"When Technology Transcends Screens"- Sunil Nagaraj on the CLIMB podcast by VSC Ventures

Watch/listen as Sunil shares more on the dangers of deeptech investing, how to understand investor types (product vs. metrics, hands-on vs. hands-off) and more!

VSC Ventures just published the latest episode of their CLIMB podcast featuring an in-depth interview with Sunil on a variety of subjects (on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube):

What We Covered:

• 01:19 What defines a startup as truly 'Nerdy and Early'?

• 04:29 Why you must listen to the VERY first question an investor asks?

• 08:48 Investing in technologies vs. industries: pros and cons

• 13:35 Single focus investing: pros and cons

• 19:07 How “crazy” ideas slowly become “genius” investments

• 24:03 Applying 'Don't Repeat Yourself' mantra in Venture Capital

• 26:53 The cost of keeping secrets from your investors

• 29:15 How trust accelerates organizational velocity

• 36:48 “Hands-off” vs. “hands-on” — which investor type do you want?

• 40:05 Treating pre-seed companies like Series A companies from day 0

• 44:37 The danger of “Moonshot Culture” in Deep Tech

• 49:57 Finding the one thing that matters: signal vs. noise in startups

• 52:25 Can technology truly turn the tide against climate change?

(click the linked timecodes above to jump there in the YouTube video)

And a huge thank you to Jay Kapoor of VSC Ventures!

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Ubiquity Ventures — led by Sunil Nagaraj — is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on startups solving real-world physical problems with "software beyond the screen", often using smart hardware or machine learning.

 If your startup fits this description, fill out the 60-second Ubiquity pitch form and you’ll hear back from Sunil directly.