If you're building a first-to-market solution using emerging technology that could meaningfully contribute to society and generate a 50x return, TDK Ventures President Nicolas Sauvage wants to hear from you.

I invited him on the podcast to learn about TDK Ventures’ approach to corporate VC, which uses backcasting to identify ideal future technologies and then invest in entrepreneurs who are working towards those goals. 

Portfolio companies include startups that make things like flying taxis, batteries from reclaimed materials and technology for nuclear fusion.

“There's no doubt in my mind that no one can forecast the future,” said Nicolas. 

“But what we can do, all of us, is to dream of an ideal future, then backcast from there, and look at what are the gaps to get to this ideal future.”

Runtime: 43:31

• 4:50: “The origin story of TDK Ventures was three interactions in classes from a Stanford executive program in 2018.”

• Nicolas Sauvage, president, TDK Ventures
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Thanks for listening!

– Walter.

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