HPA

MARCH 21, 2024

HPA is excited to announce our investment in Fuel Me ’s $18M Series A Round , which was co-led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Tribeca Venture Partners and includes co-investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Interplay Venture Capital, and FJ Labs. HPA Deal Lead Eddie Leshin will continue to support Fuel Me’s growth as an advisor.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

Senators led by Amy Klobuchar introduced the New Business Preservation Act to incentivize venture capital formation around the country. It avoids two well-known traps for government-sponsored venture programs by requiring that public funds are matched with private dollars and that capital is deployed by professional investors.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

(November 21, 2023) – Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved a new $20 million pilot program to support rising real estate developers. The Emerging Developer Fund will help developers gain access to capital and build additional capacity to expand their existing portfolio.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 25, 2023

In addition, the country is home to some of the world’s biggest names in finance, risk management, insurance brokering, offshore insurance, and captive insurance. Following the previous model, LEGO has recently started construction on its US$1 billion manufacturing facility in Vietnam, in addition to its existing factories in China.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

With the early success of the bill pay feature, Ramp is now adding financing and overlay with a new product called Flex. . But with the new Flex feature, customers will have the option “in one click” to add financing to pay the money back up to 30, 60 or 90 days later for a fee while the vendor “gets paid right away.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Artisanal Ventures , a Bay Area venture capital firm investing in B2B cloud startups, closed on its first fund, the oversubscribed $62 million Artisanal Ventures I. Van Nest was previously a venture investor at Blumberg Capital. We’re excited to be supporting companies leading the charge.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

s development finance institution, Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) Group, formally changed its name to British International Investment. As part of the name change, the development finance institution (DFI) announced that it surpassed its pledge to invest £2 billion in Africa over the last two years. On April 4, the U.K.’s

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

It 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. The four-year-old startup’s efforts caught the eye of Khosla Ventures, which co-led the financing along with Zeno Ventures. . How 3D printing is revolutionizing the housing industry .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Crowdfunding has become an increasingly popular way for companies to raise capital, and investors are taking notice. Groundfloor , the first real estate crowdfunding platform to gain regulatory approval, announced today that it raised its first round of institutional capital since 2015. “These are heavy RegTech lifts.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Venture capital continues to flow into Latin America at a staggering rate. H Twenty Capital (H20) co-founders Daniel Lloreda and Mauricio Porras recall getting into the region in 2018, a time Lloreda considered pretty early to be the investment space. The fund is supported by G Squared Management Co.;

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 3, 2024

In a significant boost to the venture capital landscape of Central Pennsylvania, the region is set to benefit from the establishment of the Keystone Innovation Fund II, thanks to a generous grant of $412,598 from the US Economic Development Administration’s ‘Build to Scale Capital Challenge.’

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Comcast Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Real Estate Technology (RET) Ventures co-led the financing, which brings the company’s total raised to $32 million since its 2019 inception. There is also North Carolina-based Prescient , which is also constructing multifamily housing and hotels through prefabrication. Scherr told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Despite shrinking investment into startups in 2022, venture capital funds of all sizes are still being raised. However, not many of these are led by solo general partners (GPs), and although that trend is on the rise , even fewer are led by women or people who don’t come from venture capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 8, 2023

The fund targets companies with ambitious mindsets, strong product-market fit, and remarkable growth potential, offering scale-up capital from Series A and beyond. ” “With the launch of the second generation of our funds, we are thrilled to extend our support beyond Series A, making progress inevitable.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

While a portion of that is from the energy and materials required to construct buildings, the lion’s share — nearly 90% on an annual basis — comes from their use. There’s a lot of overlap between construction tech and proptech. We hear people make this distinction between proptech and construction tech all the time.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Indian fintech startup BharatPe has raised $370 million in a new round of financing as it looks to aggressively scale its business in the next two years. Dragoneer Investor Group and Steadfast Capital also participated in the new round, which brings the startup’s to-date raise to over $580 million against equity. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. It’s a project that startups like BlocPower are already deeply involved in supporting.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Categories like construction, agriculture and health care, among others, were very much looking to automate. Robotics innovation had somewhat plateaued: Capability to innovate was heavily based on a startup’s ability to raise capital. I think there is a real opportunity for a general purpose robot that supports in the kitchen.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

These companies didn''t announce their financings right away, and for good reason. They''re building up their PR plans to make the financing announcements part of a larger story arc. If your announcement has goals, you need to make sure you do what it takes to support those goals. Venture Capital & Technology'

