Suffolk Technologies

🎉 Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season and a happy, healthy New Year from all of us at Suffolk Technologies! As we reflect on 2024, we’re filled with gratitude for everyone who made this year so impactful. Whether you’re one of our portfolio company founders, an Operating Partner, or a new member of our community, thank you for being part of our journey. This year, we’ve achieved incredible milestones and driven innovation across the built environment. As we look ahead to 2025, we’re more excited than ever to continue accelerating progress and celebrating breakthroughs in our industry. 📝 Check out our 2024 Year in Review below and don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop for what’s to come in the year ahead! 🥂 Here’s to an inspiring and innovative 2025! ➡️ Sign up for the Suffolk Technologies newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eKUxWYfk Puneet Mahajan Jit Kee Chin Wan Li Zhu Parker Mundt Diana S. Jonson Berman Carly Joos Mack Rush Noah Sadhwani Dan Huber Ryan O'Connor Caroline Culp Austin Barry Lindsey Lapides

Earlier this month, Kroo, revealed their newest product #KrooCast at our BOOST 5 Demo Day. Designed by industry experts for industry needs, KrooCast is a next-generation project forecasting tool that allows GCs and specialty contractors to automate WIP processes, forecast L/M/E resources with precision, and use historical data to forecast more accurately. Whether you use Procore, Sage 300, Viewpoint Vista, or other ERPs, Kroo integrates with your software via their KrooLake infrastructure. With Kroo, you don’t need to manually go between your software and Excel anymore. If you’re curious to see KrooCast in action, don’t miss Barry Chiu, Jonny Xu, and Ryan Worley at Procore Groundbreak this week in Denver! Catch them at our BOOST Showcase on Thursday at 2 PM. 👉 Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eGba4wPq

If you've been following Suffolk Technologies, you may already know Rugged Robotics—but now we're excited to take you even further behind the scenes! Meet Derrick Morse, P.E., the founder and CEO of Rugged Robotics. Since participating in Suffolk Technologies’ BOOST II cohort in 2021, Rugged Robotics has piloted its technology on Suffolk Construction jobsites, continuously refining its performance. Today, Rugged has been deployed on various Suffolk projects nationwide, enhancing layout precision and efficiency. In this video, discover Derrick’s journey as a construction tech founder, the inspiration behind Rugged Robotics, and how this technology is reshaping the way we build.

Last week marked an unforgettable milestone for innovation in the built world! Thank you to everyone who traveled to Boston for our BOOST 5 Demo Day and the broader #BostonBuiltWeek. This event was an incredible finale to an exciting 8-week BOOST accelerator program with this year's trailblazing cohort: Artic, Genia, Kroo, novl, and Tangible. John F. Fish opened Demo Day with inspiring remarks, reflecting on the vision that led to the program’s founding five years ago and highlighting the ongoing importance of innovation in the AECO industry. This set the stage for a thought-provoking fireside chat with William Schlacks, Co-founder and President of EquipmentShare, and Puneet Mahajan, CFO of Suffolk Construction, who shared insights into the future of the industry. Our BOOST 5 cohort then took the stage, presenting their built world solutions and accomplishments from the past eight weeks, including two new product launches and several paid pilot projects already underway! We were also thrilled to showcase pitches from four Suffolk Technologies portfolio companies: #Anodet, Ediphi, Exodigo, and Handle.com. Congratulations to Zhihao Zhao of Genia for winning the "People's Choice Award" through an audience vote, and to Joshua Weyand 🏗, who was recognized with our Team Member/"GOAT" of the Year Award. We also celebrated several of our outstanding Operating Partners, including Axiom Builders, Bouygues Construction, CENTURY DRYWALL, INC., Simpson Strong-Tie, and Weyerhaeuser. The week was packed with even more highlights, including Suffolk Technologies' inaugural founder summit, Matt Knight's Foundation for Innovation in Real Estate event, and, of course, BuiltWorlds Venture East conference. Thank you to everyone who made this event a success, and a huge congratulations to our BOOST 5 cohort on all you've accomplished. If you’re interested in getting involved with BOOST next year, we’d love to hear from you!

