CRH Ventures’ Sustainable Building Materials accelerator courts startups

CRH Ventures is accepting applications from Seed- and Series A or B-stage construction or climate technology companies through mid-December for its latest accelerator, Sustainable Building Materials. The accelerator program enables the investment arm of Dublin-based CRH Plc to identify innovative materials and practices to lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce waste and improve energy use in the built environment. Top Sustainable…

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CRH Ventures musters SCM, CO2 mineralization, novel material specialists

Sources: CRH Ventures, Madrid; CP staff CRH Ventures is accepting applications from Seed- and Series A- or B-stage construction or climate technology companies through December 16 for its latest accelerator, Sustainable Building Materials. The accelerator program enables the investment arm of Dublin-based CRH Plc to identify innovative materials and practices to lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce waste and improve energy use…

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CRH, Holcim bring $75M combined to Sublime Systems partnerships

Sources: Sublime Systems, Somerville, Mass.; CP staff Sublime Systems, developer of an electrochemical process netting ASTM C1157-grade binder at markedly reduced carbon dioxide emissions levels versus portland cement, is teaming with CRH Plc and Holcim Ltd. to advance a premier Sublime Cement facility in Holyoke, Mass. The global cement, aggregate and concrete producers’ $75 million Sublime Systems investment anchors a…

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CRH Ventures’ Roads accelerator application deadline nears for start-ups

Sources: CRH Ventures, Dublin; CP staff The venture capital unit of CRH Plc is accepting applications through March 28 for its latest accelerator program, Roads of the Future. Open to Construction and Climate Technology start-ups poised to advance surface transportation infrastructure, the CRH Ventures program will identify companies that can demonstrate solutions to specific challenges within three distinctive segments: Smart…

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CRH Ventures invites Roads of the Future accelerator program applications

Sources: CRH Ventures, Madrid; CP staff The latest accelerator program under the CRH Plc venture capital unit is open to applications from construction or climate technology start-ups in North America or Europe developing solutions to challenges within three distinctive surface transportation ecosystem segments: Smart and Safe Roads, Green and Resilient Roads, and Productivity in Road Construction. CRH Ventures is accepting…

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CRH venture capital unit: $250M facility, Cemex veteran at helm

Sources: CRH Plc, Dublin; CP staff The parent of the CRH Americas and Oldcastle businesses has organized a venture capital unit to support development of new technologies or innovations addressing customers’ increasingly complex needs and evolving construction trends. With access to $250 million, CRH Ventures will focus on companies that are:  • Developing the next generation of advanced sustainable building…

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