Yoan: I want to say what heroes inside my company have done a great job this week. We've been investing and building in these categories for 15 years, a with a track record of seven exits, and it's the right strategy. So we are a very standard, typical, ten year lifetime venture capital fund. But there is also particularly interesting opportunities at the intersection of all three of those themes. And then the other piece that's different now than then is you have all these foundational technologies,. whether it be robotic an automation, energy storage, semi conductors, advanced materials which can unlock new applications.
Sunday special! First up, J+M break down how VCs view founders with a side hustle (1:44), and how founders can actually make their side hustles accretive to their startup. (12:45) Then, Molly interviews Bay Bridge Ventures Co-Founder & GP Joe Blair on his ESG-focused VC firm. (28:00)
(0:00 Molly tees up today's segments!
(1:44 How VCs view founders with multiple roles
(11:24) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/twist
(12:45) How to create side hustles that are accretive to your startup
(20:52) J+M tee up today's climate interview
(26:56) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist
(28:00) Joe Blair, Co-Founder & GP at Bay Bridge Ventures, joins Molly to break down his institutional ESG and sustainability-focused firm
(36:09) Spokn - Get 3 months free at https://getspokn.com/twist
(37:37) Bay Bridge's thesis, evaluating what qualifies as an ESG investment, diligence on hard tech, and more