TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Using lessons learned from her portfolio companies like Lyft, Refinery29 and Twitch, this article should be required reading for every founder. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar

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Red Rocket

MAY 22, 2024

CB Insights, a leading research organization that tracks venture capital financings, recently released its report on t he state of the venture capital market in 2023. The long story short is: it was a terrible year for raising capital. This article I wrote about roll-ups may help you.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Venture capital is no exception and the outcomes of every venture portfolio will likely follow a power law distribution. Unicorns were hard to come by when Aileen Lee penned her now-famous article in 2013. There is nothing mysterious about the power law dynamic in venture. Why is that?

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. However, what is often direly needed is how to appeal to investors and raise smart money — knowledge that is essential for fundraising and a master key to building, accelerating and scaling your new venture. Keep it short.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

The company claims to be able to 3D print structures “two times as quickly with 95% less labor hours and 10-times less waste” than conventional construction. Execs say the new capital will go toward making supply chain improvements and moving up research and development timelines.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Shreve tells Kyle that with the fresh capital, Ngrok will grow operations and “make continued investments” to improve its core product offering. The trillion-dollar construction industry isn’t known for its efficiency, accused of failing to move with the times and ignoring digitization in favor of legacy tools, Paul reports.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 23, 2021

The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds. See How Emerging Venture Capital Fund Managers Should Think About Their LP Fundraising Strategies.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

The “racial reckoning” — as some called it — saw many voices pledge to help construct a more socially and economically equitable startup market that, this time, included minorities. This frustration is compounded because two years ago, “the powers that be” promised change after the murder of George Floyd.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Infrastructure bill could promote lean construction via data capture. There’s a lot of excitement about construction tech among investors and entrepreneurs, but general contractors aren’t nearly as enthusiastic. Break away from pilots and proofs of concept.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In this article, we’ll introduce you to the top 6 cleantech startups in Singapore that are making waves and securing impressive funding rounds to drive their eco-friendly missions. Register Singapore is emerging as a hotspot for cleantech innovation, with a growing number of startups focusing on sustainability and environmental impact.

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Founders Coop

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I got one Wednesday when I read the New York Times article on Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard’s decision to put his family’s entire $3B ownership stake into a perpetual trust , with 100% of future company profits dedicated to protecting the environment. We already know we’re outliers in the blue-shirts-and-khakis world of venture capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

In this article, we spotlight top five cross-border acquisitions that demand attention, each holding the pledge of reshaping the entrepreneurial panorama of Southeast Asia. Long-awaited transformative technologies, such as advanced AI applications, are finally taking center stage, impacting how startups conceive and construct their ventures.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

What’s going to happen to those semi-vacant office towers, some of which are still under construction? In a companion article on TechCrunch , Eric explores these broader shifts, concluding, “you can start to see a world emerging that sounds a lot more like the fantasies of a New Urbanist than the world before the pandemic.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. As EU venture capital soars, will the region retain future IPOs? As EU venture capital soars, will the region hold onto future IPOs? Smart-building products include everything from connecting landlords with tenants to managing construction sites.

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Red Rocket

MAY 11, 2021

I recently stumbled on this great article below from my good colleague, David Gardner (pictured), the founder and General Partner at Co-Founders Capital , one of the most active early-stage venture capital firms in the Southeast, based in the Raleigh-Durham area.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

The Northvolt deal gives me another chance to plug a collection of articles we put together earlier this month on the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, including a look at how startups have benefited and a map that tracks all the battery factories in North America. NaaS Technology Inc. , Terms were not disclosed.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

Handle.com raises $10M Series A for construction payment compliance. This article by our own Alex Wilhelm ties into the “is fintech an outlier” narrative from above: Forge’s public debut will pose fresh test to SPAC-led exits. In other news. Forge operates a market for private shares — equity in unicorn startups, basically.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. But do your due diligence and work constructively with them and, together, you might actually build a sustainable future. Thanks very much for reading Extra Crunch; have a great week! Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

