Maria Davidson (Kojo) on Record-Breaking Fundraising, Building a $4B Platform and Breaking Barriers in Construction

Maria Davidson is making construction procurement cool— and a
billion-dollar business. After studying philosophy, politics, and
economics at Oxford and a stint in venture capital, Maria set her
sights on one of the least “sexy” industries imaginable:
construction. What started with her hustling for meetings by
showing up at job sites with pizza has grown into Kojo, a platform
processing over $4 billion in material orders annually—and has
broken fundraising records along the way. Since she spoke with
Sammi, she’s raised an additional $10 million, for a total of $94
million raised, the most ever raised by a female founder in
construction tech. In this conversation, Maria shares how her
immigrant upbringing shaped her entrepreneurial drive, the scrappy
tactics that got Kojo off the ground, and the leadership lessons
that helped her scale in one of the most male-dominated industries.
Whether you’ve never thought twice about procurement or you’re
hungry for scaling lessons from a record-breaking founder, Maria
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