Chase Value, Not Valuation - Rajesh Swaminathan from Khosla Ventures

14/07/2023 31 min Episodio 7

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, we speak to Rajesh Swaminathan, Partner at Khosla Ventures.
Rajesh is a CleanTech and ClimateTech veteran of 15 years. An engineer and Harvard MBA, he worked at Bell Labs and Applied Ventures among others, before joining Khosla Ventures in 2020.
Khosla Ventures is one of Silicon Valley's most prolific venture capital firms founded in 2004. Khosla has invested into bold, early and impactful climate and other tech companies ever since.

We talk about:
Why CleanTech 1.0 was not a failure, and how today is different...
Khosla Ventures' investment approach and thesis...
The 12 most critical climate tech sectors...
Why to move into climate now...
And tactial advice for founders and investors.

More on Rajesh and Khosla Ventures:
Khosla Ventures' website
Rajesh's profile on Khosla Ventures
Khosla Ventures' post on why 12-15 entrepreneurs might be enough to save the climate

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