Katerra bosses sunk company with “self-dealing”: Lawsuit
While Katerra floundered, its executives diverted the firm’s business to their other companies and used its funds for private...
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You’ve built it. Now will they come? Inside construction tech’s struggle
Success in the rapidly expanding field of construction technology appears to hinge on dreaming big. Just not too big....
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Katerra employees fire back with lawsuit over abrupt closure
Reports surfaced June 1 that construction startup Katerra was shutting down its U.S. operations. Three days later, mass layoffs...
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Inside Katerra’s final days
Katerra’s cash position was “perilous.” Its biggest backer, SoftBank, bailed out the construction startup with a $200 million investment in December. Three months later, Katerra’s primary lender, Greensill Capital, became insolvent, sending the startup’s...
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Katerra files for bankruptcy
Even after shedding hundreds of millions of dollars in debt late last year and receiving a $200 million bailout, Katerra has resorted to bankruptcy in its struggle to survive. The company filed for protection...
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What Katerra’s shutdown means for clients, subsidiaries
Last week, “rumblings” from Katerra workers on a project site in Jersey City reached developer Paul Silverman. He then...
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Troubled construction startup Katerra will shut down: report
Another SoftBank-backed startup has imploded. The construction startup Katerra, which aimed to transform the $12 trillion global construction industry,...
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SoftBank bails out Katerra with $200M cash injection
Once bitten, twice shy? Not so for Japanese investment firm SoftBank, which despite its ill-fated bet on WeWork has...
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Construction startup Katerra lays off 400+ employees
SoftBank-backed construction startup Katerra has laid off more than 400 employees, one month after new CEO Paal Kibsgaard stepped...
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Katerra CEO steps down from construction startup
Katerra CEO and co-founder Michael Marks is stepping down from the Softbank-backed construction startup to work full-time as managing...