TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

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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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

But how can biotech teams effectively communicate to investors and partners how they will, with each round of financing, incrementally reduce the risks of discovering and developing successful new drugs? How much of the total financing is allocated towards the lead program? Pipeline prioritization framework Top-down or bottom-up?

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

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.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Equally – a great VP Finance can be leveraged well to take on finance, legal, HR and much of the operational tasks. Be careful about board construction. It will pay huge dividends in avoiding the CEO tied up in admin and allow him / her to focus on bigger picture items. Limit the number of VCs.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Bridgit , a “workforce intelligence” technology company that is focused on the construction industry, announced today that it has raised CAD$24 million, or about US$19.4 Camber Creek and Storm Ventures co-led the financing, which brings the Toronto-based startup’s total raised to more than CAD$35 million. million, in Series B funding.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Kojo , a startup that aims to help construction companies in the U.S. Earlier this year, the startup rebranded to Kojo and expanded from serving just one construction trade — electrical — to eight, including mechanical, concrete, drywall, roofing, flooring, site preparation and self-perform general contractors. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The challenges her father faced as a business owner in the construction industry always stayed in the back of her mind, so when Lin got the entrepreneurial itch, it was a natural move to help start a company that helped trade contractors better control their finances. It’s basically the slowest paying industry in the world,” Lin said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Developing construction systems to create infrastructure and habitats on the moon, and eventually Mars, with NASA. These are just some of the things that Austin, Texas-based construction tech startup ICON has been working on. The financing brings ICON’s total equity raised to $266 million.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

8VC, Tishman Speyer, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Michael Ovitz, DST, LeFrak and Kevin Hartz also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total raised since its 2018 inception to about $45 million. But construction fuels the commercial and real estate industries, which in turn impacts all of us in one way or another.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

Briq , which has developed a fintech platform used by the construction industry, has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management. Briq CEO and co-founder Bassem Hamdy is a former executive at construction tech giant Procore (which recently went public and has a market cap of $10.4

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

Marqeta has agreed to acquire two-year-old fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $223 million in cash, marking the first acquisition in the publicly-traded company’s 13-year history. Founded in early 2021 by Randy Fernando and Andrew Dust, New York-based Power Finance announced last September that it had raised $16.1

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Brazilian construction tech startup Ambar announced it has raised a large Series C round: R$204 million, approximately $36 million at today’s mid-market rate. Ambar was created in 2013 with the ambition to leverage technology to make the civil construction process more efficient. Ambar is not a general contractor, though.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 25, 2023

In addition, the country is home to some of the world’s biggest names in finance, risk management, insurance brokering, offshore insurance, and captive insurance. Following the previous model, LEGO has recently started construction on its US$1 billion manufacturing facility in Vietnam, in addition to its existing factories in China.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Some financing rounds seem to go really fast. 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. The fact that most entrepreneurs don''t focus on fundraising enough can drag this whole thing out a lot.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

The technological advances we’ve made over the last few thousand years are stunning, but the construction industry still relies on centuries-old technology. Even so, investors are backing startups bringing robotics, data management, automation and augmented reality into the construction process. Heinrich Gröller, partner, Speedinvest.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

In the construction business, time is money. But with so many moving parts, it can be extremely challenging for construction companies to manage the administrative aspects of their finances. Adaptive , an 11-month-old startup that has set out to give construction teams better tools to manage their back offices, has raised $6.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

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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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

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. GumGum – Raises $11 million financing. So What is Different for Class Three? This education will continue.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

It claims to be able to 3D print structures “two times as quickly with 95% less labor hours and 10-times less waste” than conventional construction. The four-year-old startup’s efforts caught the eye of Khosla Ventures, which co-led the financing along with Zeno Ventures. . How 3D printing is revolutionizing the housing industry .

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

She left NEA to start her own fund, Construct Capital, that focuses exclusively on early-stage startups, with a portfolio that includes Copia, ChargeLab, Tradeswell and Hadrian. That’s where Construct Capital came in. It’s a $140 million fund helmed by Grayson and former Uber exec Rachel Holt.

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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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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 18, 2023

There are complex reasons for this, but at a high level, the success of nuclear power is much more about project management, financing, and policy than it is cutting-edge engineering or safety. Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) began construction on five nuclear reactors in 1973.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

It’s important to find people who can challenge each other in constructive ways and offer diverse perspectives. Strong communication, collaboration, and conflict-resolution skills are critical to maintaining a positive working environment. Founders should have complementary skills, not necessarily identical ones.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This financing round was led by Christian Hymer, who hails from the family that founded Hymer, a prominent German motorhome manufacturer. Their products are constructed on a modular platform that affords diverse design and customization possibilities. According to Holm, the only noisy aspect is the foundation work. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Comcast Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Real Estate Technology (RET) Ventures co-led the financing, which brings the company’s total raised to $32 million since its 2019 inception. There is also North Carolina-based Prescient , which is also constructing multifamily housing and hotels through prefabrication. Scherr told TechCrunch.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2020

More recently, I’ve used premium financing to acquire insurance that will provide me with tax-free retirement income. Still, my family office has deep expertise in constructing and managing portfolios of stocks and bonds for our clients. Invest in Private Debt. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

” The financing brings the San Mateo, California-based company’s total raised since its 2008 inception to $600 million. At first, the company was focused on construction ADUs (accessory dwelling units), but now it is building multi-family homes and single-family homes at scale. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

When you’ve been playing the game a bit longer or when you have responsibilities at the fund level you start thinking more about “portfolio construction.” You’re thinking about one bullet at a time. At Upfront we often talk about these as “shots on goal” (a fitting soccer analogy given the EURO 2020 tournament is on right now).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

With the early success of the bill pay feature, Ramp is now adding financing and overlay with a new product called Flex. . Now they can extend financing through other forms of payment, and finance any invoice through us.”. The longer the terms of the financing, the larger the fee paid by the business.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Wang Young-Jin, director of Sejong Telecom, said, “We have played a major role in expanding the base of the blockchain business and commercializing it by successfully carrying out various projects in education and finance.” It is expected to create high added value through the recycling of medical data.”

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

A Great Example of Mentoring Byron Bennett is a serial entrepreneur and now CEO and founder of Z ergratran , an international startup organizing the construction of an alternative to the Panama Canal in Columbia. By leveraging your mentor’s network, you can unlock new business avenues and gain valuable industry insights.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

(September 5, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) is now accepting applications for the Construction Inflation Fund, which will provide grants for development projects experiencing increased construction costs and funding gaps resulting from inflation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

So in order to pull back that veil, towards the end of 2022, we decided to take an in-depth look into the trends and tech in property development and construction. We spoke to a diverse array of investors about finance-focused proptech and the move towards greener proptech. What would you say is the difference between the two?

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StartupNation

JULY 12, 2021

What we see is that the construction, manufacturing and health care sectors are rebounding faster and demonstrating greater resiliency than the retail, restaurants and services industries. Equipment finance: Fixed rates in the mid-single digits to mid-teens depending on credit quality. It generally requires a personal guarantee.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

“Diamond Age’s Factory in the Field system brings automation to the construction site to back fill the massive labor shortage in the home construction industry,” said Prime Movers Lab General Partner Suzanne Fletcher. housing market. .

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Dream It

APRIL 29, 2019

Co-living rents can produce operating margins that are 30 to 50 percent higher than conventional multifamily properties, but the sector is facing challenges in markets like NYC, including "a lack of supply constrained by high land costs, strict zoning laws and a relatively shallow, though growing, pool of financing options.".

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