TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

Abodu , one of a slew of startup companies pitching backyard homes and office spaces to Californians in an effort to help address the state’s housing shortage, has instituted a new “Quickship” program that can take an order from contract to construction and installation in about 30 days. trillion-dollar industry.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. Every day, 5% of the entire online world (roughly 3.5 billion people) visits a customer running on the WP Engine Digital Experience Platform. Long-time readers of this (11-year old!!)

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

News broke earlier this week that Amazon is letting employees use their stock to finance home purchases and even second homes. Speakers include Techstars’ Kerty Levy , Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson and NFX’s James Currier. The whole show was a hoot. Unexpectedly, for all, was the return of Better.com. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

How to Construct an Equitable Cap Table with Ashley Mayer (Coalition Operators), Amanda Robson (Cowboy Ventures) and Richie Serna (Finix) Venture investors are no longer all located on the same road at the same time in the same city in the same state of the same country. How can founders construct an investor pool that reflects their values?

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

What about pitch competitions that sound like Ancient Roman death matches? They do, and I'll join these events, but when you name your pitch event after something violent, you shouldn't be surprised when you've gotten way more men to apply. How enthusiastic are women going to be to participate in shark cages and battlegrounds?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

After winning the 2013 TechCrunch Meetup and Pitch-off , I decided to drop out of business school to pursue my startup full time. The best founder and VC relationships are based on trust and partnership; it should be a relationship that’s nonjudgmental, supportive, and constructive.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

The capital infusion will help accelerate Solid’s entrance into some new verticals like travel, logistics, construction, healthcare, education and the gig economy. 8 fintech VCs discuss the shifting investing landscape and how to pitch them in Q3 2022. Our goal is to be alongside them as a partner, not just a vendor.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

” In this detailed market analysis, Lam studies the differences between decentralized and centralized finance systems with an eye on the different ways risk manifests in each environment. “We would like to have more peers investing alongside us with this sort of thesis and understanding,” said Roberts.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

While legacy sectors like transportation and energy have embraced new tech, innovation in the construction industry has been slow to take hold. Even though many large construction firms manage internal R&D units, more than a third of employees say they’re reluctant to adopt new technology. of the U.S. Its recently enacted $1.2

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

million in venture financing from investors led by Equal Ventures and including Operator Partners, Box Group, Greycroft, Sandeep Jain and Xuan Yong of RigUp, returning angel investor Kiran Bhatraju of Arcadia and Jason Jacobs’ recently launched My Climate Journey Collective, an early-stage climate tech fund. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2022

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. At the time, she was a rising executive in Uber — a post she left in 2020 when she co-founded Construct Capital. Register here for free.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Haje is scratching his head in the newest Pitch Deck Teardown for Diamond Standard’s $30M Series A deck. Finance, meet regulation. Regulation, finance : Ira Lam explores CeFi and DeFi in the face of regulation. A pro(tein) move: Tim reports how NovoNutrients wants to turn CO2 into protein.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

“It makes sense for us to be more thoughtful than we already were with regard to portfolio construction and make sure we are not over-levered in any one vintage or ‘company stage’ pricing, e.g., 2021, pre-product, pre-revenue,” he said. So how are these first-time fund managers going to fare?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Kruze Consulting, an accounting firm for startups, mined through over 750 companies’ finances, which includes upward of $300 million in quarterly revenue and over $750 million in quarterly spend. Speakers include Techstars’ Kerty Levy , Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson, and NFX’s James Currier. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

In a previous piece, I looked at how some tech workers are responding to risk by doing more due diligence on potential employers, taking on two jobs, otherwise known as over-employment, or reframing their personal finance mindset. Speakers include Techstars’ Kerty Levy , Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson and NFX’s James Currier.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

As The TechCrunch team sat through hundreds of startup pitches during YC’s biannual Demo Day, the backdrop of change was certainly noted. In these situations, investors also reserve more capital to backstop their best performing companies, which further reduces the number of new financings. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

“It makes sense for us to be more thoughtful than we already were with regard to portfolio construction and make sure we are not over-levered in any one vintage or ‘company stage’ pricing, e.g., 2021, pre-product, pre-revenue,” he said. So how are these first-time fund managers going to fare?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Rachel Holt, co-founder and general partner, Construct Capital. Felicis’ Aydin Senkut and Guideline’s Kevin Busque on the value of simple pitch decks. When it comes to building a durable relationship between a founder and an investor, “the trust starts in the pitch deck,” says Guideline CEO Kevin Busque.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

