Christophe Berset

We create jobs that provide safe water to those who need it most. Openversum tackles the challenge of safe and affordable drinking water by combining an innovative filtration membrane system with microfranchising. We empower women water entrepreneurs with the tools and know-how to manufacture and distribute cutting-edge and resource-efficient drinking water filters to their communities. Our microfranchise is combined with a digital business support platform, so our entrepreneurs can create a sustainable business, manage their resources, and escape poverty while improving the lives of their communities. Openversums goal is to allow millions of people to gain access to safe drinking water while creating thousands of work opportunities for local entrepreneurs in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Fabrica AI is creating a future where ideating and developing a robot for any task takes days, not years. We believe that by training end to end controls in simulation with reinforcement learning and above that iterating hardware designs, we can automate the whole development process. To validate our approaches for our AI system and to collect data, we invented an automatic tile grouting robot that boosts productivity by up to 5x and are piloting it on construction sites in Singapore managed by Woh Hup, BHCC, Gin Chia, Soilbuild, Chan Rong Fen, and Dragages. Tile grouting is the process of filling up the gaps between tiles after the tiles have been laid. We invented a patented robot that is able to automatically grout and clean tile gaps with only a press of a button. We’ve raised over 3m USD from Hoxton Ventures, Credo Ventures, our Professor from Cambridge University, Woh Hup, ffVC, and the owner of BHCC (listed construction company). We’ve 2500sqft of space in Singapore where we have over 20 team members, and 1200sqft of space in Czechia where we have our software team.

We create jobs that provide safe water to those who need it most. Openversum tackles the challenge of safe and affordable drinking water by combining an innovative filtration membrane system with microfranchising. We empower women water entrepreneurs with the tools and know-how to manufacture and distribute cutting-edge and resource-efficient drinking water filters to their communities. Our microfranchise is combined with a digital business support platform, so our entrepreneurs can create a sustainable business, manage their resources, and escape poverty while improving the lives of their communities. Openversums goal is to allow millions of people to gain access to safe drinking water while creating thousands of work opportunities for local entrepreneurs in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Fabrica AI is creating a future where ideating and developing a robot for any task takes days, not years. We believe that by training end to end controls in simulation with reinforcement learning and above that iterating hardware designs, we can automate the whole development process. To validate our approaches for our AI system and to collect data, we invented an automatic tile grouting robot that boosts productivity by up to 5x and are piloting it on construction sites in Singapore managed by Woh Hup, BHCC, Gin Chia, Soilbuild, Chan Rong Fen, and Dragages. Tile grouting is the process of filling up the gaps between tiles after the tiles have been laid. We invented a patented robot that is able to automatically grout and clean tile gaps with only a press of a button. We’ve raised over 3m USD from Hoxton Ventures, Credo Ventures, our Professor from Cambridge University, Woh Hup, ffVC, and the owner of BHCC (listed construction company). We’ve 2500sqft of space in Singapore where we have over 20 team members, and 1200sqft of space in Czechia where we have our software team.

Holcim is the leading partner for sustainable construction with net sales of CHF 15.7 billion in 2025, creating value across the built environment from infrastructure and industry to buildings. We have more than 45 000 employees in 43 attractive markets – across Europe, Latin America and Asia, Middle East & Africa – and have been recognized as a Global Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute. Holcim offers high-value end-to-end Building Materials and Building Solutions, from foundations and flooring to walling and roofing – powered by premium brands including ECOPact, ECOPlanet and ECOCycle.

Bridging the gap between Design and Manufacturing for Industrialised Construction The issues were tackling As construction resources are scarce, material prices are rising and demand for sustainable buildings is growing, we need to speed up technologies and infrastructures for industrialised construction on a larger scale. With PrefabSite were tackling urgent supply chain problems in the present while designing the digital systems for an industrialised construction future.