HOLCIM MAQER VENTURES

To reinvent how the world builds for a net-zero and sustainable future, Holcim launched Holcim MAQER Ventures, our corporate venture capital and open innovation unit.

Through venture capital, venture clienting and an accelerator program for leading startups within the construction sector, Holcim MAQER Ventures is part of Holcim’s green growth engine.

Beyond equity minority investments, Holcim MAQER Ventures gives startups access to Holcim’s global operations and technical expertise. This includes access to the operations and market in 50 businesses worldwide as well as the largest R&D center in the building sector, with expertise cutting across the value chain from materials science and carbon capture to AI and computational design.

At Holcim, we’re always on the lookout for new solutions to today’s main challenges for the building materials industry, and startups are a growing avenue of innovation, new ideas and approaches. Holcim MAQER startups market access, expertise and network to reinvent how the world builds.

Bengt Steinbrecher| Head of Holcim MAQER Ventures

Venture Capital

Holcim MAQER Ventures predominantly invests in companies at an early stage, so we can help them scale their breakthrough technologies

The investment verticals include:

Sustainable Building
Disrupting the way material is produced and used in the built environment to drastically reduce emissions, benefiting both construction and society

Efficient Building
Organizing the fragmentation across the construction process and industry by bringing together the entire construction value chain and lifting barriers to efficiency

Transformative Building
Innovating new materials and technology to entirely transform the future of building

Venture Clienting

Through venture clienting, Holcim brings innovative startup solutions to its global operation and becomes an early reference customer for the startup.

How it works:

Validate
Startups can prove their innovative solution within the Holcim business under real life circumstances. They receive valuable feedback from in-field experts and build evidence for further growth.

Partner
Startups gain access to the construction industry through a partnership of equals. Holcim MAQER Ventures helps them acquire real business.

Scale
Startups can sell to more than 50 Holcim businesses worldwide.

Accelerator Program

The Holcim Accelerator is a unique startup accelerating program, with the aim of accelerating sustainable construction and disruptive solutions. In collaboration with leading international corporate partners, this intensive six-month program accelerates an innovative construction method or solution that benefits the environment.

What it offers:

A unique acceleration program to foster innovation collaboration along the construction value chain
Access to different market conditions and facilities across geographies, with country specific resources
High-level mentoring with top managers of several major companies of the construction industry
Co-creation with a powerful mix of entrepreneurial, business and technical expertise
Possibility to undertake pilot tests and demonstrators