CEMEX Ventures, and the Modular House

CEMEX Ventures is the venture Capital Enterprise of the cement regiomontana CEMEX, which through investments in innovative startups in the construction seeks to promote positively the industry.

Are the new and innovative businesses that market their services or products with the use of new technologies, which determine your business model for accelerated growth and sustainable in time.

The day today CEMEX Ventures has anchored capital to 12 startups focused on the construction industry, specializing in sustainability, de-carbonization of materials, construction, logistics and construction companies. Investing a total of approximately $ 9.5 million.

Recently CEMEX Ventures announced that it would invest in the startup of digital technology Modulous located in London.

Modulous develops a software for modular homes, is a system of modular construction for the housing development to be of greater scope.

From this software creates a kit of parts (standard) which supports the reduction of costs and timing of the project.

These kits are manufactured and transported in a modular way so as to assemble them on the site.

Today the software promises to create kits for homes and apartment buildings.

One of the innovative issues of Modulous are the times, as your software helps to create housing in hours instead of months, your focus is directed digitally to the management and innovation of sustainable housing of high quality.

Modulous account with tools that support customers to know more accurately the costs of the project. Has already won contracts for 300 homes in London and have expanded since its development in the United Kingdom.

“We have to put the industrialized construction, and MMC (modern methods of construction) in the heart of the design, manufacture, logistics and installation,” says Matthew Zimmermann, director of investment of CEMEX Ventures.

The software platform Modulous allows you to monitor and measure the carbon footprint of the building, as well as planning the logistics to ensure the times of the construction of the project.

No doubt the technology allied to any industry generates positive results.

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