BuiltUp
Ventures
BuiltUp
Ventures
BuiltUp
Ventures
BuiltUp Ventures (BUV) specializes in early-stage, innovative Israeli Proptech startups.
BuiltUp Ventures is a seed investment fund specializing in early-stage, Israeli Proptech startups. Our 360-degree business model addresses all stages of the Corporate Real Estate (CRE) Proptech process.
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Our staff has years of experience in early-stage technology investments, company-building, and real estate.
We are partnered with Israel’s largest patent law firm, Reinhold Cohn.
With a history of portfolio company successes, our U.S. go-to-market strategy is tried and tested.
Portfolio synergy enables us to quickly create Proof of Concept integrations to deliver complete solutions to our customers.
Partnering with Sidre, LLC we support growing technology, and leverage real estate opportunities.
BuiltUp Ventures goes beyond investing in Proptech. With our vast resources in go-to-market strategy, and a strong U.S.-based business development team, we accelerate our portfolio companies’ value, which also benefits our investors.
Our business relationships foster partnerships, integrations, business development initiatives, and strategic alliances. These can improve the position of our portfolio companies for acquiring Round A investments. And they may remove the need for additional seed funding.
Our partnership with leading Israeli IP firm Cohn, de Vries, Stadler & Co., provides value to our portfolio companies.
Besadno Investment Group, the general partner of the Fund, has years of experience in the seed to Round A funding arena. This provides BuiltUp Ventures with access to talent in Israel’s high-tech startup ecosystem at the university, accelerator, and incubator levels.
Augmented Reality solutions for Real Estate
Founders -
Ran Keren and Yuval Gloz
Real Estate asset tokenization platform
Founders -
Yuval Wirzberger & Yael Tamar
An intelligent property management platform
Founders -
Pini Shemesh & Amit Giladi
One stop shop for global investments using digital asset-backed securities on blockchain
Founders -
Sharon Grinberg & Ramy Yarden
Command & Control solution for the construction industry
Founders -
Omri Sorek & Ofer Simon
Digitizing Construction Purchasing
Founders -
Or Lakritz & Arik Davidi
OKIBO is developing smart, autonomous robots, designed for construction sites.
Founders - Guy German and Nadav Shuruk
Fully-autonomous water leak detector
Founders Uri Sokolov, Yaniv Frydman
Augmind enables Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) developers to quickly create realistic, compelling digital content. Their platform will provide app developers with a content creation tool to achieve realistic results. Additionally, their MR content runs seamlessly on mobile devices. Until now, this was mostly unachievable due to the large size of files for MR apps. Augmind has years of experience and a passion for leading the industry foreword.
SolidBlock is building a new asset class based on real estate. Moreover, it combines the stability of property market growth with the efficiency of blockchain-based financial products. SolidBlock creates tradable digital assets backed by real estate. This grants investors rights to revenue and dividends/interest and enables them to benefit from property growth.
Trusstor’s construction site management creates a safer, more productive working environment. Their Command & Control dashboard provides real-time status, enabling quality data gathering and utilization for decision making. Led by professional domain experts and leading tech minds, Trusstor assists site management without creating additional overhead. Trusstor finds simple solutions for complex problems.
Okibo’s autonomous, intelligent, robots reduce construction costs and increase efficiency. They use advanced computer vision, laser detectors, geo-positioning, and inertial motion sensors, and can be easily integrated into any construction site. They perform tasks that were previously performed manually or with limited-function machinery.
Watrix’s water leakage detection is fully autonomous. With an internal 3-year battery pack and internal SIM, there is no need for an electrical socket, internet connection, or WiFi at the installation spot. Their smart AI algorithm detects abnormal water usage quickly and accurately and immediately alerts you to prevent damage.
Eliezer Gross
Founder and CEO, Investment Committee Member
LinkedinEliezer is the Founder and CEO of Besadno Investment Group. He has close to forty years of international business experience across multiple markets in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Under his leadership, Besadno has invested in close to fifty companies. He has taken an active role in many of these ventures. The company name Besadno is an acronym for the Aramaic phrase, בסיעתא דשמייא נעשה ונצליח, which translates as “with G-d’s help, we will succeed”. Eliezer believes in the Jewish principle of “siyata dishmaya” (a term that means “with G-d's help”). It conveys the idea that we succeed in life because of G-d's intervention. He has written three books on this concept, which guides his ethical principles in life and business.
Ilan Cohn
Partner, Head of IP, Investment Committee Member
LinkedinIllan is a Senior Partner of Cohn, de Vries, Stadler & Co, a leading IP firm in Israel. His specialties include IP strategy, building value-generating IP portfolios, and IP due-diligence. As a member of our Investment Committee, he is a valuable advisor to our B-Seed Group.
Brian (Zev) Steinberger
Managing Director at BuiltUp Ventures
Investment Committee Member
Brian founded Lucent Investments, an investment management firm, and Inner Circle, a boutique investment advisory firm. His career includes managerial roles at world-leading financial institutions including Deutsche Bank where he served as the Head of Operations – Equity Trading Desk. Brian studied business management and economics at the State University of New York. He holds FINRA securities licenses in Series 7 – General Securities, and Series 55 – Equity Trader.
The real estate industry has long been a driving force in the global economy, and this is expected to continue in the coming years. According to recent projections, the global real estate market is anticipated to reach a staggering $48.9T by 2031. With its significant size and profitability, the industry has naturally attracted the attention of startups, who have subsequently become integral participants in the market.
Cyber attacks on utilities and industrial infrastructure are on the rise. There was Colonial Pipeline, where an American oil pipeline system carrying gasoline and jet fuel suffered a ransomware attack that affected computerized equipment managing it, and JBS, where the world’s largest meat processing company paid the equivalent of $11 million in ransom to put an end to a major cyber attack.
For the first time in history, a single-family property fund will be financed through blockchain-based securities. UK investment company London Chelsea Limited is partnering with SolidBlock, a digital securities issuance and trading platform, to raise financing for London Digital Bond, a new fund that invests in prime residential real estate.
