Lynn Discloses Unannounced Canvas Investment in Autonomous Driving Startup
Rebecca Lynn · 20VC: Learnings From Mary Meeker & Larry Summers, Missing Out On Uber & The Changing World of VC with Canvas Partner, Rebecca Lynn · Dec 19, 2016 · at 9:20
Rebecca Lynn, General Partner at Canvas Ventures, discusses how Canvas balances thesis-driven investing with opportunistic deals outside their core focus areas.
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“And so my, one of my latest investments was in the autonomous driving space. It's a full autonomous driving sort of system, including the new, a new LIDAR system and the software and everything that bundles with that. And that hasn't been announced yet.”
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