The Hard Part with Evan McCann Thomas Park from BDC Deep Tech Fund
Thomas Park is the Co-Founder and Lead Partner of the BDC Deep Tech Fund, a $200M VC fund focused on supporting Canadian start-ups developing “hard tech” such as quantum computers, photonics, and fundamental AI.
In this episode, we discuss...
- How Thomas's experiences at the International Criminal Court, UN, The Gates Foundation, Dartmouth and Havard shaped him as an investor
- Why and how he launched the BDC Deep Tech Fund
- Nuances to investing in deep tech startups
- Areas where deep tech innovation is happening in Canada
- The impact BDC Capital has had on the Canadian tech and venture space
- Discuss their most recent publicly announced investment, Darwin AI
- His role as Co-Chair of the Global Defense Council and the impact deep tech has on the defence sector and in geopolitics
- How do we create more deep tech companies in Canada
- Impact of manufacturing and global supply chain on deep tech
- The Asian Canadian Venture Collective he co-founded
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