Heather Widman
Partner @ Building Ventures
Boston, United States
Heather Widman is a seed investor at Building Ventures in Boston focused on Energy and Renewable Energy. Heather spearheads Building Ventures’ investment activities within the real estate and real estate tech (i.e., PropTech) community. Joining the firm in early 2019, she brings more than fifteen years of tech and startup operating leadership to the BV investment team. Before joining Building Ventures, Heather led the Product, Customer and BrandMarketing functions at SaaS startup WordStream (acquired by Gannett in 2018). Prior to WordStream, she held product management and marketing leadership positions at Boston startup ownerIQ (acquired by Inmar) and Fortune 50 Express Scripts (acquired by Cigna). In her role as partner, Heather sources and evaluates investment opportunities in the operate and experience phases of the building lifecycle. Additionally, she advises portfolio companies leveraging her years of experience in developing and bringing tech products to market. She works closely with the founding teams at Canoa, Dandelion, enVerid, Envoy, GoContractor, Join.build, and Join Digital. Heather is actively involved in the building tech community through organizations including CREtech, Nexus Labs Pro Community, Real Innovation Community, Boston Build Tech, and Women In PropTech. She is also active in the broader venture and startup ecosystem as a member of All Raise (VC Champion Selectee); as a volunteer and mentor at organizations including MIT designX and MassChallenge; as well as at her almae matres Boston College (BA) Washington University in St. Louis (MBA). Heather works and resides in Boston.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Industries Heather Widman invests in
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Countries Heather Widman invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 2 (50%)
- Renewable Energy 2 (50%)
- Solar 1 (25%)
- Architecture 1 (25%)
- Construction 1 (25%)
Country
- United States 3 (75%)
- Canada 1 (25%)
Investments
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| Adaptis is a decision-support platform for whole life cycle carbon reduction planning of existing and new construction buildings.We increase ROI and lower costs for building owners and consultants working on decarbonization, circularity, and long-term resilience planning of their building projects and real estate portfolios.Adaptis generatesdesign solutions while simultaneously evaluating them across various performance metrics from early planning stages of a building adaptation, renovation to construction and maintenance planning. Using innovative and patent-pending methodologies, we optimize operational and embodied carbon, salvage value estimation, deconstruction planning, circular design integration and cost-benefit analysis. We:1) Get involved in the early planning stages of a project to assist building owners with decarbonization decision-making;2) Assist design and consulting teams with achieving decarbonization targets throughout design stages;3) Validate decarbonization goals during construction and occupancy; and 4) Track and optimize maintenance, capital planning and future adaptation during the project life cycle. Adaptis's analysis results in higher-quality design options when compared to a conventional consulting team. It accomplishes this while achieving a 20X increase in speed, significantly reducing the costs associated with assessing and implementing decarbonization projects. Moreover, it enhances return on investment by over 30% compared to traditional design, analysis, and decision-making procedures. | $4M / Seed / Apr 08, 2025 | ||
| Faura offers Climate analytics and statistics to support and safeguard precious possessions. Faura lowers the risk of natural disasters for homeowners and insurers. | $3.5M / Seed / Feb 05, 2025 | ||
| Elephant Energy is building a movement to provide the fastest, simplest, and most affordable way to reduce your carbon footprint. | $3.5M / Seed / Nov 30, 2022 | ||
| Elephant Energy is a home electrification platform for homeowners and contractors. | $3.4M / Seed / Nov 30, 2022 |
Co-Investors
About Building Ventures
Building Ventures provides venture capital funding and mentoring to early-stage start-ups in the built environment space. Headquartered in Boston with an office in San Francisco, the team consists of investors, entrepreneurs and built environment veterans. As built environment pioneers, the Building Ventures mission is to champion disruptive ideasin the built environment to build a better world together. For more information, visit http://buildingventures.com and follow us on @buildingvc.
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Travis D. Connors
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Allen Preger
Partner
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Chris Randles
Venture Partner
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Gregg Wallace
Principal
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What does Heather Widman invest in?
Heather Widman invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Solar startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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