TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

based construction tech company that offers an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform to help project managers track work and capture data from building sites, has raised $16 million in funding. So it’s clear that investors are still keen on backing the next big construction industry movers and shakers. Disperse , a U.K.-based

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

But how can biotech teams effectively communicate to investors and partners how they will, with each round of financing, incrementally reduce the risks of discovering and developing successful new drugs? One of the most common questions we get from early stage founders is “what should I put in my data room?”

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

With the pandemic affecting every aspect of life and industry, it’s no surprise that digitization is coming to construction fast. Construction suppliers are increasingly under the same pressure as other sectors to perform at a higher level. This is the argument of Brokrete , which bills itself as the “Shopify of construction.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

The technological advances we’ve made over the last few thousand years are stunning, but the construction industry still relies on centuries-old technology. Even so, investors are backing startups bringing robotics, data management, automation and augmented reality into the construction process. Heinrich Gröller, partner, Speedinvest.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

Since his prospective co-founders were involved in the early development of the new dirt bike, Godby saw how well they worked together and what each brought to the venture. Godbys background is in mechanical engineering and product development, while another co-founder has an industrial design background.

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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

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Kojo , a startup that aims to help construction companies in the U.S. Earlier this year, the startup rebranded to Kojo and expanded from serving just one construction trade — electrical — to eight, including mechanical, concrete, drywall, roofing, flooring, site preparation and self-perform general contractors. .

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

There were regular events where experts talked about: fund raising, term sheets, constructing a team, product development, establishing biz dev partners, M&A, dealing with the press, etc. Pose – Raises $5 million in 2 rounds from GRP Partners, True Ventures, Mousse Partners & Founder Collective.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The challenges her father faced as a business owner in the construction industry always stayed in the back of her mind, so when Lin got the entrepreneurial itch, it was a natural move to help start a company that helped trade contractors better control their finances. It’s basically the slowest paying industry in the world,” Lin said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Developing construction systems to create infrastructure and habitats on the moon, and eventually Mars, with NASA. These are just some of the things that Austin, Texas-based construction tech startup ICON has been working on. The financing brings ICON’s total equity raised to $266 million. and Mexico.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Image Credits: Co-founders Gloria Lin and Joel Poloney / Bonnie Rae Mills Photography. Last week I wrote about two startups that had female co-founders and CEOs and I was so impressed with them both. Construction is the one of the least digitized industries out there. Image Credits: Co-founder and CEO Lily Liu / Pin?ata.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Some financing rounds seem to go really fast. They''re not well networked and all of the founders they meet essentially start out as strangers out of the blue. Let''s start respecting founders'' time more and realizing that the more time we take, the more time it takes away from their business. running the business.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

8VC, Tishman Speyer, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Michael Ovitz, DST, LeFrak and Kevin Hartz also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total raised since its 2018 inception to about $45 million. But construction fuels the commercial and real estate industries, which in turn impacts all of us in one way or another.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

Briq , which has developed a fintech platform used by the construction industry, has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management. Briq CEO and co-founder Bassem Hamdy is a former executive at construction tech giant Procore (which recently went public and has a market cap of $10.4

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

When it comes to construction projects, any type of delay can result in increased costs both for the contractor and their customer. Notably, the financing is a significant jump from the $17.1 They also don’t have to pay employees to do things like go buy supplies so they can thus focus on the actual construction.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

Marqeta has agreed to acquire two-year-old fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $223 million in cash, marking the first acquisition in the publicly-traded company’s 13-year history. Founded in early 2021 by Randy Fernando and Andrew Dust, New York-based Power Finance announced last September that it had raised $16.1

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Brazilian construction tech startup Ambar announced it has raised a large Series C round: R$204 million, approximately $36 million at today’s mid-market rate. Ambar was created in 2013 with the ambition to leverage technology to make the civil construction process more efficient. Ambar is not a general contractor, though.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

So In May 2020, he teamed up with fellow Digital Ocean co-founders Mitch Wainer and Ben Uretsky to startup Welcome Homes , a New York City-based company that offers people a way to design and build new homes online. DigitalOcean’s other two co-founders Jesse Mauro and Marc Hartman are advisors to the company).

