article thumbnail

Investors discuss how labor shortage is shaking up the construction tech stack

TechCrunch

Construction as an industry has evolved with civilization through the ages. Construction’s digital transformation journey is only just beginning, and the sector offers a ton of space for innovation. To get a clear picture of where construction tech stands today, we spoke with five active investors in the space.

article thumbnail

TrustLayer raises $6M seed to become the ‘Carta for insurance’

TechCrunch

Recent traction includes companies working in the construction, property management, sports and hospitality industries. The most interesting opportunities we see are around modernizing legacy infrastructure, reducing friction, and improving the customer experience,” he told TechCrunch.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Scaling green ventures: meet the innovators accelerating climate action

Impact Hub

We actively scout, support, and scale green ventures that are focused on decarbonising industries that are major contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, such as renewables, construction, food & agriculture, mobility, and more.

article thumbnail

20 Resources for Identifying New Business Opportunities

Startup Blogpost

20 Resources for Identifying New Business Opportunities Unearthing new business opportunities requires the right tools and insights, so we’ve gathered wisdom from a diverse group of professionals, including business development managers and founders. For me, it stands as the best resource for finding new business opportunities.

article thumbnail

Startup Trends from YCombinator's Demo Day

Tomasz Tunguz

This increase in activity seems to be driven by advances in data analysis for drug discovery and novel sensors. Healthcare companies, those focusing on drug discovery or deeper diagnostics have notably risen in number in 2015. Looking into consumer YC startups more deeply, a few salient trends emerge.

article thumbnail

Korea’s leading accelerator program, K-Startup Grand Challenge’s alumni startups thriving in Asia

AsiaTechDaily

The program supports startups financially and gives them multiple opportunities to network with top tech companies, VCs, mentors, etc. In the last six years of the KSGC program, many startups have successfully established their businesses in Korea and Southeast Asia. Besides the 3.5-month Besides the 3.5-month

article thumbnail

PassiveLogic, which creates digital twins of building systems, raises $15M

TechCrunch

London-based SenSat creates digital twin models of locations for construction, mining, and energy projects. But digital twin technologies share the same limitations, chief among them inaccurate modeling in the presence of inaccurate data. Indeed, the models are only as good as the data that’s used to develop them.