Bao Podcast

By Bao Living

Every month, we invite a guest on the Bao Podcast who's active in the construction industry. With our guests, we discuss the latest evolutions and the future of this interesting industry.

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September 22, 2024 #34 Arne Allewaert (pt.2) (AMAVI Capital)
For episode 34 of the Bao Podcast, we invited once again a familiar face. He was one of our first guests, and is back today: Arne Allewaert. Arne is a co-founder and Managing Partner at AMAVI Capital.
AMAVI is a fully independent investment fund with a pan-European scope, established to support the growth of the leading and most promising scale-ups active in the PropTech industry. AMAVI bridges the traditional real estate industry on the one hand and European PropTech scale-ups on the other.
AMAVI Capital (https://amavi.capital/)
YouStock (https://www.youstock.com/)
Casafari (https://www.casafari.com/)
Team.blue (https://team.blue/)
Enpal (https://www.enpal.de/)
Cintoo (https://cintoo.com/)
Shayp (https://www.shayp.com/)
Hydraloop (https://www.hydraloop.com/)
‘The Last Dance’ on Netflix (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Dance)
‘The Man Who Solved the Market’ - Gregory Zuckerman (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43889703-the-man-who-solved-the-market)

Time stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:30 Biggest changes and lessons since previous episode
19:55 Looking for opportunities in certain verticals
31:00 Companies on the forefront of sustainability
39:00 Some of the companies in the AMAVI portfolio
42:00 Water investments
45:30 Outro
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57min
August 12, 2024 #33 Chris Van de Voorde (pt.2) (JuuNoo)
After a nice summer break we’re back with a new episode with a familiar face: Chris Van de Voorde! Chris is the founder of JuuNoo, a company based in the Kortrijk area, but which is already active on the other side of the ocean.
Chris runs Belgium's fastest-growing sustainable company. With JuuNoo, he develops demountable walls, a beautiful story of Belgian circularity that is now also being sold in America. The company has grown tremendously since Chris’ last visit to the Bao Podcast. Therefore, we’re very excited to hear more about it.

Show notes:
Hannah Ritchie - Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/145624737-not-the-end-of-the-world)
The Circular Value Institute (https://www.circularvalueinstitute.com/)
Everyday Astronaut: First look inside SpaceX’s Starfactory w/ Elon Musk (https://youtu.be/aFqjoCbZ4ik?si=su73p5mIrCtfghIj)
Walter Isaacson - Elon Musk (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122765395-elon-musk)
Lex Fridman Podcast - Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1seRMg5Zdg5nBuw0W4Q3WB?si=93588340b4b94ea8)
Ash Maurya - Running Lean (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13078769-running-lean)
Ben Horowitz - What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44063692-what-you-do-is-who-you-are)

