WNT Ventures has reached ten years of taking the crunchy stuff we call deep tech and helping turn it into companies and financial returns.
With successes like Foundry Lab, Mint Innovation and Carbon Crop in its portfolio, WNT Ventures has made an indelible mark on the country's deep tech scene.
The firm's managing partner, Carl Jones, joins the podcast to look back on an industry that has grown at a rapid pace and forward at where it might head next.
Plus, rocket catching, moon diving, and Peter Beck's take on what it would mean for Rocket Lab to win a massive Nasa Mars mission deal.
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From the episode
- SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster for first time ever as it returns to Earth after launch - BBC
- Nasa’s Europa Clipper sets sail for Jupiter’s icy moon to study habitability - The Guardian
- Can Rocket Lab come to NASA's rescue with new Mars sample-return plan? - Space.com
- Why Rocket Lab Stock Dropped on Good News Today - Motley Fool
From around the web
- Narrative Muse sticks to its story - BusinessDesk
- ‘Bifurcated’ NZ tech stocks buoyed by a few strong players - BusinessDesk
- 2degrees rejects accusations of poor market conduct - BusinessDesk
- The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved web pages are back online - Ars Technica
- DoC catches elusive pest with help of AI-powered cameras - RNZ
- Government hints at capping bank surcharges for debit, credit cards - NZ Herald
- The worm that turned … into a transformational scientific discovery - Newsroom
- Uber and Lyft are the big winners from Tesla’s underwhelming Cybercab reveal - Fortune
- Trump campaign worked with Musk’s X to keep leaked JD Vance file off platform - The Guardian
- Artificial intelligence use in property valuation is on the rise – but we need greater transparency and trust - NZ Herald
- Fisker EVs can’t be ported to new server - Ars Technica
- AWS CEO explains Amazon's "any model you want" AI strategy - Axios
