
CHALLENGES 2025
This year (2025), the third EllisDon ConTech Accelerator was held. Out of over 121 applicants across 21 countries, EllisDon selected 8 finalists and 4 winners on the topics of visual concrete assessment, verified equipment access, robotic hauler solutions, and AI drawing analysis.
2025 PROGRAM WINNERS
Birdsview
Birdsview’s AI- and ML-powered technology, enables precise, instant and visual assessment of concrete reinforcements and structures.
It extends infrastructure lifespan, boosts efficiency, reduces risk and cost, and minimizes the CO2-footprint.
Veristart
Veristart improves jobsite safety by controlling who can operate heavy equipment. Our cloud-connected hardware blocks ignition until the operator is verified and trained—preventing unqualified use, reducing accidents, and helping deter theft.
Cyphra Autonomy
Cyphra Autonomy builds autonomous robotic haulers that reduce labor costs, improve jobsite safety, and boost efficiency for construction crews. Our easy-to-use, rugged platform is purpose-built for material movement in construction environments.
Buildcheck AI
BuildCheck deploys AI agents that understand 2D PDF drawings as proficiently as human experts, identifying errors and omissions in drawing sets to ensure superior design coordination and prevent RFIs and change orders from disrupting projects.
Highlights of the 2025 Edition

Welcome introduction

Networking event

Networking event

Construction site visit

Startup pitches

Networking event

Startup pitches

Startup pitches

Startup pitches
CHALLENGES 2024
Last year (2024), the second EllisDon ConTech Accelerator was held. Out of over 175 applicants, EllisDon selected 8 finalists and 3 winners on the topics of construction site safety, construction project management and weather risk prediction.
2024 PROGRAM WINNERS
EHAB
EHAB is a weather risk management platform that helps designers, planners, schedulers, risk managers and project managers reduce risk from design through
construction. EHAB can be integrate into exising software and it use a global weather and climate model.
Salus
SALUS is an industry-leading Health & Safety
Management platform that delivers a transformative user experience for the safety professionals, both in the field and in the office, boosting workplace safety, accountability, and reducing insurance cost.
Specter Automation
Specter Automation digitises the heart of every construction site - lookahead planning - by bringing together preconstruction and execution data in a 3D model-based software to reduce delays by 50% and save an average of €70,000.
Video review of the 2024 edition
For the second edition of the ConTech Accelerator, EllisDon is proud to continue working with the startup community and driving innovation in construction. Building on the success of the first edition, EllisDon is excited to see the solutions developed during this program drive the future of the industry.
Highlights of the 2024 Edition

Welcome introduction

Networking event

Work site visit

Construction site visit

Networking event

Networking event

Startup pitches

Jury members

Startup pitches
Voices from the accelerator 2024
CHALLENGES 2023
In 2023 in Missisauga (Toronto), the very first EllisDon ConTech Accelerator Pitch Day was held. Out of over 100 applicants, EllisDon was thrilled to host 8 global startups for two dynamic days filled with engaging discussions, site tours, networking and pitches.
2023 PROGRAM WINNERS

Sitelink
AR-powered collaboration platform for commercial construction project teams. Share information and communicate with 3D visual context between office and field teams, so you can validate constructibility solutions in minutes.

The Link
The Link is software that makes sense of these massive documents, known as specifications, linking them to the regulations, product information, and other key details that teams need to pull a building out of the ground.

Provision
Provision has created a contract analysis solution for construction documents that seamlessly integrates AI into the industry, offering a user-friendly and readily deployable solution, making it a winning choice.
Video review of the 2023 edition
For the first edition of the ConTech Accelerator, EllisDon was excited about engaging with the startup community and leading the charge towards innovative solutions in the Construction industry.
Highlights of the 2023 Edition

Welcome introduction

Work site visit

Work site visit

Networking event

Networking event

Jury members

Jury members

Startups pitches

Startup pitches
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