Official Release + Takeaways: The State of Adventure Capital

10/10/2025 56 min Episodio 33

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It’s officially out! Grant and Hammad discuss the takeaways and reception from the inaugural State of Adventure Capital deck.The presentation covers every aspect of American Dynamism Cinematic Universe, from capital inflows to dilution metrics, deep currents, and more. We dive into the meaning behind “Adventure Capital”, why the timing is right for these categories, and what investment opportunities exist for startups building in the physical world.In Grant’s words: This is something I’ve been wanting to do for 3 years now (ever since my a16z days), and the goal is to have this be an annual project in similar scope to Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report. An ambitious goal to be clear! But we believe we have a unique purview of the American Dynamism / Deep Tech / Hard Tech landscape, and are compiling all of our learnings together to share them with our founders, coinvestors, and other people in the cinematic universe. Our hope is that this will be a resource for everyone as they build in these categories.🔗 Show Resource Links​The official State of Adventure deck​Grant’s tweet announcing the deck​Grant’s LinkedIn post announcing the deck, and the full deck🎙️ Podcast Links​Spotify​Apple Podcasts​⁠X (FKA Twitter)⁠​Subscribe🌀 About Motion BlurExploring what makes great companies and technologies work. Brought to you by Grant Gregory & Hammad Aslam. Grant is a Partner at Cantos where he focuses on physical world technologies. Hammad is a Partner at Kivu Ventures, Susa’s growth fund.Learn more about the hosts:​Grant Gregory, ⁠Embers⁠​Hammad Aslam, ⁠Susa VenturesIntro music credit: ⁠Will Harrison⁠Thanks for reading and listening to Motion Blur! Subscribe to get notified for future episodes.