TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

Ghauche and Douglas Reed started Constrafor, a SaaS construction procurement platform, to provide embedded financing and software for general contractors to manage their subcontractor workflow. Since then, the company tweaked its credit origination and is now growing at 25% month over month this year “in sustainable growth.”

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

2022: The Aftermath In 2022 war, inflation, rising interest rates and a tougher economic environment–one not buoyed by historically low interest rates–brought an end to the long-term bull market in assets (the “everything bubble”), including startup capital. The exit markets fueling higher valuations are essentially closed.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak. After that $150 million is in, tell me about that next stage — that’s going to require more creative business models, different go-to-market strategies that generate revenues along the way.

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