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How to run efficient and effective early-stage board meetings

TechCrunch

Amy Cheetham Contributor Share on Twitter Amy Cheetham is a partner at Costanoa Ventures , where she focuses on investing in exceptional early-stage fintech startups. Of all the things an early-stage founder has to figure out, one of the most unexpected is how to get the most from your board.

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Construction tech startup Kojo rebrands, expands and lands $39M

TechCrunch

Kojo , a startup that aims to help construction companies in the U.S. Earlier this year, the startup rebranded to Kojo and expanded from serving just one construction trade — electrical — to eight, including mechanical, concrete, drywall, roofing, flooring, site preparation and self-perform general contractors. .

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Current State of Angels and Boards of Directors

Angel Capital Association

Angels often make their first real impact post-investment by helping a portfolio company develop a “real” Board, by insisting on documented processes, key metrics and measures and a more rigorous approach to corporate oversight and accountability. In the latter case, returns improved by 20%. with an average of 5.7 Director seats.

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NJEDA Board Approves Creation of the Atlantic City Revitalization Grant Program

American Entrepreneurship

December 14, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved the creation of the Atlantic City Revitalization Grant Program. This revitalization program is a monumental investment into Atlantic City and our shore town communities,” said Senator Vince Polistina (R-Atlantic).

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Investing in Moment

Andreessen Horowitz

While investing in fixed income may have received less focus over the past decade (with historically low interest rates), times have changed, and higher rates (and inflation) are putting the opportunity cost of not investing idle cash into sharp relief. We’re thrilled to be investing alongside Venrock, Contrary, Neo, and Henry R.

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Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson will be a Startup Battlefield Judge at Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

At NEA, where she was a partner for eight years, she led investments in and sat on the boards of companies including Desktop Metal, Onshape, Framebridge, Tulip, Formlabs and Guideline. Desktop Metal went public in 2020 — she still sits on the board as chair of the compensation committee.

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With $36 million Series C, Brazil’s Ambar hopes to make civil construction more efficient

TechCrunch

Brazilian construction tech startup Ambar announced it has raised a large Series C round: R$204 million, approximately $36 million at today’s mid-market rate. Ambar was created in 2013 with the ambition to leverage technology to make the civil construction process more efficient. Ambar is not a general contractor, though.