Robots Podcast #137: Venture Capital

Diana Saraceni is a venture capitalist at 360 Capital Partners. In this interview she talks with Per about her first robotics investment, 3 years ago in Invendo Medical, and her views on how the market has changed since then. Hardware is now perceived as less risky, even though it is more challenging to scale than software. Recent success stories have further helped promote VC funding in robotics. Saraceni discusses the importance of the founding team, as well as their advisors, for the success of a company. Finally, she shares her view on open source vs. proprietary technology from a venture capitalist’s perspective.

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Robots Podcast #136: Drone Journalism

In episode #136, Sabine speaks with Matthew Schroyer, founder of the Professional Society of Drone Journalists (PSDJ) and co-founder of Drones for Good. Matthew has a Master’s in journalism from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where he works on the National Science Foundation grant called EnLiST, which offers entrepreneurial leadership training and professional development for K-12 STEM teachers. For EnLiST he has initiated the “Drones for Schools” program, which teaches core science and engineering concepts behind unmanned aerial systems.

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