deep tech
6 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 29, 2024 by Chris Power · across every show →
Everything said about deep tech, oldest first
Mar 29, 2024 neutral
Power: Series B is the riskiest stage to underwrite deep tech startups
“The way I would underwrite deep tech is basically like series B is the biggest risk point because you're starting to tip real money at the company. C and D is like what's already working. It's a fucking near monopoly. C to A is like, well, it's insane. And you…”
Mar 29, 2024 negative
Power: Deep tech startups cannot pivot rapidly like software companies
“Cause the other thing about deep tech is there is no iteration, honestly. Software companies, you can raise a couple million bucks, have an idea, test an idea, ship something new in four weeks. Whoops. Customer base sucks. Pivot, pivot, pivot, pivot, pivot. Th…”
Feb 14, 2025 bullish
McCormick: Vertical integrators take integration risk over science risk to outperform incumbents
“There's a lot of like deep tech that I think you're taking science risk. And like, I think with vertical integrators, you're taking integration risk where there's like five different kind of like cutting edge-ish, but proven technologies that you're trying to …”
May 16, 2025 bullish
Hardtech startups gain an advantage by monopolizing talent against fewer competitors
“You kind of can attract, like, exceptional talent into your company at an early stage because there's kind of, like, nobody else doing this thing, and so if someone is passionate or wants to come work on something that's meaningful, that's difficult, that's ch…”
Aug 8, 2025 bullish
Packy: Deep tech execution inherently creates uncopyable marketing content
“For these companies, there's just, like, actually an opportunity to just show off what you're doing, and, like, that in itself is differentiated because it's so hard to do. That like just actually getting the thing done, like kind of creates all of this unbeli…”
Jun 2, 2026
Romo: Deep tech costs are driven far more by talent than capex
“I think there's this perception, you know, outside of hard tech, deep tech, whatever you want to call the segment we're in, that they're incredibly capital intensive, and you can't imagine how much they're spending on capex, but that's not really the case. I m…”