⭐ Suffolk Technologies BOOST 5 Demo Day is SOLD OUT! ⭐ We’re thrilled to welcome our largest in-person audience yet for this milestone event, showcasing the next generation of built world startups. Missed your chance to reserve a ticket? No worries—you can still catch all the action via our livestream! Simply click the link below to sign up and join us virtually. This is an event you won’t want to miss, featuring: 🎤 Opening Remarks by Suffolk Construction Chairman & CEO, John F. Fish 🔥 Fireside Chat with William Schlacks, Co-founder & President of EquipmentShare, and Puneet Mahajan, CFO of Suffolk 🚀 Pitches from BOOST 5 Cohort startups Artic, Genia, Kroo, novl, Tangible, plus four Suffolk Technologies portfolio companies: Anodet, Ediphi, Exodigo, and Handle.com …and much more! Join us to learn more about cutting-edge innovations shaping the future of the built world. See you there—virtually or in Boston!

🚀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗿𝗼𝗼: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆! We are excited to continue our spotlight on the incredible startups in our BOOST 5 cohort! Today, we’re thrilled to introduce Kroo, a trailblazing company empowering the built world to drive ROI by unifying disparate project data with turnkey data management. Data management is a fast-growing industry requirement, and ENR contractors are already using Kroo to solve that. Kroo currently offers KrooCast for intelligent financial forecasting built on KrooLake's out-of-box data infrastructure. Already trusted by industry leaders and ENR contractors, Kroo enables general contractors, subcontractors, and owners to take action on their project data to mitigate cost overruns, manage project risks, and more. Founded by Barry Chiu, an industry professional who felt the pain of low visibility across more than $5bn of projects, and Jonathan Xu, a customer-centric leader in software engineering, Kroo is on a mission is to maximize project visibility for all stakeholders in construction. 👏 Congratulations to the Kroo team! We’re excited to continue this journey with you as we work together to transform the built world. Catch Kroo and the rest of the BOOST 5 cohort next week at Demo Day! Reach out for more information.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜 (𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒌), 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 🚚 We are excited to continue our spotlight on the incredible startups in our BOOST 5 cohort! Today, we’re thrilled to introduce Artic, a groundbreaking company reshaping offsite manufacturing. Artic’s technology generates efficient production schedules that continually align with site delivery dates. Manufacturers go from facing schedule risk to unlocking schedule opportunity—in just a few clicks. Wasted capacity is recovered. Quality defects are controlled. And projects are delivered into sites profitability—establishing a more resilient and reliable supply chain for general contractors. Founded by product leader Tom Darlow and architect Ross Kilshaw, Artic is on a mission to accelerate the delivery of sustainable building systems. 👏 Congratulations to the Artic team! We’re excited to continue this journey with you as we work together to transform the built world. Stay tuned for more updates from our BOOST 5 cohort.

🗓️ Mark your calendars! We're thrilled to reveal the schedule for the inaugural Boston Built Week, happening November 4-7! This week will be packed with engaging events celebrating built-world innovation, bringing together a global community of leaders and innovators. Highlights include BOOST 5 Demo Day, BuiltWorlds Venture East, and much more! ➡️ Explore the full lineup of activities at the link below. If you're hosting a built world related event in Boston that week, let us know—we’d be thrilled to include it! A big thank you to our partners making this week possible! Matthew Gray Cameron Mabley Colin Yording Tyler Sewall Sean Wrenn James F. McClister Matt Knight Donnathea Campbell John Priestland Owen Drury Martin Piekarz ezzie + co. Nadine Ezzie #BostonBuiltWeek

Join the Techstars Boston Accelerator and Suffolk Technologies next Tuesday for a PropTech mixer in Boston! It’s going to be a great evening of real estate innovation and networking with leaders and entrepereurs in Boston's local built world community. A big thank you to Aidan Kittredge, Carson O., Steve Bernard and the rest of the Techstars team for including us in this event!

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 🚀 Over the next few weeks, we'll spotlight the startups in our BOOST 5 cohort. These trailblazing companies are part of our intensive 8-week accelerator, where we're empowering them with the tools, insights, and connections to transform the industry. Today, we’re excited to introduce Tangible — Tangible provides a comprehensive software solution for real estate owners, developers, and general contractors to effectively manage embodied carbon, enabling them to meet regulatory requirements and take actionable steps towards decarbonization. Founded by built world sustainability experts Anneli Tostar and Nicole Granath, Tangible tackles the critical issue of carbon-heavy building materials, which account for 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions. 👏 Congratulations to the Tangible team! We’re excited to continue this journey with you as we work together to transform the built world. Stay tuned for more updates from our BOOST 5 cohort.