Before Tracy Young was co-founder and CEO of TigerEye, she held the same roles at construction productivity software startup PlanGrid. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Investors say they want to add value, but for founders under pressure, it’s hard to know exactly when to ask for help.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Once the decision has been made to go forward, there are very basic steps to setting up a business that formalizes the creation of the business and makes it operational which is addressed in a related article. Both angel and venture capital investments are made in exchange for part ownership of the startup or early-stage company.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Quiet Capital is leading the round, with BAM Elevate , Earlybird Digital East , Geodesic Capital, Kin Ventures , strategic backers Cisco Investments and ServiceNow, and previous backers Menlo Ventures , MaC Venture Capital , and Amity Ventures also participating.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! How Star Wars will help you raise capital for your company. Is Venture Capital Right for Social Ventures? * Congratulations! I’m an investor in this company. Thanks to Emily Campbell, Esq.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Tiger leads $142M round into RenoRun : Tiger is so fast at putting capital to work that I have not yet even heard of some of the companies that it puts nine figures into. The Canadian construction tech startup has “built an e-commerce platform for construction and building materials,” we report.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

“These deals were traditionally harder to track than primary venture capital deals, as they don’t generally get announced, but a new fleet of startups is shining light on them,” such as Caplight, Notice, Birel and Hive Markets. Autonomous tractors, semi trucks and warehouse restocking bots have gone from concept to reality.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Watching construction tech software company Procore go public Thursday after pricing above its range makes the IPO slowdown look like the deceleration that wasn’t. Thanks for reading Extra Crunch; I hope you have an excellent weekend! Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? The Kauffman Foundation analyzed their own investments in venture capital (100 funds) over a 20-year period and found, “Only twenty of the hundred venture funds generated returns that beat a public market equivalent by more than 3% annually….Sixty-two

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

That’s why technologies coming from companies like Malta , an energy storage technology developer that just raised $50 million in new financing, are attracting attention and venture capital investment.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Shawn Carolan, partner, Menlo Ventures. Abhijit Ganguly, senior manager, Goodyear Ventures. Rachel Holt, co-founder and general partner, Construct Capital. Sebastian Peck, managing director, InMotion Ventures. Dave Clark, partner, Expa.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Phases: Construct the options based on the main phases involved in the assignment (e.g. Outputs: Construct options using outputs (deliverables, specific work product). published an article last month in Forbes about the power of a good leader. This is where pricing theory comes in. a well known search consultant?—?published

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Lastly, I suggest reviewing these links on fundraising for impact companies: So you are looking for capital for your social enterprise? Is Venture Capital Right for Social Ventures?

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

Amy Cheetham, a partner with Costanoa Ventures, shared 11 board slides with TC+ that show effective ways to convey accomplishments, pipeline details, hiring and team growth, and other key priorities. In this article, the duo ask and answer three questions that CISOs will consider before signing a contract. First and foremost?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2014

In this article about Tom Perkins in the WSJ you would have had a clue before his recent letter. ” This in response to his 5,500 2-bed penthouse in San Francisco where his construction budget alone was $9 million. The venture capital firm that bears his name. But let me try. He says – out loud apparently.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

Venture capitalists are chatting this week about a recent piece from The Information titled “ The End of Venture Capital as We Know It.” As with nearly everything you read, the article in question is a bit more nuanced than its headline. Sure, it’s the end of venture capital as we know it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. Infrastructure investors are typically much more reticent to provide capital before projects are construction-ready.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Brian Walsh is the head of WIND Ventures , the venture capital arm of Copec. What you should know about working with corporate venture investment committees. SPACs are the construct VCs need to fund clean tech. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. Focusing on a narrow slice of the VC pie.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Actually it’s a bit more complicated than that, but if you’re curious check out my article from CES last year , which lays it out in more detail. The partnership with Hitachi Construction Machinery was successful enough that the company decided to invest. “But we’re not in a rush.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Startups and VC Injective, a layer-1 blockchain focused on building financial applications, has launched a $150 million fund ecosystem initiative, the platform’s CEO and co-founder, Eric Chen, told Jacquelyn in her article, Injective launches $150M ecosystem fund to accelerate interoperable infra and DeFi adoption.

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