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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

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Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. One of the most common areas of attention respondents highlighted were startups focused on construction and manufacturing.

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

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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.

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Construction insurance company Billy raises additional $2.5 million

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Construction insurance company Billy announced today the closing of an additional $2.5 Gutsa combined his background in construction product management with Robbins’ decade of experience running a construction business to launch Billy, which digitizes and streamlines the construction compliance management process.

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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. billion and $40.5 billion , respectively.

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20 Resources for Identifying New Business Opportunities

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20 Resources for Identifying New Business Opportunities Unearthing new business opportunities requires the right tools and insights, so we’ve gathered wisdom from a diverse group of professionals, including business development managers and founders. For me, it stands as the best resource for finding new business opportunities.

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Constrafor, a construction procurement company, goes ‘SAFE’ route with new capital

TechCrunch

More construction projects are being started, but payments to contractors and their subcontractors continue to cause a bottleneck in the normal course of completing a project. Constrafor grabs $106M in equity, credit to finance construction subcontractors The company raised $106.3

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Brokrete wants to be the ‘Shopify of construction’, raises $3M seed led by Xploration Capital

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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.”.