Tales from the Hard Side: Building the Future of Urban Infrastructure
What does it take to build and scale startups transforming essential urban infrastructure?
Join Dipalo Ventures and Decile Group for the return of Tales from the Hard Side, featuring two founders from Dipalo Ventures' portfolio companies who are reimagining urban infrastructure and making significant strides in New York City.
Featured Founders
Fletcher Wilson, CEO, Throne Labs — Reinventing public restrooms with self-contained, accessible infrastructure.
Tiya Gordon, Co-Founder & COO, it's electric — Expanding curbside EV charging through existing building infrastructure.
Together, we'll explore their recent wins in New York City, the realities of working with municipalities, lessons from scaling hardware businesses, and what's next.
What We'll Discuss
Recent milestones and wins in New York City
Navigating government and municipal partnerships
Scaling physical infrastructure in challenging markets
Lessons learned and what's next
Live audience Q&A
Session Format
A 60-minute interactive conversation featuring an introduction from Decile Group, a founder discussion moderated by Rafiq Ahmed, Managing Director of Dipalo Ventures, and live audience Q&A.
This event is for educational and informational purposes only. No securities are being offered or solicited.
About Us:
Dipalo Ventures is a Chicago-based, early-stage hard-tech VC firm investing in product manufacturing for people and the planet across energy, climate, & Physical AI. We back companies at the Seed and Series A stages, leveraging our product design and development-focused Residency to de-risk investments and accelerate growth.
Decile Group is a venture capital platform helping emerging managers launch, run, and grow top-performing funds through VC Lab, the world’s leading VC accelerator, and Decile Hub, the AI-powered fund management platform.