The sky is blue
I am an optimist at heart, despite my VC job where I must make realistic assessments of technology startups. I still have to make optimistic predictions that they will break through their technological, operational, and market barriers. In doing so, they would help achieve high returns for my fund and my investors.
The best part of being a VC is that the job acts like a window into the future. This is because we get early access to innovative companies across industries. Even if a fraction of them succeed at disrupting value chains and ecosystems at scale, the world could be a different place in a few years. By investing in such innovation, we can watch that transition from a nascent state.
With quantum technology companies, I have the opportunity of doing just that. 2019Â was perhaps the first time we had several quantum technology companies knock on our doors for funding. They are first movers, but they also have the unenviable job of penetrating...