Time stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:20 About JuuNoo + changes since previous episode
8:35 Learnings from expanding to the USA
18:50 Looking ahead: future ambitions
25:20 About combining growth and circularity
39:15 Which market would you like to enter next?
41:00 Exciting new technologies
43:30 Outro
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51min
May 13, 2024 #32 Sunita Van Heers (pt.2) (Sureal)
For episode 32 of the Bao Podcast, we invited a familiar face! Sunita Van Heers returns for a second episode. She’s the founder and managing director of SuReal.
SuReal is a consultancy firm that supports companies and government agencies in making buildings and city projects more sustainable. Through a multitude of services such as studies, certification and project guidance in multiple fields (ESG, water, energy, waste, ecology), they guarantee an integrated and sustainable result. All this with one aim: having an impact on society.
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1h 10min
April 11, 2024 #31 Thomas Vandenbergh (BESIX Group)
For episode 31 of the Bao Podcast, we invited Thomas Vandenbergh. Armed with a PhD in Engineering, Thomas is General manager of Besix Technology and CEO of BESIX STAY. These 2 enterprises are part of the BESIX Group.
BESIX is a renowned global player in the construction and real estate development industry, based in Brussels. It has already completed impressive projects such as the Burj Khalifa, the European Parliament and many others.
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58min
March 13, 2024 #30 Dennis Vangeneugden (Kepler)
For episode 30 of the Bao Podcast, we invited Dennis Vangeneugden. Kepler is a new player in the housing market that introduces a new housing standard in terms of technology and energy. With an Energy Level of -15, KEPLER homes are extremely energy efficient that save consumers up to €3,000 annually on energy. Kepler's homes are built in a workshop in timber frame, and delivered to the site 48 days after the start of the project. With this innovative idea, they managed to turn an immediate consolidated turnover of 21.5 million euros in their first year.
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55min
February 11, 2024 #29 Michael Lefeber & Ken Spranghers (Kozo)
For episode 29 of the Bao Podcast, we have another dual-guest episode for you, featuring Michael Lefeber and Ken Spranghers, co-founders of KOZO.
Kozo designs and builds spaces that adapt to the people who buy them. Whenever something changes in their life, their house can change with them. Kozo’s innovative construction method ensures that you can choose to adapt your home. A small starter home can grow into a fully-fledged family home and then even evolve into a care home. On top of this, their unique demountable connection system enables an easier way to recycle the different elements at the end of their life cycle.
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54min
January 11, 2024 #28 Wim Pieters & Peter Bertels (CIRCL)
Episode 28 of the Bao Podcast marks a special occasion as we host our first-ever dual-guest episode featuring Peter Bertels, CTO, and Wim Pieters, CEO of CIRCL.
CIRCL is reshaping the housing landscape with fixed-price, future-oriented single-family homes. Their unique approach integrates circularity and digitalization throughout the construction process. From digital design to a remarkable six-week construction period post-permit approval, CIRCL is at the forefront of efficiency and sustainability in the industry.
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49min
November 27, 2023 #27 Regina Zirion (Cutr)
For episode 27 of the Bao Podcast, we invite Regina Zirion. Regina is Head of Sales at Cutr. Regina was born and raised in Mexico, she studied and worked there until she moved to Amsterdam in 2018. She worked for Uber from 2016, first in Mexico-City and from 2018 onwards in Amsterdam until she left the company in 2021 to join Cutr.
Cutr is an Amsterdam-based company that was founded in 2021. At Cutr, experts from two worlds come together: software engineering and woodworking. As a team, they work on the latest technology to make custom woodworking faster, easier and cheaper. People can upload their designs on the Cutr website and will receive an offer in a maximum of 12 hours.
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1h 4min
October 02, 2023 #26 Patrick Nijssen (NORNORM)
For episode 26, we invite Patrick Nijssen. Patrick is Head of Growth Benelux at NORNORM. NORNORM is a Danish company that was founded in 2020 by former IKEA manager Anders Jespen as well as investor and Skype co-creator Jonas Kjellberg. With 10 million tonnes of office furniture ending up in landfills every year in Europe alone, the founders aim to apply the circular economy model to office furniture by having companies subscribe to furniture instead of buying it. The company looks to create a fully recyclable solution for workplaces and reduce some of the burden on the planet caused by office furniture.
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53min
August 30, 2023 #25 Idriss Goosens (PropTechLab, LuxPropTech, RecAp, ...)
For our anniversary episode, number 25, we do a part 2 with one of our guests for the first time ever. He was our very first guest and now he's back: Idriss Goossens! Idriss has not stood still since the last episode, 2 and a half years ago. Today he's not only co-founder of PropTech Lab Belgium, but he also founded LuxPropTech, Relevation and RecAp, this last one is a joint venture between PropTech Lab and developer Revive.
This may be a lot for you to take in, but the most important thing is to know that the main focus of these companies is to connect and accelerate companies (start-ups and investors) in the real estate sector. And we certainly dive deeper in it this episode!
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47min

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The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.