This Accelerator Is Investing in the Startups Building the Cities of the Future

Dreamit Ventures, a renowned accelerator program topping the entrepreneurial ecosystem, is expanding its successful accelerator with a new program focused on Urban Tech. Dreamit has launched over 300 companies that have raised $500 million in funding and have a combined valuation of more than $2 billion.

Dreamit UrbanTech invests in and nurtures startups that solve issues for urban areas and that impact the built environment. This includes startups in real estate tech, smart cities, energy efficiency, construction tech, and transportation. The United Nations estimates that nearly 65 percent of the world’s population will call cities home by 2040. Smart city technology is no longer a luxury for cities but a necessary investment to make cities livable and manage the forces of urbanization.

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