TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

One of those companies, Oakland-based Mighty Buildings , just raised $40 million in Series B funding for its quest to create homes that it says are “beautiful, sustainable and affordable” using 3D printing, robotics and automation. It also plans to use the new capital in part to scale its production capacity with increased automation.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 11, 2023

During the launch event, two key partners of the hub were introduced: Launchgarage Innovation Hub, responsible for implementing the IDEA and ADVanCE programs, and the Certeza and Technoearth joint venture, tasked with formulating the hub’s master plan to ensure its long-term sustainability.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Online shopping and speedy delivery through services like Instacart and Amazon Prime are the height of modern conveniences, but for many consumers who care about sustainability and e-commerce’s impact on the environment, every box and plastic bag deposited on their doorstep is also accompanied by a feeling of guilt.

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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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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Register Singapore is emerging as a hotspot for cleantech innovation, with a growing number of startups focusing on sustainability and environmental impact. The startup intends to leverage this funding to support a regional expansion strategy, with its sights set on entering the Malaysian and Philippine markets within the next two years.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Over $19 Million will Support Capital Projects to Improve Local Neighborhoods TRENTON, N.J. The $19,650,000 pilot program will utilize American Rescue Plan (ARP) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to fund capital projects in Atlantic City, ensuring that local neighborhoods are directly supported.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 3, 2019

What types of housing can we build to support that world, and can we build enough of it? The costs of construction and land values has increased far more quickly than incomes over the last 20 years, making it hard to build for the mass market. How will we work in the future? So why don’t developers just build more rental housing?

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 2, 2024

NJ’s Strategic Innovation Center will support 100 new companies over next five years, generating at least 2,500 new jobs NEWARK, N.J. HAX, a startup development program for pre-seed hard tech companies, with offices across the world, supports startups and entrepreneurs through investment capital, mentorship, and collaboration.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Below are brief descriptions of the innovations developed by the companies most recently funded: Elements Aligned, located in Erie County , provides the commercial architectural and construction industry with a system for securely fastening easy-to adjust, modular wall panels directly to conventional steel stud framing.

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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. Their decision to grow in Delaware will help make our environment more sustainable and add jobs to our state.” As the company has evolved, including raising $16.5

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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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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

If the founding entrepreneurs believe their business models will scale quickly, they will need a good deal of funding to support growth. By leveraging technology, automating processes, and expanding customer reach, startups further their case for investor support.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Circularity tales: From organic waste to alternative proteins AgriLife, a Tanzania-based venture established in 2021, is on a mission to revolutionise sustainability by transforming organic waste into a valuable resource. With support from Impact Hub Dar es Salaam, AgriLife successfully incorporated circular principles into their business.

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Wingtra drones are used by surveyors in a wide range of industries, including construction, mining, environmental monitoring, agriculture, urban planning and land management. The three main industries Wingtra sells to are construction and industry, urban planning and land development and mining.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Sustainability Stage: Tackles social and environmental solutions such as urban mobility, sustainable tech, green infrastructure, and new mobilities. AI Stage: Covers the latest artificial intelligence tech related to NLG, speech recognition, virtual agents, biometrics, RPA, deep learning platforms, reactive machines, and P2P networks.

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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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

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. It is too difficult, too large of a problem, too capital-intensive; we need to leave it to the government. I know it is a capital-intensive sector.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

The sustainable cooling company, which offers accessible cold storage solutions to businesses across Africa, has raised $2.5 Nigeria-based growth equity fund Aruwa Capital Management led the round with participation from Acumen, Blue Earth Capital, All On, GSMA and other investors. million in seed funding.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 20, 2023

According to a recent McKinsey report , reaching net zero by 2050 could require a 60% increase in capital spending on physical assets compared to current levels. As part of our global environmental strategy, Impact Hub is dedicated to supporting green ventures in scaling their solutions rapidly. trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

For years there’s been reluctance to invest in green buildings due to a lack of understanding as to what could be expected in return for capital. How could we stay on the sidelines while the world needs data justifying low carbon, sustainable, and resilient buildings? We encountered one, critical problem.

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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. We decided early on that we didn’t want to reinvent the wheel from the construction standpoint,” Geary said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

Sustainable travel at the forefront. Unlike with some other roles that may need filling, you can find highly competent outside lawyers to bridge the gap as you grow into needing full-time support,” she writes. Infrastructure bill could promote lean construction via data capture. Mainstream attention is increasing.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 25, 2022

ESR will raise a separate discretionary capital sleeve to co-invest into the fund which will likely close the balance of the fund at the hard cap of $1.5 We thank our capital partners for their strong support to this exciting effort. “As Additionally, the partners have an upsize option of an additional equity commitment of $1.5

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 10, 2023

Scaling green ventures: meet the innovators accelerating climate action In a world echoing with the urgent call for environmental change, the Impact Hub Network is committed to supporting innovative green ventures for a brighter tomorrow. At Impact Hub, we are dedicated to supporting green ventures in scaling their solutions rapidly.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

billion boost from Generation Investment Management , a sustainability-focused public and private equity firm co-founded by Al Gore. Five construction tech investors analyze 2022 trends and opportunities. Sungjoon Cho, general partner, D20 Capital. 5 construction tech investors analyze 2022 trends and opportunities.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2020

What it does: Unlock financial opportunities for farmers to create sustainable farms and improve their livelihoods. It then regularly monitors farm data to continuously provide clean financials and recommendations on how to improve its customers’ farms, as well as to connect farmers with capital in order to improve their score. (It

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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! Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. Congratulations! You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact!

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

million led by Schematic Ventures with participation by Motivate Ventures and SHRM Labs (the venture capital arm of the Society of Human Resource Management). This capital will help fuel Gig and Take’s commercial expansion for the next two years. Finding and retaining labor is the number one challenge in domestic manufacturing.

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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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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

How they managed to rally other ecosystem stakeholders into supporting these efforts. Alexis Ehrhardt, President & CEO at Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, explains “For two years, Danville Regional Foundation provided a fellow to support the development of the ecosystem. The need for an ecosystem builder.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

CEO Troy Harvey says that the new capital will be put toward growing PassiveLogic’s team and “launching an ecosystem of products that enable autonomy.” ” Analysts at McKinsey (among others) predict the pandemic will spur an interest in more comfortable, sustainable working spaces. ”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

So it’s no surprise that one of Airbnb’s most prominent investors, GGV Capital, is now backing another startup with a similar model. It charges a 10% guest service fee that it says helps cover insurance support as well as a 15% commission fee from the owner). Swimply is also proud of the fact that it is spawning entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Perhaps the first year of the pandemic was simply the final straw for so many companies that were already treading water — or maybe an influx of capital sources has kept heads above water. There was a time that Katerra was considered the darling of the construction tech world. Image Credits: Katerra. Loon (2015-2021).

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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. “It was really hard to figure out what was going on.”

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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! Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. Congratulations! You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact!

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Hardware/software to manage the use of bidirectional charging as an increasing share of EVs allow for this option - both for whole-home backup and for grid support at times of peak demand. To support the transition we need a lot more charging infrastructure. Construction vehicles (4%): Very early category with limited progress to date.

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