Blackhorn Ventures News and Posts
2021 Industrial Impact Fund Annual Impact Report
Oct 21, 2021 | Blackhorn News
Blackhorn Ventures is excited to share our 2021 Industrial Impact Fund Annual Impact Report. 2020 was an unprecedented year. As Covid-19 challenged the economy’s resilience, a groundswell of concern around climate change, social unrest and corporate responsibility...
BuiltWorlds November Venture Call Featuring Dr. Ray Levitt Of Blackhorn Ventures
Nov 13, 2020 | Blackhorn News, Built Environment
November Venture Call: VC & Accelerator Relationships With Their Portfolio On BuiltWorlds BuiltWorlds, a leading community for groups that operate in the Built Environment recently had Dr. Ray Levitt participates in an analyst call regarding how VCs and...
2020 Annual Impact Report
Oct 29, 2020 | Blackhorn News
2020 Annual Impact Report for the Blackhorn Ventures Industrial Impact Fund, LP It is with great pride and pleasure that we share the inaugural 2020 Annual Impact Report for the Blackhorn Ventures Industrial Impact Fund, LP. We are humbled to partner with all of the...
AOC 186 — Art of Construction Featuring Dr. Ray Levitt — Construction’s Digitized Future
Jul 31, 2020 | Built Environment
Podcast: AOC Show 186 -- Investing in Construction's Digitized Future Dr. Ray Levitt, Operating Partner at Blackhorn Ventures, joins the Art of Construction team for a podcast. Art of Construction provides marketing, communication and sales strategies to the building...
Resilience in an Economic Downturn: Opportunities to Generate Value for the Built Environment Sector
May 20, 2020 | Blackhorn News, Built Environment, Portfolio Company News
Background The Built Environment (BE) sector is highly cyclical, fluctuating with an amplitude several times the extent of variations in the Gross Domestic Product of the individual metropolitan or regional markets that most firms address. After the 2007-2008...
Built Environment Sector Trends
Dec 12, 2019 | Built Environment
By Ray Levitt, Operating Partner at Blackhorn Ventures Technological Advancements Bend Construction’s Productivity Curve Upward Moving Away from Pen and Paper The construction industry has been a pen and paper industry for over 5,000 years. While technology has...
Machine Learning Disrupts Construction Industry
Oct 9, 2019 | Built Environment
By Ray Levitt, Operating Partner at Blackhorn Ventures Construction cloud-based versions of project management and enterprise resource planning (ERP) apps are rapidly disrupting the outdated paper-based processes. Functions like project drawing distribution and review...
5 Ways to Close the VC Gender Gap with Melissa Cheong
Jul 29, 2019 | Blackhorn News, Entrepreneurship
Melissa Cheong, Managing Partner of Blackhorn Ventures talks with Tyler Gallagher about ways to close the gender gap in the world of venture capital. We need to start telling girls at an early age that they can cultivate their own brand of leadership in...
Modular Building is Gaining in Popularity Over the Past Two Years…
May 10, 2019 | Built Environment
“...but only when the tide goes out do you discover who has been swimming naked.” --Warren BuffetThe increasing use of relatively capital-intensive, modular prefabricated construction approaches by Skender, DPR, and others is being driven by growing labor shortages...
Press Release: Melissa Cheong Joins The Blackhorn Ventures Team
Jan 22, 2019 | Blackhorn News
Blackhorn Ventures, a leading venture capital firm specializing in early and growth stage industrial efficiency-focused technology investments, announced today it has added Melissa Cheong as a Managing Partner. Cheong previously served as Chief Investment Officer at...
