E37: Gus Badran - DeepTech, Innovation, CleanTech & Climate Investing (Frontier #1)

The next big trend for Venture Capital? DeepTech & Innovation.

Gus Badran has over 30 years' experience in DeepTech, innovation investing and manufacturing.

We lift the lid on deeptech and cleantech investing, covering: his story from Imperial College to today, the historical interest in cleantech, case studies for how to analyse a deeptech investment, the future energy mix, and views on nuclear power.

We then walk through Gus' investment philosophy, the drivers behind scientific innovation, how to construct a personal investment portfolio, what startups should be focussing on, and even touch on Elon Musk's recent roasting of the BBC interviewer 😎

Connect with Gus here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gus-badran-31744030/
Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/
Connect with Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/

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00:00:00 Gus' story
00:05:00 The history of CleanTech
00:11:48 DeepTech case study #1
00:19:56 Patents & partnerships
00:24:55 Lessons from Peter Thiel's Zero to One
00:31:22 Nuclear power and energy mix
00:37:15 Electric vehicles
00:43:45 Investment philosophy
00:49:31 DeepTech case study #2
00:55:44 What drives innovation?
01:04:29 Hardware vs. software
01:08:02 Personal investing portfolio construction
01:13:28 Maximising the odds
01:23:41 Elon Musk's BBC interview
01:28:43 Solutions searching for problems
01:34:13 Incubators
01:42:13 Why startups win

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