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Smart Buildings: Companies, Investors & News

Built Environment highlights companies redesigning buildings, housing, and infrastructure for climate resilience, affordability, and healthier places. Profiles span green building materials, housing innovation, and place-based platforms with sector tags, locations, and impact metrics where available. Investors and operators use this archive to compare approaches to decarbonizing construction and improving community outcomes.

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Articles (1 article)

Stained ACRE boards, the rice hull wood alternative made by Modern Mill in Mississippi

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Modern Mill Turns Rice Husks Into a Sustainable Wood Alternative

Modern Mill turns discarded rice husks into ACRE, a wood alternative built to win on performance and looks, not just sustainability. Founder and CEO Chris Guimond explains how the company scaled manufacturing, earned contractor trust, and measures impact.

Funders & Investors (1 funder)

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Pulse Fund
Venture Capital, Impact Fund
Pulse Fund is a climate venture capital firm investing in early-stage companies across four interconnected sectors: food and agriculture, energy transition, infrastructure, and mobility. Founded in 2022 by Tenzin Seldon, the firm focuses on scalable solutions that address climate challenges across multiple industries. In September 2026, Pulse announced the $63 million close of its inaugural fund. Its portfolio includes Mast Reforestation, Twelve, Endera Motors, InventWood, BlocPower, Floodbase, Plantible Foods, and other climate technology companies. Beyond capital, Pulse provides strategic guidance, industry connections, operational support, governance expertise, and access to additional financing. Its investment approach emphasizes commercially viable solutions with long-term environmental impact, guided by a philosophy it calls Pulse Time: generating returns today while building for the next century.
Built EnvironmentClean EnergyClean TransportationCalifornia, United States

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