"Construction"

COVID-19 is impacting businesses across the globe, including Southern startups. We want to know how you’re being affected, as a startup founder, employee, investor or general member of the community.…

We first caught up with Atlanta-based ProNovos in 2020 when we were trying to better understand how startups were navigating the complexities of pandemic-related shutdowns.  As a construction-focused tech startup,…

Despite launching in January 2020 and scaling a construction-focused startup during two years of global uncertainty, Atlanta-based Flashtract seems to have built a solid foundation.  The team is starting off…

I sat down with Stephanie Wargo of BitPay to let us know what’s been shaking since their $30 million raise in May (which was the largest-ever financing round for a bitcoin company.)  The Details:  They are…

Communication is difficult in any workplace, but the co-founders behind Prokeep recognized that it was a particular problem for those working in construction.  Jack Carrere, McKay Johnson, and Mark Kanof…

Southeastern readers looking at the below chart of the U.S. from the Brookings Institute may very well feel discouraged. This 2018 visualization demonstrably shows how the Southeast is the worst…

Levelset, a New Orleans-based SaaS platform that helps relieve cash flow issues for contractors by getting them paid more quickly, has announced a $30 million Series C round of funding…

The modern construction site could be taken over by drones, thanks to an Atlanta-based SkyMul. Eohan George started looking at how tech could solve common, and often dangerous, problems on…

Branch Technology, a Chattanooga-based 3D printing and construction technology startup, announced this week that it has raised a new $11 million funding round.  The round, led by EquipmentShare, brings the…

The superlatives keep flooding in for cities across the Southeast. From Atlanta being called a “dream city” for most Americans to Charlotte and Tallahassee experiencing the largest influx of newbies…

The housing market has been heating up as millennials reach the home buying age — there are  just over 1 million new homes built in the U.S. each year and…

At the time he took office in 2013, Patrick Murphy was the youngest member in the United States Congress. Now, this politician-turned-entrepreneur is looking to bring some youthful exuberance to…

When Hypepotamus last caught up with Tommy Linstroth and his Savannah-based Green Badger in 2018, they were already alleviating a big problem in the construction world. The pandemic and the…

Nashville-based construction financing company Built has raised a $21 million Series A round, led by global venture capital firm Index Ventures with participation from Nyca Partners and others. After three…

The PMI Atlanta AEC Forum is a focus group that hosts regular events with ranging topics in the architectural, engineering, and construction fields. We will show the importance of solid…

The food and beverage cart rolling down the aisle is a welcome treat in the middle of a flight. But what appears as a snack break to most passengers looks…

Construction and property-focused startups increasingly find themselves at the center of two important trends: Building a more sustainable future and creating a more remote-friendly environment. Not only are people seeking…

Nashville-based Built Technologies, a lending software for construction projects, closed a $88 million Series C funding round this week. The round included several big names in the VC community, including…

The only thing constant on Atlanta’s 75/85 Connector, as the saying goes, is change. When driving between Midtown and Downtown, it’s hard to find a single piece of the skyline…