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OMERS Ventures, Turner Construction team up to build the construction tech startup of their dreams

TechCrunch

OMERS Ventures’ Principal Michelle Killoran has long been looking for a construction tech startup to invest in. Meanwhile, Jim Barrett, chief innovation officer at Turner Construction, was facing a similar challenge. Couple that with the fact that the construction industry is complex.”. billion in revenue in 2020. Barrett said.

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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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The Philippines Government Collaborates with Marikina City to Foster Innovation and Startups

AsiaTechDaily

During the launch event on December 4, 2023, the DTI revealed the Incubation, Development, and Entrepreneurial Assistance (IDEA) Program and the Accelerating Development, Valuation, and Corporate Entrepreneurship (ADVanCE) Program. Both initiatives are specifically tailored to push the creative sector. .”

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Just 7 days until the TC Early Stage early bird flies away

TechCrunch

How to Tell Your TAM: Dayna Grayson from Construct Capital invests in the rebuilding of the most foundational and broken industries of our economy. We’re talking more than 40 highly engaging presentations, workshops and roundtables with interactive Q&As and plenty of time for networking. You’ll find plenty more listed in the event agenda.

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How Up.Labs threads the needle between corporate venture capital and accelerators

TechCrunch

Its model brings together the corporate desire to leverage new technologies and the big company needed to innovate faster than startup scale would normally allow, crossing the combination with targeted startup construction. ” More on that in a moment.).

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Just 7 days until the TC Early Stage early bird flies away

TechCrunch

How to Tell Your TAM: Dayna Grayson from Construct Capital invests in the rebuilding of the most foundational and broken industries of our economy. We’re talking more than 40 highly engaging presentations, workshops and roundtables with interactive Q&As and plenty of time for networking. You’ll find plenty more listed in the event agenda.

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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.