EP#59 Jatin Desai – Backing outlier founders and investing in deep-tech/IP creating startups

In this episode, Jatin Desai (Managing Partner, Inflexor Ventures), joins our host Digjay , to talk about his path leading up to Inflexor Ventures, the thesis and evolution of the fund, Jatin’s approach to evaluating & investing in deep tech startups, commercialization of deep tech startups, importance of having exit strategies as an investor, outlier founders from Inflexor’s portfolio, Jatin’s learning curve as a VC, deeptech themes that Inflexor is excited about, how being a venture capitalist has influenced Jatin’s personality over the years and more. Inflexor Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund that invests in startups leveraging deeptech & technology IP in areas like AI-ML, AR-VR, Big Data, Robotics, Cybersecurity, Blockchain and SpaceTech. The venture recently closed their new fund at $80mm & has invested in startups like Bellatrix Aerospace, PlayShifu, Atomberg, CloudSek, Kale Logistics among others. Prior to become a venture investor, Jatin was the CIO of Bank of America & DSP Merrill Lynch in India. Before joining the bank, Jatin spent several years in US, EMEA & India in various technology roles dealing with Wall Street banks and Fortune 500 companies. You can connect with him here on Linkedin . ---- Show notes – (01:47) Jatin’s background & his path leading up to Inflexor Ventures (04:09) The thesis and evolution of the fund (07:35) Jatin’s approach to evaluating & investing in deep tech startups (12:46) Overcoming valleys of death & commercialization of deep tech startups (24:02) Importance of having exit strategies as an investor (28:05) Outlier founders from Inflexor’s portfolio (30:17) Jatin’s learning curve as a VC (32:40) Deeptech themes/sectors that Inflexor is excited about (35:37) How has being a VC influenced Jatin’s personality over the years? (36:22) Rapid fire and closing remarks ---- If you liked our episode, you can

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EP#59 Jatin Desai – Backing outlier founders and investing in deep-tech/IP creating startups is an episode from The VCpreneur: Startups | Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Fundraising by Digjay Patel.

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This episode was published on Jul 17, 2022.

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