Quilt, Furno Supplies & RA Capital share the stage at Disrupt 2024

Launching a brand new product is difficult, however doing it in an area dominated by tech giants requires daring innovation, sharp technique, and the power to scale shortly. TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 — happening at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 28-30 — brings collectively three consultants who’re doing simply that, whereas concurrently addressing one of many world’s best challenges: local weather change. 

We’re thrilled to welcome Paul Lambert, founder and CEO of Quilt; Gurinder Nagra, CEO of Furno Supplies; and Brigid O’Brien, managing companion at RA Capital Administration to the Builder’s Stage lineup at Disrupt 2024. They’ll share the methods which have allowed them to tackle the incumbents. 

They may also discover how startups can differentiate themselves, flip legacy gamers’ weaknesses into aggressive benefits, and make the daring selections essential to scale in industries that haven’t modified in many years. This panel is a must-see for founders, buyers, and senior executives trying to perceive how to achieve extremely aggressive markets.

Meet the audio system

Paul Lambert, Founder and CEO, Quilt

Drawing on his expertise constructing profitable firms and having assembled a world-class staff from Google, Nest, and Tesla, Paul Lambert is now main the cost at Quilt in growing a design-forward, good residence local weather resolution. With 1000’s of house owners on the waitlist and $33 million in Sequence A funding, Quilt is on the verge of revolutionizing a market lengthy dominated by fossil-fuel-based programs by making sustainable residence heating extra intuitive and environment friendly.

Gurinder Nagra, CEO, Furno Supplies

At Furno Supplies, Gurinder Nagra is reimagining cement manufacturing — one of many world’s most carbon-heavy industries. Leaning into his in depth scientific training from the College of New South Wales and Stanford College, he’s leveraging novel combustion applied sciences to create energy-efficient, zero-emission cement vegetation which are modular and compact, setting a brand new normal for the way forward for sustainable infrastructure.

Brigid O’Brien, Managing Companion, RA Capital Administration

Brigid O’Brien at RA Capital Administration is dedicated to driving investments in firms targeted on planetary well being. With in depth expertise in decarbonizing operations at BHP, the world’s largest mining firm, O’Brien brings unmatched experience in scaling applied sciences that handle local weather challenges. At BHP Ventures, she spearheaded investments in revolutionary areas comparable to biomining, inexperienced metal, and sustainable useful resource extraction, positioning her on the forefront of sustainable industrial transformation.

Safe your seat at Disrupt 2024

This panel provides a uncommon alternative to discover ways to outmaneuver established rivals, scale innovation, and ship transformative merchandise in legacy industries — all whereas framing these actions round saving the planet. Safe your seat at Disrupt 2024 as we speak to learn the way these visionary leaders are driving the following wave of market disruption.