Deep Tech Startups Are Thriving

<p>Karthee Madasamy, founder and managing partner at MFV Partners, talks about how deep tech is affecting and transforming traditional industries. Karthee shares important lessons for deep tech founders to help them move from proving the underlying technology to building scalable businesses. He also explains the MFV Partners investment philosophy and what founders can expect when they work with MFV.</p><p><i><strong>In this episode, you’ll learn:</strong></i></p><p>[<a href="https://podcast.sure.ventures/episodes/tsse107-deep-tech-startups-karthee-madasamy?t=1m45s">1:45</a>] Genuine continuous fascination with new technology is crucial to success in deep tech.</p><p>[<a href="https://podcast.sure.ventures/episodes/tsse107-deep-tech-startups-karthee-madasamy?t=10m23s">10:23</a>] Fundamental questions that any investor would ask when assessing the business model of a deep tech startup.</p><p>[<a href="https://podcast.sure.ventures/episodes/tsse107-deep-tech-startups-karthee-madasamy?t=13m40s">13:40</a>] Showing that you clearly understand what the problem is and how you’re going to solve it is a sure way of getting to a second meeting with the investor.</p><p>[<a href="https://podcast.sure.ventures/episodes/tsse107-deep-tech-startups-karthee-madasamy?t=23m44s">23:44</a>] Deep tech founders need investors who appreciate the technology and who can help them to prepare for the next stage in their journey.</p><p>[<a href="https://podcast.sure.ventures/episodes/tsse107-deep-tech-startups-karthee-madasamy?t=25m52s">25:52</a>] How can more transparency around how to invest in VC funds help the VC ecosystem?</p><p><strong>About Guest Speaker</strong></p><p>Karthee Madasamy is the founder and managing partner at Mobile Foundation Ventures (MFV) Partners. Karthee invests in frontier-tech startups in robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing,Autonomous Platforms, and Internet of Things. Before MFV, Karthee spent 11 years as a Managing Director at Qualcomm Ventures where he invested across the US, Israel, and India.