By Ty Findley, Co-Founder & General Partner, and Colleen Konetzke, Principal Ironspring Ventures is proudly headquartered in Texas, the energy capital of the country for both traditional and renewable energy. The state produced the most wind energy in the country last year, and the second most solar, behind only California. In the fourth quarter of 2023, real GDP for […]
By Colleen Konetzke, Principal Welcome to our third edition of The Blueprint, Ironspring Ventures’ new series to share what we’re thinking about, observing, and predicting across the digital industrial innovation ecosystem. Want to learn more about The Blueprint? Check out this primer as well as our previous pieces on the power of vertical industrial labor […]
By Ty Findley, General Partner & Natan Reddy, Investor Welcome to our second edition of The Blueprint, Ironspring Ventures’ new series to share what we’re thinking about, observing, and predicting across the digital industrial innovation ecosystem. Want to learn more about The Blueprint? Check out this primer. This piece focuses on nearshoring and why the […]
It’s no mystery anymore that since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, and only further heightened by recent geopolitical tensions across the world, there has been a whirlwind of attention (much of it deserved, in our opinion) toward the critical importance of supply chain resiliency and transparency. Nowhere is this truer than for shippers, who […]
By Natan Reddy, Investor & Adam Bridgman, General Partner Welcome to our first edition of The Blueprint, Ironspring Ventures’ new series to share what we’re thinking about, observing, and predicting across the digital industrial innovation ecosystem. Want to learn more about The Blueprint? Check out this primer. Our first piece focuses on the potential of […]
We’re an early-stage, sector focused VC fund deeply engaged in our core digital industrial focus areas and the markets in which they operate. Over the last few years, as thematic investors since Day 1, we’ve internally developed market research that we leverage for our investment diligence and portfolio support efforts. In 2023, we will start […]
My Journey to Ironspring Ventures I am pleased to introduce myself as Ironspring Ventures first Head of Platform. In this role, I’ll design and build a differentiated, best in class program to support the Ironspring portfolio, oversee activities to strengthen the firm’s brand, and expand the Ironspring network. With the current momentum behind the fund, […]
Despite a broader tech downturn, the construction tech space saw $1.3B in investment from venture capital and private equity investors in H1’22, a 44% increase from the activity witnessed in H2’21. While Q3’21 numbers have yet to be published, the figures point to continued high-level demand for digital solutions across the construction industry. On a […]
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have accounted for nearly 52% of Mexico’s GDP in recent years. Nowhere is this SMB emphasis more apparent than in Mexico’s $82 billion trucking industry, where carriers with fewer than 30 trucks make up the vast majority of the country’s 157K permitted carriers. With many of these businesses under tight […]