Conversations

Chasing Superior Unit Economics in Climate Tech with Voyager’s Leo Banchik

Leo Banchik is a director at Voyager Ventures, a VC focused on early stage climate technology companies creating the foundation of a decarbonized global economy. 

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Engineering Human Tissues From Scratch With Frontier Bio’s Eric Bennett

Eric Bennett is the founder and CEO of Frontier Bio, a tissue engineering company developing lab-grown human tissues and organs for medical applications.

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The Future of Autonomous Ships with Blue Water Autonomy’s Austin Gray

Austin Gray is a cofounder and chief strategy officer at Blue Water Autonomy, a defense technology company developing autonomous ship-sized vessels for the U.S. Navy and allied forces.

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Japan’s Deep Tech Paradox with Monozukuri Ventures’ Nobuhiro Seki

Nobuhiro Seki is a managing partner at Monozukuri Ventures, a venture capital firm that connects deep tech startups with Japan’s manufacturing ecosystem.

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From Sci-fi to Sci-fact with AlleyCorp’s Abe Murray

Abe Murray is a general partner at AlleyCorp, an early-stage venture fund that invests across deep tech, healthcare, enterprise software, and consumer tech.

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Putting Tech on the Hill with Station DC’s James Barlia

James Barlia is the Executive Director of Station DC, a non-profit connecting innovators, policymakers, and industry leaders in Washington, D.C.

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Resolving Mismatched Time Horizons with Compound’s Michael Dempsey

Michael Dempsey is a managing partner at Compound, a thesis-driven research-centric venture capital firm investing in deeply technical and scientific areas.

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Building End-to-End Space Communications with Cascade Space’s Jacob Portukalian

Jacob Portukalian is the co-founder and CEO of Cascade Space, a company developing comprehensive communication solutions for spacecraft.

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Investing at the Critical Edge of National Security with Squadra Ventures’ Guy Filippelli

Guy Filippelli is the founder and managing partner of Squadra Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on national security and cybersecurity investments.

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Quantum’s Path to Commercial Viability with APEX Ventures’ Ion Hauer

Ion Hauer is a principal at APEX Ventures, a European early-stage fund investing in deep tech across advanced computing, robotics, space, energy and medical.

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Scaling Deep Tech in the UK with Cambridge Future Tech’s Katie Underwood

Katie Underwood is partner at Cambridge Future Tech, a deep tech venture builder that creates companies from nascent IP emerging from university labs and corporate research groups.

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Decarbonizing Industrial Hydrogen with Tulum Energy’s Max Pieri

Max Pieri is the CEO of Tulum Energy, a company using electric arc furnace technology to produce clean hydrogen through methane pyrolysis.