Foundation Fundamentals:Unveiling the secrets of built world startups

Our team's thoughts and perspectives on the secrets behind successful startups, innovation, and the boundless possibilities of how technology can transform the built world.

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December 3, 2024

Announcing Our Investment in Surfaice

A Starbucks on every block downtown, a Chick-fil-A by the school, an EV charger at the grocery store. These aren’t random conveniences—they’re the result of meticulously planned construction projects by brands who aren’t necessarily experts in...

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December 2, 2024

Announcing Our Investment in Fluix

Data centers have been the unheralded backbone of our digital world for decades, quietly powering the internet, cloud computing, and now AI. But as demand for computational power accelerates at an unprecedented pace, we find ourselves at an...

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20 Reads On Tech & Infrastructure

I present your Shadow Summer reading list, a mix of long-form articles, presentations, and books. We’ll keep the themes on brand – focusing on technology, startups/venture, and the built environment.

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The Serial Killer of Startups: Bad Strategy

The most closely held advice inside the startup network state is to always be building. Derivative mantras include: Ship at all costs, move fast, and break things; ideas don’t matter; execution is everything; and startups are just a series of...

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NAR Settlement, A.I., and N+1 Order Consequences

If you’ve been reading this rag, it’s likely not the first you’ve heard of the NAR settlement. To jog your memory, In March, the world’s largest trade association, the National Association of Realtors (NAR), announced a historic settlement

Fund II: Frontier Investing for Global Infrastructure

Announcing Shadow Ventures Seed Fund II

Today we are thrilled to announce Shadow Ventures Seed Fund II, a $34 million venture capital fund. The new fund will extend our mission of investing in ambitious founders operating at the technology “frontier” in the built environment.

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Announcing our Investment in Okibo: The Robot for Finish Works

We are excited to announce our latest investment in Okibo.Okibo is a Tel Aviv based construction robotics company that has developed one of the first fully autonomous “finishing” robots in construction – namely focused on painting, drywalling...

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February 12, 2024

3 Paths for Venture Funding in 2024

Last week, Crunchbase published some interesting data on Series A metrics from 2023. On average, startups that successfully raised a Series A last year had the following metrics

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December 4, 2023

The Confounding Psychology of Zeros

The true nature of venture capital is never fully grasped until you have an investment that arrives at zero. The road to zero is a lonely place.

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October 29, 2023

The Highlights of ICON’s Feature on 60 Minutes

In the business of construction technology, it’s rare to find a media event that’s mainstream enough to share with your family group chat.On Sunday Oct. 4th, Shadow portfolio company ICON was featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes.

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