Category: Funding

  • The Bridges to Prosperity story at AU 2023

    During Autodesk University 2023, Autodesk highlighted its partnership, through the Autodesk Foundation, with Bridges to Prosperity (B2P) to address a critical global issue: more than 250 million people lack safe access to healthcare, education, and employment because they cannot cross rivers safely.

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  • Three individuals—an older man, a middle-aged man, and a teenager—standing in a farm field surrounded by tall green crops on a sunny day. All three are smiling and looking at a mobile phone, held by the middle-aged man, which appears to interacting with a sensor or other mechanism for monitoring the crop.

    Our investment in Wavemaker Impact

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes Wavemaker Impact—a climate venture builder fund that invests in Southeast Asian entrepreneurs and startups to rapidly decarbonize the planet—to its Health and Resilience portfolio.

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  • Close-up candid/action shot of a young man wearing a blue blazer, glasses, button-down shirt and a striped blue tie, holding a microphone in his right hand and his left hand in front of him, fingers curled as if grabbing something, presenting at a Generation workshop or event.

    Our investment in Generation

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes Generation—a global nonprofit network helping learners and workers achieve economic mobility through employment—to its Work and Prosperity portfolio.

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  • Our investment in BluLever Education

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes BluLever Education—a startup addressing South Africa’s labor shortage by training the next generation of skilled artisans—to its Work and Prosperity portfolio.

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  • Wide angle view of dozens of pallets of concrete blocks in an open-air dirt field on an overcast day. Foreground: A person in a forklift facing the camera, behind a few large pallets of concrete blocks.

    Our investment in CarbonBuilt

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes CarbonBuilt—a startup that is decarbonizing concrete and enabling manufacturers to make industry-standard products with 70-100% less embodied carbon than conventional concrete—to its Energy and Materials portfolio.

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  • Families and workers from Better Builder (FWF grantee) in Austin, Texas — Three women standing side-by-side, smiling and posing for group photo, wearing matching blue "We Build Texas" t-shirts and adhesive name-tags. The woman in the middle is leaning on a pair of crutches.

    Our investment in The Families & Workers Fund

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes The Families and Workers Fund—a nonprofit supercharging the green infrastructure workforce—to its Work and Prosperity portfolio.

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  • Avalanche employee Daniel working on micro fusion reactor, "Janice".

    Our investment in Avalanche Energy

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes Avalanche Energy—a startup creating micro fusion reactors to mobilize carbon-free energy for hard-to-abate sectors—to its Energy and Materials portfolio.

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  • CH! Co-founders Evette Ellis (left), Chief Workforce Officer, and Kameale Terry (right), CEO, standing next to an EV charging station on a sunny day.

    Our investment in ChargerHelp!

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes ChargerHelp!—a startup training the next generation of electric vehicle supply equipment technicians—to its Work and Prosperity portfolio.

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  • Two sets of hands hold a Prometheus Materials bio-cement brick.

    Our investment in Prometheus Materials

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes Prometheus Materials—a sustainable building materials company that aims to replace portland cement with an ultra-low-carbon bio-cement alternative—to its Energy and Materials portfolio.

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  • Students standing over and tinkering with robotics and hydraulics machines while learning at St. Philips College.

    Our investment in FAME USA

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes FAME USA—a network of employer-led chapters training the next generation of advanced manufacturing technicians—to its Work and Prosperity portfolio.

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