Category / ConTech / Investing in Infrastructure

Location services have captured a lot of attention in the last few years. Everyday, you are probably negotiating with your smartphone: “Do you want location services on (1) all the time, (2) only when this app is open, or (3) never?” The accuracy of geospatial data helps us get from place to place and refines…

The public investment and ownership model for infrastructure assets isn’t working anymore. As the infrastructure funding gap increases, it’s time for us to find and invest in new business models for constructing and maintaining key infrastructure assets. This means looking for new revenue streams and rethinking life cycle costs. We often think about private investment…

In 2015 and again in 2020, the SEC published new rulings that allow companies to offer and sell securities through online portals. This ruling gave birth to regulation crowdfunding. Investment opportunities, once restricted to banks and venture capital firms, opened to millions of individuals. Since then, dozens of crowdfunding platforms have registered with the SEC…

In 2016, McKinsey published a scathing report of the construction industry. As compared to other industries, the report found that the construction industry had not only stagnated in terms of productivity, it was declining. In addition to that, the construction industry had the least amount of digitization. The only sector to lag behind construction was…