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TechCrunch

JULY 3, 2022

Indonesia’s construction industry is large and growing quickly , but a lot of supply procurement is still done the old-fashioned way, through phone calls and text messages. The new capital will be used for hiring, increasing Juragan Materials’ market share and technological enhancements.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Investors include CCB Trust, a subsidiary of China Construction Bank, GGV Capital and real-time communication solution provider Agora, a long-time partner of Cocos. The company also supports Chinese search giant Baidu’s metaverse platform Xirang, though it declined to share how exactly they work together.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 7, 2022

You want people who will offer you constructive feedback to help push your idea along. But to gain social capital that helps expand and evolve your concept beyond the ordinary and expected, you need wider social networks. To progress your initiative it’s invaluable to have people who can offer constructive, helpful feedback.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

” However, tech industries and companies focused on shared goals might find support. Our electric power infrastructure is old, aging and not secure,” said Abe Yokell, co-founder of the energy and climate-focused venture capital firm Congruent Ventures. The future of construction tech.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 30, 2024

The company recently moved much of its operations to a temporary site on Reads Way in New Castle near where construction on its new facility is ongoing. million in a Series A venture capital round in 2023, CMS has investigated where best to continue its growth. As the company has evolved, including raising $16.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2022

” The company is trying to resolve some big issues in this industry; trust, visibility and financing. ” The company has already sold millions of dollars’ worth of equipment, with early customers including SunState Equipment Rentals, Spiniello Construction and Los Angeles County. ” The $5.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

CostCertified , a Canadian startup which provides real-time, interactive residential construction estimates, raised $8.45 Put simply, CostCertified today is a price configurator tool for construction, but the Calgary, Alberta-based company’s end goal is to build the “Amazon for construction.” million in a seed round of funding.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2023

Fisher’s Popcorn officials presented to Delaware’s Council on Development Finance an application for a Jobs Performance Grant of $60,000 and a Capital Expenditure Grant of $145,500 from the Delaware Strategic Fund to support the company’s investment in construction, fit-out costs and new equipment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

As a partner at Wing Venture Capital, Zach Dewitt focuses on early-stage investments in transformative enterprise technologies. At that point, I went back to Harvard to finish up my MBA, and after graduation, I joined an early-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto. Zach DeWitt. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

While there’s a lot more to come from the Builders Stage, we’ve already announced the must-see agenda for Disrupt 2023: How to Build a New Venture Firm in Public (Supply Change Capital, RareBreed Ventures, and Banana Capital) When to Follow the Hype and When to Ignore It? Founders, do you have what it takes? Apply today!

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OurCrowd

MAY 7, 2021

Locusview: Digital construction management platform raises $64M. By financing small agroforestry projects, Treedom provides income opportunities for local farming communities in 17 countries. ” Locusview: Digital construction management platform raises $64M. Who will step up when the chips are down?

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Previous backer Initialized Capital also participated in the financing, along with Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, former Stockton, California Mayor Michael Tubbs, GGV investor Hans Tung and Paradox Capital’s Kyle Tibbitts. “As a homeowner myself, I know the challenges of permitting and finding contractors during construction.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When facing the challenges of starting a business, a founder needs to be resourceful—and that includes having a network of contacts who are supportive and available to help. Financial Readiness: Many startups fail because the founder has underestimated the amount of capital needed to reach sufficient revenue and/or profitability.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week sent ripples in startup ecosystems around the world, and it is emerging that millions of dollars held by African startups and venture capital funds at the bank were at stake, until the U.S. SVB was a great supporter & partner of Chipper and entire Silicon Valley ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

financing back in 2005, “climate change” was some future event. That’s where growth capital and eventually infrastructure investments come in. That’s where government, national labs, universities, angel investors and venture capital come in. I know it is a capital-intensive sector. We will support you.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2023

Clear Street , which says it is building “modern infrastructure” for capital markets, raised $270 million at a $2 billion valuation in the second tranche of a Series B raise. Nonetheless, its ability to raise so much capital during such a challenging fundraising environment is impressive.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The startup is well-capitalized, with $28 million in equity financing from Bessemer Venture Partners (which seeded Sweep) and Insight Partners (which led the company’s most recent round, a Series A). For posterity, Sweep records a log for processes and generates reports for all the elements in a funnel.

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