16z Speedrun led the seed round. The bet is that business development is the least instrumented function in a firm that instruments everything else. Hugo Pegley · Aug 3, 2026
Funding Three Contractors Just Funded the Sensor That Grades Their Own Concrete GreenVibe raised $12 million to embed wireless sensors in concrete before the pour and report strength every 30 minutes. The notable part isn't the technology — it's that Tidhar, Shikun & Binui and Israel-Canada put money in alongside Insight Partners. Hugo Pegley · Jul 30, 2026
Funding Eric Wu launches NavigateAI with $25M to give field workers an AI copilot The seed round, led by Elad Gil, backs a startup building a real-time AI assistant that runs on a phone — or a pair of Meta glasses — to coach construction and trade workers on the job. Hugo Pegley · Jun 12, 2026
