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Wolfe: Investing with a 3-10 year horizon creates time arbitrage advantage

Josh Wolfe · 20VC: The 3 Forms Of Edge A Founder Can Have, Lessons From Being on A Board With Bill Gates & Why There Are A Lot Of Tourist VCs Who Are Going To Lose A Lot Of Money, with Josh Wolfe, Co-Founder @ Lux Capital · May 10, 2017 · at 18:30

Josh Wolfe, co-founder of Lux Capital, explains why Lux Capital focuses on deep tech investments that require longer time horizons than typical venture capital funds.

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“If the public markets are thinking one or two years out and discounting back, and VCs are thinking one or two years out, then if you are thinking three, four, five, or let alone 10 years out, then you've got a time arbitrage advantage.”

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