Four founders: a VC model with lessons for NZ deeptech

Four founders: a VC model with lessons for NZ deeptech
Gabrielle Munzer from Australian VC firm Main Sequence described the four founders approach to building a deeptech startup. (Image: Bridgewest / Jo Currie Photography)
Ben Moore
Deeptech startups should have four founders, Gabrielle Munzer from Australia’s Main Sequence Ventures said at the Bridgewest Ventures conference in March.International speakers gave a room full of New Zealand science and business leaders their advice on how to establish and grow highly successful companies built on deeptech, technology that requires significant scientific research.But the undercurrent throughout the Auckland event was the big question: how do we make NZ’s deeptech industry flourish?While there is no simple answer, M...

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