Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson will be a Startup Battlefield Judge at Disrupt 2021
Grayson saw a chance to establish an endeavor brand more hyperfocused on the types of deals she was doing at NEA, which centered around production and digitizing industrial verticals. That’s where Construct Capital was available in. It’s a $140 million fund helmed by Grayson and previous Uber exec Rachel Holt.
Grayson has actually more than proven that she has a keen eye for transformational innovation. Desktop Metal went public in 2020– she still rests on the board as chair of the settlement committee. Onshape, another NEA-era investment, was gotten by PTC in 2019 for a whopping $525 million. Framebridge was also gotten by Graham Holdings in 2020.
At Disrupt, Grayson will function as a Startup Battlefield judge. The Battlefield is among the world’s most prominent and exciting start-up competitors. Twenty+ early-stage startups get on our phase and present their wares to a panel of specialist VC judges, who then grill the founders on whatever about business, from the income model to the go-to-market strategy to the team to the innovation itself.
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At NEA, where she was a partner for eight years, she led financial investments in and sat on the boards of companies including Desktop Metal, Onshape, Framebridge, Tulip, Formlabs and Guideline. She left NEA to start her own fund, Construct Capital, that focuses specifically on early-stage startups, with a portfolio that includes Copia, ChargeLab, Tradeswell and Hadrian.
It must come as no surprise, then, that we’re definitely delighted to have Grayson join us at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September.
The winner leaves with $100,000 in prize money and the glory of being a Battlefield winner. Families names in tech have gotten their start in the Battlefield, from Dropbox to Mint.
Grayson signs up with lots of other seasoned financiers on the Battlefield stage, consisting of Camille Samuels, Deena Shakir, Terri Burns, Shauntel Garvey and Alexa Von Tobel.
At NEA, where she was a partner for 8 years, she led investments in and sat on the boards of companies including Desktop Metal, Onshape, Framebridge, Tulip, Formlabs and Guideline. Grayson has actually more than proven that she has a keen eye for transformational technology. Grayson saw a chance to develop an endeavor brand name more hyperfocused on the types of offers she was doing at NEA, which focused around manufacturing and digitizing commercial verticals. The Battlefield is one of the world’s most exciting and prestigious start-up competitors.
Dayna Grayson has been in endeavor capital for more than a years and was among the very first VCs to construct a portfolio around the transformation of industrial sectors of our economy.