I've Been Spending My Life on the Wrong Things, You Know?

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We're very much focused on hardware, physical issues. These kinds of issues, yo, are the science space stuff that is less important to us than other things like sensors and what not. We've got two producers drow o shit into the slack room while i'm doing the and but sometimes the guess get thrown off like wild. This time i should have who's funding all this? Who are your l ps? And when you have your damode or people graduate, are you bringing them to chinese investors? American investors? Yes, yes. I eat wheat. Literally, i eat, i just pound pepperony peza, and then i hit it with a hagandas...

0:42 Jason intros SOSV's Sean O'Sullivan
4:19 How is operating in China during COVID?
5:22 Origin of SOSV, thoughts on in-person accelerators over remote accelerators, why hardware/life-science accelerators need in-person cohorts
9:02 Sean describes SOSV's typical deal terms, unique follow-on strategy & cohort size
14:27 What stage company are SOSV accelerators looking for? Does it vary by industry?
17:58 Sean describes SOSV portfolio company Memphis Meats & how they utilize bioreactors to create cell-based meats
23:06 When will we see plant/cell-based meat being cheaper than the real thing?
29:25 Will the issue of food-availability will be solved in our lifetime?
33:16 Will modern food science revolutionize taste & what is the holy-grail food that will be produced?
42:15 What is being done in the ingredients space?
48:58 How is running an accelerator in China different than running one in the US?
53:39 Embracing hardware, thoughts on Hardware-as-a-Service
1:00:44 Micro-terraforming