“We’ve made investments where we’ve supported the startup and it’s benefited our business operation in a very big way. But the startup itself did not turn out to be a good venture deal. For us, supporting our core business and helping solve our challenges and advancing the industry is more important than the financial part.”
In today’s episode of Corporate innovations from Bricks & Bytes, we had Kaushal Diwan from DPR Construction. We got to learn about WND Ventures, DPR’s corporate venture arm, their investment strategy, and how they support construction tech startups.
Tune in to find out about:
✅ How WND Ventures balances strategic value and financial returns
✅ The importance of understanding the construction industry for startups
✅ DPR’s bottom-up approach to identifying innovation needs
✅ A case study on Dusty Robotics and how DPR is leveraging their technology
Listen now on Spotify to gain insights into corporate innovation in the construction industry!
