Navigating Challenges in Deep Tech Incubation and Venture Capital

This chapter explores the speaker's struggles with adverse self-selection in an incubator, despite encountering innovative deep tech ideas, and reflects on the success stories of ventures like a robot for catheterization and back surgery. It discusses the complexity of ideas, compatibility with venture capital, and the importance of sector-specific accelerators and funds for startup success. The conversation also covers the evolution of VC-founder relationships, guidance for deep tech founders from academia or industry, and the expectations of LPs in European ventures.