Derisking Deep Tech, Managing a Broad Thesis, and Evaluating Credibility in Complex Industries, with Maryanna Saenko of Future Ventures

<p>Justin Gordon (<a href="https://twitter.com/justingordon212">@justingordon212</a>) talks with Maryanna Saenko (<a href="https://twitter.com/FutureSaenko">@FutureSaenko</a>), Co-Founder and Partner at Future Ventures, which supports passionate founders who are forging the future. For the past 25 years, Future Ventures has backed the visionaries who push the boundaries of possibility and explore the frontier of the unknown. They focus on disruptive technology such as commercial space exploration, deep learning, quantum computing, robotics, AI, blockchain, sustainable transportation, synthetic biology and clean meat. As venture capitalists, the founders of Future Ventures have led founding investments in several companies that had successful IPOs and others that were acquired for over $16 billion in aggregate. Some of their early VC investments include Memphis Meats, Mythic, Nervana, Planet, Rethink Robotics, Skype, SpaceX, Tesla and Zoox.</p><p>Maryanna Saenko is an early-stage venture capitalist with an interest in robotics, quantum computing, blockchain, aerospace, and the future of food. Previously she was at Khosla Ventures, and prior to that at DFJ, where she worked with Steve Jurvetson to focus on frontier technology investments. She was also an investment partner at Airbus Ventures where she led a series of venture investments strategically aligned with Airbus’ future-of-aerospace initiatives. Before Airbus, Maryanna was a consultant at Lux Research and a research engineer at Cabot Corporation. Maryanna graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BS in BioMedical Engineering and a BS and MS in Materials Science and Engineering.</p><p>Website: <a href="https://future.ventures/">Future Ventures</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryannasaenko/">linkedin.com/in/maryannasaenko/</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FutureSaenko">@FutureSaenko</a></p><p>Email: maryanna@future.ventures</p><p>Show Notes:</p><ul> <li>Maryanna’s Ukranian background and her thoughts on