WND Ventures Recognized as Top Corporate VC at BuiltWorlds Venture West

With refreshed strategy in place, DPR Construction's venture arm is positioned to open doors for startups

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- WND Ventures, the venture arm of DPR Construction, was named Corporate Venture Capital Investor of the year at BuiltWorlds' annual Venture West conference. The award recognizes the corporate or strategic venture arm that most actively and thoughtfully deploys capital into built world technologies, balancing investments that drive both financial returns and meaningful industry impacts.

"In 2025, WND distinguished itself not just through the pace of numerous direct investments, but through a deliberate strategy that invests through five funds and a new venture studio model focused on AI and robotics, extending its impact well beyond a single balance sheet," said Rosemarie Lipman, CEO of BuiltWorlds, at the award ceremony. "By helping build a shared construction data backbone with industry partners, WND Ventures is laying critical infrastructure for the next gen of tools its own project teams, and the broader market, will rely on."

Last spring, WND shared its evolving approach to corporate venture capital in the AEC industry with industry partners at BuiltWorlds Venture West 2025. The model emphasizes long-term partnerships, making project data available to investors, and collaborating with startups to solve real-world construction challenges. By aligning innovation and development with the construction project lifecycle, the model ensures that ideas can be tested, refined, and scaled in step with industry needs and realities. The approach creates a clearer path to impact by helping founders move quickly from concept to results while also giving partners and builders new tools that enhance predictability, performance, and confidence.

"This recognition is proof positive that our approach is resonating with our business, the founders we partner with, and the larger industry," said Kaushal Diwan, WND Ventures leader. "We are excited about what's ahead and will continue investing in the future of construction to solve real problems and move our industry forward."

For more information, visit dpr.com/wnd-ventures or follow WND Ventures on LinkedIn.

About WND Ventures
WND Ventures is the venture capital arm of DPR Construction, changing the way the AEC industry builds by backing technologies that drive real impact. Since 2015, WND has partnered with forward-thinking innovators to solve complex industry challenges, offering capital, expertise, and access to real projects and data. By focusing on practical applications of AI, automation, and collaborative innovation, WND helps bring solutions to market that deliver more consistent and predictable outcomes. Learn more at www.dpr.com/wnd-ventures.

About DPR Construction
DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor and construction manager specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. DPR's portfolio of work ranges from large-scale new construction to small tenant improvements and special projects. Founded in 1990, DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that has grown to a multi-billion-dollar organization with offices around the world. Strategically focused on delivering more predictable outcomes through applications of virtual design & construction, prefabrication, its team of self-perform craft, and leveraging data to learn and improve from DPR consistently ranks among the top building contractors and employs approximately 11,000 professionals across its family of companies. For more information, visit http://www.dpr.com.

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