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 24, 2022

As founders rush to build the infrastructure of tomorrow, they often seek out money from those that have self-identified as “Web3 VCs”—the promoters and thought leaders of this new paradigm. You’ll need someone who can call you out on your b t—constructively, of course. All of this makes the promise of Web3 super exciting.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2021

Each year TechCrunch brings together founders, investors, CEOs and engineers who are working on all things transportation and mobility. Among the growing list of speakers are Rimac Automobili founder Mate Rimac , Revel Transit CEO Frank Reig , community organizer, transportation consultant and lawyer Tamika L.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

In the construction business, time is money. But with so many moving parts, it can be extremely challenging for construction companies to manage the administrative aspects of their finances. Adaptive , an 11-month-old startup that has set out to give construction teams better tools to manage their back offices, has raised $6.5

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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

JULY 16, 2021

She left NEA to start her own fund, Construct Capital, that focuses exclusively on early-stage startups, with a portfolio that includes Copia, ChargeLab, Tradeswell and Hadrian. That’s where Construct Capital came in. It’s a $140 million fund helmed by Grayson and former Uber exec Rachel Holt.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Last week , we took the plunge and began dissecting an example term sheet for a convertible debt financing round piece by piece. In Part II, we looked at the mandatory conversion language that is at the heart of any convertible debt financing. Same, except at the option of the noteholders (per the term sheet example above).

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

Black founders raised 1.3% So far this year, Black founders have raised a smaller 1.2% The past few months have seen private market investors reduce their investment pace as a possible recession looms, but that 1% figure has barely budged, meaning economic rain or shine, it’s always a challenging time to be a Black founder.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

Whether you’re a first-time founder or a seasoned business owner striving for the next level of success, a mentor can provide insights, timely guidance, and encouragement that brings a positive impact on your business journey. He attributes much of his success to the mentors he gained throughout his career.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

When you’ve been playing the game a bit longer or when you have responsibilities at the fund level you start thinking more about “portfolio construction.” Almost every successful company is a mixture of very hard work by the founders mixed with a pinch of luck, good fortune and perseverance. You’re thinking about one bullet at a time.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This financing round was led by Christian Hymer, who hails from the family that founded Hymer, a prominent German motorhome manufacturer. Their products are constructed on a modular platform that affords diverse design and customization possibilities. According to Holm, the only noisy aspect is the foundation work. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

million) seed round of funding led by Founders Fund. Also participating is LAUNCH (the fund led by investor Jason Calacanis), Sweet Capital (via Pippa Lamb), Rogue VC (via Alice Lloyd George) and Angel investors Simon Beckerman (co-founder of Depop), Eric Wahlforss (co-founder of SoundCloud and now Dance), Abe Burns and Joe White.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

The best founder and VC relationships are based on trust and partnership; it should be a relationship that’s nonjudgmental, supportive, and constructive. As many founders can attest, the startup journey can be lonely at times. As a founder, it’s easy to get bogged down by details.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Justyn Howard, founder of Sprout Social has a blog post that he’s written about his experiences of migrating from scrappy tools to more efficient ones (i.e. And this is especially important since the people who get sucked into this admin the most are the founders – the people who you most want focused on high-value tasks.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Embedded finance infrastructure makes financing decisions based on real-time data. Fintech startup Parafin innovatively tackles this challenge through its embedded finance infrastructure used by partners such as DoorDash, Amazon, and others. and Canada. This has historically hindered small business growth.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

” The financing brings the San Mateo, California-based company’s total raised since its 2008 inception to $600 million. During its time developing properties, it found new ways to improve the building process, according to CEO and co-founder Amit Haller.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

Perhaps most promisingly for the company’s founders, 20% of the round was made up of home builders and land developers; it’s always a good sign when potential customers invest in startups. . housing market. “Affordable housing is impacting people on a global scale.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

million financing round. David Akinin (Co-founder and CEO, JABU). Akinin launched a startup to offer digital mortgages but pivoted to a construction company with a presence in Namibia, Zambia and Cameroon. Due to the pandemic, Akinin’s construction company embarked on a COVID relief program to donate food supplies in Namibia.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

I’ve never met a founder who wasn’t acutely aware of his or her ticking time bomb and the sense that failure and humiliation is a real possibility. Very, very few founders have an easy time despite what you read in the press. Strangely, most founders I know don’t have this conversation with the inside investors early.

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