SOSV Climate Tech Podcast

LtM [SPECIAL] - Deep Tech Startups vs Covid-19 with Khosla Ventures, Fifty Years and SOSV

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This is a a live panel ran by SOSV to introduce and discuss solutions funded by some of the most active investors in deep tech startups fighting Covid-19.

  • Each of the three funds (Fifty Years, Khosla Ventures, SOSV) published an impressive list of their relevant portfolio startups.
  • IndieBio even made a call to fund Covid-fighting startups as part of its newly launched NYC program.
  • Here are the full video and slides.
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    This podcast is hosted by Benjamin Joffe, Partner at SOSV, a global early stage fund focused on deep tech with over $700m under management. SOSV runs multiple accelerator programs, including HAX (intelligent hardware) and IndieBio (life sciences).


    Episode Overview

    This recording has 3 parts:

    • Part 1: Some non-biotech solutions, from 3D printing to robotics,
    • Part 2, VCs present solutions from their portfolio (mostly biotech),
    • Part 3: Q&A.
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      The speakers are:

      • Seth Bannon, Founding Partner at Fifty Years,
      • Alex Morgan, MD PhD, Partner at Khosla Ventures,
      • Jun Axup, PhD, Partner at IndieBio (SOSV).
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        Introduction & Moderation:

        • Benjamin Joffe, Partner at SOSV
        • Julie Wolf, PhD, Communications Director at IndieBio NYC (SOSV)
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          Thanks to our speakers for their insights and to our audience for great questions! Speakers can be contacted at Twitter: Jun Axup (@junaxup, @indbio, @SOSV), Alex Morgan (@genomicsdoc or @khoslaventures) Seth Bannon (@sethbannon or @fiftyyears). Some of the remaining questions are on Twitter for further discussion.


          Resources

          • Video and slides of the event.
          • 50Y companies tackling the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 
          • Khosla Ventures’ entrepreneurs are responding with amazing diversity to COVID-19 solutions for society’s needs
          • Top SOSV Startups Combatting COVID-19
          • IndieBio Coronavirus Initiative


            • Previous Episodes

            • Eric Rosenblum (Tsingyuan Ventures) on the Chinese Tech Diaspora Opportunity 
            • Overview of Deep Tech Investment, Based on the Report by Different
            • Sota Nagano (Abies Ventures) on Japan’s Deep Tech Scene
            • Seth Bannon (Fifty Years) on Solving Global Problems
            • Kelly Chen (DCVC) on Investing in Old School Industries
            • Manish Singhal (pi Ventures) on India’s Deep Tech Scene
            • John Ho (Anzu Partners) on Breakthrough Industrial Tech
            • Matt Clifford (EF / Entrepreneur First) on Investing in Talent and Pre-Product


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