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. GDP, the market opportunity is huge, especially as spending climbs — the U.S. Where are you looking for opportunities in construction tech in Q3 2022? of the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

For decades, there were several blocks where angels and VC partners camped out at café tables, taking pitches between lattes. These days, when you have an opportunity to sell an investor on your idea, it will likely be via a video call, not over a croissant or a shawarma. How to make a teaser trailer for your startup pitch.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

Somewhere in that latticework of challenges, there’s an opportunity, which BusRight jumped on. 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. I’m also including the full pitch deck, so you can get the full example!

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

Startup pitches with promises to provide various services to Africans — across different sectors — are commonplace now. From Onayemi’s point of view, the growth of Africa’s digital economy revolves around gains in six segments: education, payments, logistics, transport, identity, and trade.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Supply chain disruptions — triggered by factors including demand surges, high transportation costs and pandemic-related lockdowns — are expected to continue well into next year, experts predict. “[The latest investment] is primarily going to be used for land-grab and expansion opportunities,” Komoni said.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Business opportunities from this cohort ranged from a social distance training program for children, crowd-sourcing for authors, a professional podcasting service, transportation supply chain management, a “last-mile” delivery app, and the development of a service that facilitates group connections while on vacation.

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Revolution

APRIL 2, 2019

Meet the companies that will pitch Steve Case and the Revolution team on the upcoming Rise of the Rest Road Trip. At each stop, we will host a fireside chat, a community celebration, and a pitch competition where eight startups will compete for a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

During Demo Day, attendees heard pitch presentations from five founders who participated in the initial Bridge2 cohort. i2E’s E3 and Bridge2 programs give you, the entrepreneur, the tools to communicate the problem, solution, and market opportunity — in multiple formats.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

We have quite a unique pitch deck on our hands today. A few years ago, AR car hardware company WayRay raised $80 million at a half-a-billion valuation in a Series C round led by Porsche, and I’m super excited to show off their pitch deck today! Nonetheless, you can’t argue with a successful fundraise of this caliber.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. Who will be on our stage? Founders — apply here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Money is emotional and complex, and the opportunity within the multiplayer fintech reflects just that. Here’s what to know per Kirsten Korosec , our transportation editor: The agreement to go public and the order from United Airlines comes less than a year after Archer Aviation came out of stealth. Use cloud foam to dollar sign.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Whether you are an undergraduate student with a startup idea or an MBA candidate building your company, TC Mobility offers students the opportunity to connect and collaborate with the industry leaders, investors and operators responsible for driving transportation innovation. 3: Test drive the future of mobility.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. Who will be on our stage? Founders — apply here.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 17, 2018

c) Unicorn aspirations As mobile has grown in the rest of the world, there’s more and more international opportunity. As we’ve seen companies like Alibaba, JD, Didi, Careem, Go-jek, Grab, and many more become massive companies, the opportunity has shifted from people thinking the U.S. Step 3: Tell a Great Narrative. How much to raise?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

COVID-19 has spotlighted many of the weakest points in our transportation system, but some of the rapid shifts in consumer behavior are creating opportunities for tech once considered fanciful, like sidewalk delivery robots and eVTOLs (electric vertical and takeoff vehicles). Ilya Sukah, partner, Matrix Partners.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Get ready for two days of programming dedicated to taking a deeper dive into the future of transportation and to meet the people who are shaping it. We haven’t even touched on the TC Sessions: Mobility Pitch-off and the early-stage startups you’ll find on our expo floor. Welcome to Day One of TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 !

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 1, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY — Student entrepreneurs from college campuses across Oklahoma pitched winning business plans online to virtual panels of judges in the recent Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup competition that awarded $158,000 in cash prizes and scholarships. Cox Communications Pitch Winners, $1,000. 405) 813-2403. sseagraves@i2E.org.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. Who will be on our stage? Founders — apply here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

You’ll cover more ground and discover more opportunities with your whole team at your side. They’ll have plenty of insight and advice to share, including the challenges that startup founders will face as they break into the transportation arena. Schedule virtual product demos, pitch investors or recruit new talent.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. Shop owners should stop complaining to their local transportation authorities when parking spots get repurposed for bike lanes.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

