As the Brooklyn Army Terminal (BAT) celebrates its 100th birthday, NYCEDC is turning to the city's rich ecosystem of smart building innovators to enhance the infrastructure and operations of this New York City landmark. The Smart Buildings Tech Challenge invites applicants to submit proposals to address three key smart building areas. Selected finalists will be invited to a pitch event this summer, and winning proposals will be contracted by NYCEDC to pilot the project at BAT.

Dreamit HealthTech startup Infermedica recently won the award for best pitch during the EC2VC Investor Forum at HIMSS Europe & Health 2.0 Conference 2018. The company, which has developed an artificial intelligence diagnostics tool, already has several clients including Allianz Partners, Medicover, and HealthLoop.

Dreamit HealthTech alum PhotoniCare recently received a $2.1M grant from the National Institute of Health. Learn how PhotoniCare improves ear infection detection and find out how it plans to use the new funding to commercialize its product.

Dreamit HealthTech alum Voiceitt scooped up the “AI for Good” prize in the Innovate.AI competition hosted by Microsoft. Tel Aviv-based Voiceitt uses speech recognition smarts to translate unintelligible sounds into clear speech in real time, which could help people suffering from disorders such as Parkinson’s, cerebral palsy, autism, strokes, and more. Voiceitt won a $500,000 investment and $500,000 in Azure credits.

Dreamit HealthTech alum Kaizen Health recently announced it raised a $3.8M Series A round of financing. Find out more about the company and how it will improve access to healthcare.

CRE property management software startup Workframe announced that it has raised $9.5 million in a Series B funding round led by commercial real estate giant Newmark Knight Frank.

Saskatoon-based startup myComply could be set to revolutionize construction site safety across North America. Timed with Construction Safety Week 2018, myComply has announced its flagship solution that helps to reduce risk by making it easy for general contractors to verify that all trade contractors on site at a construction project are properly trained and safety certifications are current.

Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures wrote a fantastic piece on Medium about the importance of creating a process around fundraising. The full piece is definitely worth taking the time to read, but we jotted down 10 key takeaways from the piece.

Independence Blue Cross (Independence) hosted a Shark Tank-style pitch session to bring together entrepreneurs and key decision-makers on April 30. During a visit to the Independence Blue Cross Center for Health Care Innovation, health-tech startup teams in the 2018 class of Dreamit HealthTech pitched Independence executives, followed by a Q&A with the Independence “sharks.”

Researchers expect the size of the healthcare industry to rise from $7.077T in 2015 to $8.734T in 2020. Learn about the sectors driving this growth and take a look at the startups primed to improve care and efficiencies in these areas.

Singapore-based smart lock maker Igloohome has closed a $4 million Series A round. The startup graduated from Dreamit in 2015. The investment was led by Insignia Ventures, the new firm started by ex-Sequoia venture partner Yinglan Tan. Phillip Private Equity, X Capital Ventures, K3 Venture’s Kuok Meng Xiong, angel investor Koh Boon Hwee, and existing backer Wavemaker Partners also took part. Inspired by the rise of Airbnb and hosts on the platform, Igloohome sells  a range of key-less products that include digital locks, digital deadbolts and a digital safe deposit box. The products are notable because they work offline, requiring either a manually entry pin code or ‘Bluetooth key’ on a phone to unlock. Despite that, owners can still control access remotely, while there’s a physical key just in case.

Venture funding for health tech startups reached an all-time high in Q1 2018 for the first quarter of the year. Find out about the largest and most important deals that contributed to this record level of financing.

CEMEX Ventures, CEMEX’s open innovation platform and Corporate Venture Capital unit, launches “Construction Startup Competition 2018” which objective is to find Tech startups that want to change and disrupt the construction industry.The finalists will pitch their startup to the jury and a pitch will be chosen the winner of 3.000€. The CEMEX Ventures Investment Committee will announce which teams will have the possibility to join CEMEX Ventures for an incubation/acceleration phase and to be invested by CEMEX Ventures.

Uber has acquired dockless electric bike sharing company Jump for an undisclosed amount. The startup had been working since Uber since February after integrating with the Uber app to allow San Fransisco residents to jump on the dockless bikes. Dockless bike sharing is a highly competitive space. Ofo closed $866M in a funding round last month. LimeBike raised $70M in February. Cities around the country are compiling data on the viability of dockless bike sharing programs. 

Finding experienced candidates for positions in health tech often presents a unique set of challenges. That’s why in this article we’ve curated six unique resources your digital health startup can use to find the right people for your open jobs.

Total funding for real estate tech startups fell in the first quarter of 2018, compared to the same time span in 2017. The total funding to startups in Q1 of 2018 was approximately $1.4B, which represents a 75% drop from Q4 of 2017. This number does not necessarily mean a slowdown in funding for early-stage startups; in 2017, total funding numbers were ballooned by massive funding rounds from companies like Offerpad, WeWork, and Compass. 

Dreamit HealthTech startup Biorealize, which created a desktop bioprototyping platform, is partnering with PUMA to showcase how the generation of athletic footwear, apparel and wearables can adapt in real-time by using living organisms to enhance performance.

Our mission at Dreamit UrbanTech is to empower startups to transform the built environment by giving startups access to customers, coaching, and capital. Founders enter the 14-week program to scale their businesses and to position themselves to raise their next round of funding. Meet the startups who were selected for the Spring 2018 Dreamit UrbanTech cohort.

Our mission at Dreamit HealthTech is to empower startups to transform healthcare by providing access to customers, coaching, and capital. Founders enter the 14-week program to scale their businesses and to position themselves to raise their next round of funding. Meet the startups who were selected for the Spring 2018 Dreamit HealthTech cohort. 

Twice a year, Dreamit brings together a group of promising real estate and construction tech startups for a 14-week accelerator program. These pre-Series A startups are all working on products that seek to transform the built environment. Meet the startups in the Spring 2018 UrbanTech Cohort.