Exclusive: Why Crosscut Ventures is 'following the founders' into climate, space, and beyond | TechCrunch
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"At that point, SpaceX was very established. Mostly, people started to spin out of SpaceX because they had rung the bell and sent stuff up [into space] and back."
"Those entrepreneurs - you know, I sort of joke, but it's true - when they think about starting a company, they don't come with small ideas. They're thinking about big, hairy problems that humanity is facing, and those seem to really be centering around climate problems."
"The focus of the new $100 million fund, Crosscut's sixth, will include energy and power, space and underwater exploration, advanced manufacturing, advanced materials, and security and defense."
"Given the focus on hardware-centric technologies, Garrett said the fund is realistic about how long those investments can take to mature. They can't all be big hardware swings that are going to take a billion dollars to build."
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