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Why Docracy is the Most Revolutionary Company of Our Time

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Docracy, born out of Techcrunch Disrupt's 2011 Hackathon, just brought legal negotiations into the cloud with their new Super Signing feature release. The image translators work for the construct program. Anyone who has ever e-mailed various versions of Word documents to a lawyer or counterparty has experienced the pain.

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

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In the wake of COVID-19 this spring, construction sites across the nation emptied out alongside neighboring restaurants, retail stores, offices and other commercial establishments. Amidst the chaos, construction firms faced an existential question: How will they survive? Construction is a massive, $1.3

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AI-powered building design platform BeamUP emerges from stealth with $15M

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If teams don’t do their due diligence, they risk omitting from design documents important mechanical equipment, like exhaust fans and valves, for example, or failing to size electrical circuits appropriately for loads. Stephane Levy, a construction industry veteran, is of the persuasion that technology can solve many of these issues.

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London startup Weaver gets $4M to build out a vetted marketplace for home renovations

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It is also intended to house key comms around the contract negotiation/bid process, through baked in messaging, document exchange and on-site meeting scheduling features. ” Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt. times over 2020. We are the only startup targeting architects and their clients.”

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The battery business is booming and Zeekr kicks off its IPO roadshow

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and China struck a deal that allows American officials to review audit documents of Chinese businesses that trade in the United States, an agreement expected to lower the likelihood of Chinese companies on U.S. The 40-minute video showed the vehicle handling roundabouts and intersections and even some construction. Last year, the U.S.

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Flexbase unveils construction industry’s first credit card

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Flexbase is turning construction financing on its head with a new credit card — the industry’s first, according to the founders — that offers up to 60 days interest-free financing. Rahman, a Theil Fellow, and Solh grew up in construction families, hearing stories around the dinner table of cash flow pain points.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Jam City SPAC, startup PR, telemedicine market map, more

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The Exchange has been riffling through the document since it came out, and we’ve picked up on a few things to explore. In the VC community, investors look for lessons from disruptive startups they can use to identify other potential winners. Image Credits: Nuthawut Somsuk / Getty Images.

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