"He gave me this pitch that Goldman is an incredible place, but you are a cog in a giant wheel. There were so many industries that no one was paying attention to on the tech side in the U.S. He got me really passionate about doing something to help improve how those industries work."
"Working with Lonsdale at 8VC exposed her to big, traditionally unsexy industries full of broken workflows that affected millions of people but had seen little modern software."
"In a handful of years, Kojo was processing more than $5 billion in annual orders and became the largest construction materials procurement platform in the country."
Maria Davidson founded Kojo, the largest construction materials procurement platform in the U.S., after being inspired by a chance meeting with Joe Lonsdale. At 23, she moved to San Francisco to work at 8VC, where she recognized the need for technology in traditional industries. After three years, she launched Kojo in 2018, focusing on improving construction workflows. Within a few years, Kojo processed over $5 billion in annual orders, addressing significant pain points in the construction sector through innovative solutions.
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