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I’ve just returned from a productive week in Toronto, where I opened the Planet:Tech stage on the final day of Collision Conference, soon to be known as Web Summit North America. I joined a fireside chat with Michelle Jobin from CBC News discussing how enzymes can improve the effectiveness of our response to the climate crisis, and address a growing toxicity in our homes. At FabricNano, we have a big summer ahead unveiling a range of new tech and projects… so watch this space. Thanks again to Alice McDermott for the chance to speak at this fantastic event!

“Innovation and good ideas don't come from you preconceiving it in your living room and then showing up and being like, who can help me build this thing and who can serve my idea?” In this third and final part of The Biotech Startups Podcast conversation with FabricNano Co-Founder and CEO, Grant Aarons, he and Jon Chee are talking all things innovation, the wild world of Protein Immobilization™ and what it takes to bring a big vision like FabricNano’s to life: – The entrepreneurial speed dating that introduced him to biophysics – Kissing a lot of frogs to get to the first understanding of your market, the terminology, and the things that make people tick – The kindergarten lesson American VCs are lucky to learn early in life – and how it’s the ultimate inspiration for talking to VCs and being proud to talk about sales and your offering – The #1 behavior scientists who was to start companies need to be cultivating in themselves – The $15 million dollar question FabricNano is tackling – and why it’s just the beginning This episode is chock full of tips for any founder navigating the current economic and funding market while trying to bring massively innovative technology to life. Head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify for this episode and more stories only a biotech exec can tell! #biotechnology #lifesciences #podcast

“If we stop getting overexcited and fascinated with those twelve month stories, and we think about the arc of history, hardware companies always last longer.” Part 2 of The Biotech Startups Podcast conversation with FabricNano Co-Founder and CEO, Grant Aarons is a must listen for any biotech founders looking to maximize value in their startups. Grant and host, Jon Chee are diving deep into: – Why Biotech is uniquely positioned to thrive long-term, as AI’s impact on service and software businesses continues to erode their defensibility and value capture – The domino-effect of solving the right problems, the “hidden” beneficiary of the AI boom (it’s not OpenAI and Google), and the important lessons you can learn from studying successful hardware companies – Recognizing the emotional aspect of the startup journey, addressing personal dynamics within a founding team, and building a culture of curiosity – Aligning investment style with your personality and the book every founder interested in VC funding needs to read It’s another jam packed episode on the road less traveled…. Head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify for this episode and more stories only a biotech exec can tell! #biotechnology #lifesciences #podcast

Today we're launching our first sustainability report - Conscious Scaling 2.0 This shares more about.... 🌲 Atomico's Planet Positive approach to investing 🌿 Our sustainability initiatives 👋 ESG & DEI data for Atomico and our portfolio ✏️ Case studies & industry resources You might be wondering why it's called '2.0'. At Atomico, we choose to partner with ambitious founders using technology to rewire the world in favour of something better. Maintaining a purposeful approach at scale requires commitment, and in 2020 we launched Conscious Scaling to help - a framework for founders to understand the impact of their technologies for society, the environment and other stakeholders. Since then, Conscious Scaling has evolved into a far more comprehensive programme of sustainability initiatives for Atomico, our founders and partners, that we call Conscious Scaling 2.0. This report brings together those initiatives, our learnings so far and helps us stay accountable to our future goals. It is far from complete, and there is much work left to do. But we’re excited to share our progress. A special shout out to some of our incredible portfolio companies, including FabricNano, Aiven, Vaayu, Opna , LabGenius, TestGorilla, Pelago, DeepL, Pocketlaw & Strise as well as Black Seed and Unconventional Ventures who kindly shared their case studies highlighting some of the action they are taking to scale sustainably. A huge thank you to our partners - VentureESG, ESG_VC, Investing in Women Code, Diversity VC, Level 20, TERN, YSYS, Colorintech, Out Investors, SEO London, Apiday, Anthesis Group - without whom the progress we are reporting on would not have been possible. Read the full report here. https://lnkd.in/ev7wRp2B

“That is consistently what it feels like to be running a company, is just constantly thinking about the world around you and how it operates.” Part 1 of The Biotech Startups Podcast with Grant Aarons, Co-Founder and CEO of FabricNano, is now live for your listening pleasure, and it is off with a bang! Listen in as Grant and host, Jon Chee, discuss: – The fascinating questions that put him on a path as a mechanical engineer and took him to The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art – “We’ve never been here before – what happens now?” – Working with Domenico Giannone at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the complex modeling for uncharted economic territory we’re in today, and how those models now impact our everyday shopping experience in the private sector – Why deep tech founders won’t see big time investor capital for another 2+ years (even though deep tech is the only thing likely to compound 10% YOY returns for the next 5-10 years) – Where Grant sees the best defensibility and capital efficiency in deep tech, and more As usual, that’s just the tip of the iceberg on another fascinating founder’s journey. Head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify for this episode and more stories only a biotech exec can tell! #biotechnology #lifesciences #podcast