The bustling world of construction technology start-ups is off to a slow start in 2019, as mid-year funding statistics point to a marked drop in investment for these insurgent companies over 2018's blockbuster year, Crunchbase reports.

Whether or not 2018's record investment, including Katerra's $865 million haul, was a one-time fluke remains to be seen. Either way, that's not stopping funders from supporting companies like Rhumbix, a San Francisco-based field data-capturing platform that helps builders go paperless on the job site, which recently received a $14.3 million in new investment. 

Trevor Zimmerman, managing partner at investment firm Blackthorn Ventures, told Crunchbase, “Today, foreman and laborers have supercomputers in the form of smartphones in their pockets,” adding, “That’s enabling companies like Rhumbix to bring efficiency gains to construction that other sectors, like manufacturing, were able to access over a decade ago with desktop computers.”

New York City-based Avvir has also garnered a recent boost, according to Crunchbase. The company, which uses laser scans and artificial intelligence to "catch construction mistakes, automatically update your BIM, and monitor construction progress," recently took in $2.5 million in seed funding.