#162 Dmitry Galperin, Runa Capital

Today's episode is one for the geeks! 🤓 We are happy to welcome Dmitry, General Partner at Runa Capital in Berlin. He invests in cloud infrastructure, deeptech and quantum computing. He has a PhD in physics, was a visiting researcher at the University of Ulm and Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany. Come and join us as he discover what the hell photonics are.What you will learn in this episode: The importance of patience and why your career path in VC must tie closely to your expertise and backgroundHow deep tech thesis can evolve over time to incorporate new topics and technologies as they emergeWhy the majority of VC investments in quantum computing go to creating more powerful machines, but applications remain important to keep an eye on