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Podcast: The Hard Part with Evan McCann
Episode: Moien Giashi from GreenSky Ventures
Description: Moien Giashi is a Principal at GreenSky Ventures.
GreenSky Capital is one of the top Canadian venture capital firms (according to CVCA 2021, 2022, 2023) with a focus on early-stage Canadian startups in B2B SaaS and deeptech.
Takeaways
Transitioning from academia to venture.
Deep tech investments require strong IP and moat.
There is a perception of higher risk and longer wait times for returns in deeptech.
Successful commercialization requires a combination of policy changes, university support, education, and funding.
Common challenges that academic founders face when scaling their deeptech ventures.
Showing ROI and...