. “We can improve both outcomes and costs by moving care from the hospital back to the place it started — at home,” they write in a post that explores five innovations enabling at-home care and identifies investment opportunities like acute care and infrastructure development. PDT/2:30 p.m. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

The little three-wheeled prototype that could : I took the Nimbus three-wheeled urban transportation pod for a spin last week, and found myself getting excited and confused in equal measure. It has raised a $250 million round of funding to double down on the opportunity. Startups and VC. Image Credits: James Osmond / Getty Images.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

And so, to me, America was this place of idealism and opportunity, and California was this deeply optimistic place. And I think what people began to realize at the time is that the Bay Area was possibly on the verge of becoming the greatest squandering of economic opportunity in the history of mankind.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Register here , and apply for Pitch Practice using this form. . It’s free, and attendees have the opportunity to ask guests questions, participate in Pitch Practice and network with other attendees. We hope you can join the live event on Wednesday, August 3, at 12:00 pm PDT. Join the event here.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Opportunity knocks just as loud online as it does IRL, but this knock can be heard around the world. Plan your day to reap optimal opportunities! Startup Pitch Feedback Sessions 1 and 2: Don’t miss 18 innovative early stage startups as they pitch to TC’s own Jeff Taylor and receive invaluable feedback on ways they can improve.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

At SXSW 2022, Whurley did a session on applying quantum computing to transportation problems. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. The whole ‘90s were the early days of the Internet and I saw a lot of opportunity,” Whurley said. Whurley pitched him to invest in the company. And he met with U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The pitch — building a starter home for a much lower cost than other prefabricated houses on the market, and one that could be dropped in to locations in the urban core of most cities — was too good to pass up. But, there’s an opportunity to infill housing. “It costs $1 million to $1.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Today, Alex Wilhelm says both transportation platforms plan to reach adjusted profitability by Q4 2021. Dig into the pitches yourself, as there’s never a bad time to check out some super-early-stage startups.” Adtech and martech VCs see big opportunities in privacy and compliance. “Utter confusion,” he replied.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Exhibiting your early-stage startup at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California on May 18-20 is one of the fastest ways to discover new opportunities and accelerate your growth potential. Along with demo space, a $725 Early-Stage Startup Demo Package includes: Four event passes to help your team maximize time and opportunities.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Workato’s pitch is that it has managed to bridge the gap between automation and the non-technical users who are most likely to want to use (and build robotic process automation and other workflow automation experiences using) tools like these. “This is untenable, unproductive and results won’t be great.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

However, the founder also sees an opportunity to build out fleets of its three-wheeled vehicles and rent them out to people who want to use them for three- to five-mile trips around cities, or even longer distance from a city to a nearby suburb. Image Credits: Faction Technology. The vehicle would then drive itself to the user.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

million) on the back of strong demand for its tech from companies working in transportation and energy infrastructure. As with the larger opportunity in enterprise IT, big data players like LiveEO are essentially the second wave of that development: applications built leveraging that infrastructure. We make it accessible and usable.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

“Founders and investors have started to look for opportunities to conserve, and even enhance, the ocean’s resources rather than exploit them,” reports Tim De Chant. But when Uber rolled out service in San Francisco in 2011, it really transformed the way people got around. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch Dear Sophie, I’m in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Today, Haje is particularly psyched that he was able to talk the TechCrunch Plus team into letting him publish one of his Pitch Deck Teardowns without the paywall. billion to SpaceX in exchange for five more astronaut transportation flights, Aria writes. PDT, subscribe here. billion valuation looks like, it’s your lucky day.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

Among them were winners from the recent 2020 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup business plan and pitch competition , Cadenzo and Novel Nuero, both based in Tulsa. We are extremely grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this program,” said Whitney.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

Among them were winners from the recent 2020 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup business plan and pitch competition , Cadenzo and Novel Nuero, both based in Tulsa. We are extremely grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this program,” said Whitney.

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Haystack

JULY 15, 2018

Recently on this blog, I’ve been attempting to unpack how an investor can sort through deal flow and potential investment opportunities. I will save the last minutes of our time in person and lay out why the current opportunity is not a fit for me. So, now, what happens in the actual meeting? This can be as short as 24-48 hours.

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