AtmosZero转发了
It was great to spend the last two days in Boston for The Engine Accelerator Tough Tech Summit and to see so many fellow MIT founders, operators, and old friends. And, given a 4 hr flight home to Colorado, I have some thoughts and reflections! 1. The diversity of fellow Engine Ventures portfolio companies is inspiring, from drug discovery companies to fusion to a boiler company like AtmosZero, few funds are doing it like EV. Their thesis and focus on developing tough tech founders has filled a previously overlooked need in the market. Some of the smartest money in the game. Glad that we have joined this family of companies. 2. There were a TON of other investors at the event trying to get into Boston-based deals, missing the forest through the trees. Boston is a great ecosystem and home to some incredible companies but it’s becoming an incredibly expensive market to scale a hardware company. Again it is EV who, through investments in companies like us, has recognized that there are tough tech ecosystems across the country, like Northern Colorado, where we have found all the ingredients to scale from the lab to gigafactory within 30 miles, making innovation and scaling happen quickly and in a very capital efficient way. 3. Wellfleets are still better than Rocky Mountain oysters, I don’t care what my fellow Coloradans say. Full Steam Ahead! #ToughTech2024 #HardTech #ClimateTech #VentureCapital