Luminar is a company that makes LIDAR for autonomous vehicles. We talked to several dozen players in the industry and asked them, are you going to buy LIDAR? Everyone said yes. Luminar was the only one that was meeting the metrics that we had specifically heard from the auto ODMs and other more old school industrial players were what was needed to win.
Molly and Jason celebrate the last VCSS of 2022 by reflecting on what Molly has learned over this past year. (1:24) Then Valerie Shen of G2 Venture Partners joins Molly for the final TWiCS of the year. (36:38)
(0:00) J+M Kick off the show
(1:23) Molly reflects on her first year as a VC
(10:58) MicroAcquire - Sell your business with no fees at https://try.microacquire.com/twist
(12:29) The founder/VC relationship
(18:30) Learning how to be a VC in a downturn
(20:13) Crowdbotics - Get a free scoping session for your next big app idea at crowdbotics.com/twist
(28:05) The art of patience + getting to 100 meetings
(30:34) Top VCSS episodes of 2022
(36:38) Valerie Shen joins Molly for TWiCS
(40:43) The history of G2 Venture Partners and Valerie’s role
(51:38) Climate Tech is becoming more popular
(1:01:28) Investable climate tech solutions
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