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Formwork Labs aims to build ‘the YC of construction tech’

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Construction tech is one of those sectors that has not historically been considered “sexy” in a startup world that often favors glitzier technology. But construction fuels the commercial and real estate industries, which in turn impacts all of us in one way or another. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar

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Building a better mobility fintech startup on TechCrunch Live

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QED incubated this auto financing company in 2016 and Kevin Bennett became CEO in 2018 and soon after raised its first seed round. At the time, she was a rising executive in Uber — a post she left in 2020 when she co-founded Construct Capital. It started as MotoRefi, and rebranded in November 2021 to Caribou.

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ChargerHelp co-founder, CEO Kameale C. Terry is heading to TC Sessions: Mobility 2021

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she joined the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, where she developed a first-of-its-kind EV Network Technician Training Curriculum. Shortly after, Terry and Ellis were accepted into Elemental Excelerator’s startup incubator and have landed contracts with major EV charging network providers like EV Connect and SparkCharge.

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Antler Elevate Fund Raises $285M to Propel Growth-Stage Startups

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Register Antler , a business incubator and startup accelerator based in Singapore, has successfully raised $285 million for its emerging growth fund, Antler Elevate. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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Watch the latest TechCrunch Live event on building a better mobility fintech startup

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This week Rachel Holt from Construct Capital and Kevin Bennett from Caribou spoke with Kirsten Korosec, TechCrunch’s transportation editor. Kevin Bennett started his auto financing company in 2016. At the time, she was a rising executive in Uber — a post she left in 2020 when she co-founded Construct Capital.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. Financing the future startup nation. Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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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. But wait, does that make Launchpad LA an incubator now? There are at least 6 incubators now being set up in LA.

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