Blackhorn Ventures News and Posts
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cloud-based versions of project management and enterprise resource planning (ERP) apps are rapidly disrupting the outdated paper-based processes.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...
Blackhorn Ventures Invests in SupplyShift
Nov 12, 2018 | Blackhorn News, Portfolio Company News
Understanding their supply chain is a growing need for corporations, and there are strong reasons for this such as improving reliability, resiliency, and sustainability. However, challenges arising from bespoke data collection and data silos within organizations is...
Blackhorn Invests in Aperia Technologies
Sep 28, 2018 | Blackhorn News, Portfolio Company News
Aperia's Halo automated tire inflation solution is tackling an everyday challenge that left unaddressed leads to a needless waste of time, resources, and fuel. By maintaining proper tire inflation, the life of the tires and the fuel economy are able to be maximized...
Former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Continues To Influence Clean Energy
Sep 28, 2018 | Blackhorn News
Bill Ritter was the 41st Governor of Colorado, serving in office from 2007 until 2011. One of the areas that he emphasized in office was progressive energy policy. Since leaving office, he has continued to work in energy. The first way in which he has done so has been...
