DCVC's Matt Ocko on deep tech w/algorithmic edge, difficult markets, seed, risk taking | Angel S3 E3
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Matt Ocko, Managing Partner of Data Collective, invests in deep tech with an algorithmic edge, shares decision-making in difficult markets, building a world-class team, the state of Seed in 2019, being brave & taking risks to create a utopian future
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Show notes:
0:39 - Jason introduces season 3 of ANGEL and Matt Ocko from Data Collective.
2:58 - Matt shares how he got involved in investing, and what he looks for when investing.
12:48 - Jason thanks sponsor LinkedIn. Go to linkedin.com/angel and get a $50 credit toward your first job post.
14:12 - Evaluating companies, what seed round in Silicon Valley look like in 2019, and why top VC firms have left the seed space.
25:44 - Jason thanks sponsor Embroker. For guaranteed 10% off on premiums (& up to 20% depending on quote) go to embroker.com/angel.
27:35 - Matt shares Data Collective’s diligence strategy and how it’s helping them.
36:14 - Meeting Elizabeth Holmes and the lesson in the Theranos debacle, and deals that Matt’s passed on.
48:38 - Rhetoric around socialism and anti-capitalism in America.
55:25 - The two share thoughts on nuclear power, Fukushima and installing nuclear reactors.