Brick & Mortar Ventures

Brick & Mortar Ventures has a simple mission that intends to make a large impact on the construction industry. By identifying and investing in innovative companies that are developing both software and hardware for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), the San Francisco–based investment firm can add value to the way the country designs, constructs, and maintains structures.

The company’s sector-specific mandate sets the investor apart from the larger capital community, according to founder and managing director Darren Bechtel. “We know acronyms,” says the company’s website. “We know the difference between self-perform and subcontracting.” Bechtel is a Stanford-trained engineer with more than eight years of venture investing experience with South Park Ventures, the company now known as Brick & Mortar Ventures. The investor’s portfolio consists of AEC technology companies such as PlanGrid, BuildingConnected, Rhumbix, Fieldwire, and ManufactOn.

Brick & Mortar Ventures has a simple mission that intends to make a large impact on the construction industry. By identifying and investing in innovative companies that are developing both software and hardware for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), the San Francisco–based investment firm can add value to the way the country designs, constructs, and maintains structures.

The company’s sector-specific mandate sets the investor apart from the larger capital community, according to founder and managing director Darren Bechtel. “We know acronyms,” says the company’s website. “We know the difference between self-perform and subcontracting.” Bechtel is a Stanford-trained engineer with more than eight years of venture investing experience with South Park Ventures, the company now known as Brick & Mortar Ventures. The investor’s portfolio consists of AEC technology companies such as PlanGrid, BuildingConnected, Rhumbix, Fieldwire, and ManufactOn.