Deep tech startups, VC investments, and deep problems, E25

Applied AI Pod

• 01:35 - Why did you decide to continue bootstrapping and decided to not opt for an investment.
• 06:50 - In the age of the million dollar supremacy how much money is a VC ready to invest.
• 08:56 Open source AI, good or bad idea? - VC and deep tech founder perspective.
• 14:15 - What’s the ideal shareholder split?
• 20:40 - Should one opt for Europe instead of Silicon Valley to raise capital faster?
• 23:10 - Effects of the pandemic on the deep tech investment space.
• 29:10 - Do VCs run their due diligence in their investment process + should VCs start considering checking reddit channels from now on?
• 32:45 - The gap between early stage deep tech startups and investments.
• 41:30 - Time, as an essential factor, in a deep tech startup - time from idea to prototype.
• 49:45 - How is a founder coping with the long development cycle from a cost / business model perspective.
• 55:00 - Pre-seed to seed stage, where is the role of AI/ML: core, feature, end-to-end, black box.
• 59:10 - How much is reusing vs. proprietary AI work.
• 01:01:15 - What does a VC scout do?

Reference links:

Alexander Piskunov's LinkedIn

Amandine Flachs' LinkedIn

Amandine Flachs' Twitter

Venture Capital Scout Programs