We’re lucky enough to be able to share Northspyre’s pitch deck with you today. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. Construction ain’t one of those, and so you kind of get away with anything. Next question.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 19, 2015

In addition to the pitches themselves, the types of companies presenting forbear trends in the startup world more broadly. Startups pursuing consumer finance have popped recently, not driven by Bitcoin, but by a wave of founders bringing more sophisticated financial tools to the masses. This year was no exception.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. billion loan from the agency to help it finance the construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities. Listen up founders! So, here is a chance to participate. The big three U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Given his busy days and evenings filled with planning for the couple’s growing family, the last thing that Heineman wanted was to spend his “off” hours managing yet another another construction project at his own Bay Area home. Says Heineman now of his own experience, “It was a joke.”

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Assess Your Professional Skills: Take an inventory of existing skills that can be used when starting up a business apply to a startup that includes sales, marketing, operations, financing, human resources, hiring, communication networking, problem-solving, and more. The pitch is typically given when approaching an investor face to face.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The mission is the elevator pitch. And we know that the chief people officer role, CHRO—unlike maybe finance or sales—entrepreneurs have a harder time understanding what that role is, right? There’s a certain way to do this that is constructive and that actually adds to the process rather than causes friction and problems.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

At the time, Topi was somewhat vague in terms of what its actual product would be, but the company today announced its first product in partnership with German electronics retailer Gravis , and unveiled a fresh $45 million in equity and debt financing. . Hardware-as-a-service.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

An easing of laws around the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) around the U.S. What followed was an over a year-long nightmare and process around the feasibility, permitting and construction,” Czarnecki recalls. has opened up opportunities for companies that build such structures. Cottage is one such company.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

It’s why raising a round of capital often feels like a hollow victory because it almost feels like a temporary reprieve from the Grim Reaper and in a way every new round just sets the bar higher to clear for the next round of financing or the hope of reaching profitability. By the end the buyer forgets why they loved your presentation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Kelly Chen, DCVC: Robotics startups have an additional layer to their banking relationship, typically tying equipment financing and other debt structures to banking. The pitch arrived along with a five-paragraph summary of his accomplishments. Image Credits: Built Robotics A pair of new construction robots debuted this week.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Some financing rounds seem to go really fast. In many cases, I got to know the entrepreneur before they were pitching or even had a deck. Others drag on for months and months. The problem with dragging it on is twofold--. a) The entrepreneur is distracted from doing what they need to do--i.e. running the business.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The week of Thanksgiving turned out to be less boring than I expected — I reported that three of alternative financing startup Pipe’s co-founders were stepping down as the company searched for a “veteran” CEO to take the company to the next level. Consumer finance app Djamo eyes Francophone Africa expansion, backed by new $14M round.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Embedded finance will help fill the life insurance coverage gap. There’s latent demand for life insurance currently unaddressed by much of the financial services industry, and embedded finance can be the solution. Embedded finance will help fill the life insurance coverage gap. Deep Science: Robots, meet world.

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TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

Then the next, I open my inbox to see pitches for nine-figure funding rounds (hello, SpotOn ) and the birth of new unicorns (looking at you, Unit ). Stripes led the latest financing. I’m always open to constructive feedback, so let me know if there’s anything you’d like to see more — or less — of. Here we are today.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The company also has managed to raise $63 million in equity and debt financing to support its mission. That money is split between an $8 million investment from some of the country’s top venture firms and a $55 million debt facility structured in part by Goldman Sachs to finance the redevelopment projects that BlocPower is creating.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

As venture capitalist and economic historian Bill Janeway remarked : “… the federal government funded construction of a platform on which entrepreneurs and venture capitalists could dance.” states continue to experiment with ways to spark entrepreneurial finance.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

She wants to figure out how to finance the billions of dollars in much-needed NYCHA repairs. But, fine, I’m sure he would have been an ok administrator—that is, until he brazenly flaunted the election finance laws through his father’s $1 million donation to his campaign. She wants to field complaints about flooded streets. Bike lanes.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations.

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