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Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar industry

TechCrunch

Allison Xu is an investor at Bain Capital Ventures, where she focuses on investments in the fintech and property tech sectors. As one of the least-digitized sectors of our economy, construction is ripe for technology disruption. Miscommunication and poor project data accounts for 48% of all rework on U.S. Allison Xu.

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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

StartupNation

That shift made all the difference — not only did we close our seed round oversubscribed, but we also attracted mission-aligned partners who continue to add value beyond capital. The outcome for us was investor buy-in that went deeper than capital. When your impact is measurable, memorable, and meaningful, capital follows.

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5 construction tech investors analyze 2022 trends and opportunities

TechCrunch

Often, industries that have great potential to be disrupted are also the most resistant to adopting bleeding-edge technology. Due to the Great Resignation and restrictions to immigration laws, “this labor shortage affects both blue-collar and white-collar labor,” said Sungjoon Cho, partner at D20 Capital.

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Seraphim Capital’s space tech accelerator releases details of its newest Space Camp cohort

TechCrunch

’s Seraphim Capital , the country’s only space tech accelerator, has released details of its newest cohort as part of its Space Camp programme, timed with the end of World Space Week last week. Kinnami has created a unique storage and security system, ‘AmiShare’, which fragments and encrypts data.

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Restrictions on acquisitions would stifle the US startup ecosystem, not rein in big tech

TechCrunch

Jeff Farrah is the general counsel of the National Venture Capital Association. Congressional committees have held scores of hearings, lawsuits have been filed and legislation has been introduced to regulate privacy and data collection. since before the dawn of the modern venture capital industry.” Jeff Farrah.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. Finishing is the ripest for disruption. This is an indication that the industry is ready for disruption.

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Developing Rapid-Response Plans for Cities to Help Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses in This Time of Economic Crisis

Forward Cities

Evaluate the impact of these efforts, including increased access to capital, on stabilizing local entrepreneurs and small businesses across all demographics and geographic areas. As disruptive as COVID-19 is, new entrepreneurial opportunities will open up because of it. Additionally, with crisis comes opportunity.