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Podcast: EUVC
Episode: E662 | Damian Cristian & Guy Conway, Rule 30: Building the First Fully Systematic VC
Description: Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast, your inside track on the people, models, and math reshaping European venture.This week, Andreas talks with Damian Cristian and Guy Conway, co-founders of Rule 30 - an AI research lab building what they claim is the worldâs first fully systematic venture strategy. We go deep on the difference between âdata-drivenâ (hygiene) and decision-driven (engine), why labels matter, and how portfolio math crushes intuition.They unpack founder-trajectory signals, graph-based network evolution, market topology (yes, biology-inspired stats), and a portfolio design targeting 3x+ minimum returns with 97.5% confidence. We also debate the âacc...