Transcript
A (0:02)
Welcome to the Investor, a podcast where I, Joel Palo Thinkle, your host, dives deep into the minds of the world's most influential institutional investors. In each episode, we sit down with an investor to hear about their journeys and how global markets are driving capital allocation. So join us on this journey as we explore these insights. All right, so I am here with a multi year friend. I was honored to have Amit go through our fund accelerator, the Sutton Capital fund accelerator. And it's just been amazing catching up with him recently and now getting him on the pod. He is one of the most real time people that I've seen. It's like, hey, let's chat. And like we immediately chatted and we immediately got on the pod. So I think, you know, in my experience, you know, speed is one of the biggest things that's going to be driving success. And I just have seen Ahmed build his firm and, and also build trust and just be a great person. So I'm going to give a quick intro and then Amit's going to kind of kick this off with me. But Amit, Garg, welcome to the show. He runs Tao Ventures. He's built his career in technology over the last 25 years in Silicon Valley as a venture capitalist. He focuses on seed stage applied AI, investments in digital health, automation, cars and robots, and enterprise. Some of his key successes are Oak street health sold for 10.6 billion. ABC, which IPO'd for 2.1 billion. And then NuTonomy which is, which sold for 450 million. And finally Misfit Wearables which sold for 260 million. His operational background is in product and analytics at his own startup and at Google he joined pre IPO and learned through hypergrowth. So Amit, just so many wins and just so much to learn from you and thank you for, you know, giving me your time and popping on the show and catching up.
B (2:01)
Wow, Joel, I don't know what to say after such a kind intro. Thank you. I could say the same about you. I followed your journey and what you've built with Saturn is really, really impressive. So kudos and it's an honor to be here.
A (2:15)
Thank you. Likewise. Well, I mean, why don't you, you know, go a few levels deeper than kind of the, the great bio that I gave you. Right? I wanted to learn. I mean, I think my goal for this conversation is for myself and everybody else to learn. And I gotten to know you pretty, you know, pretty personally too. You know, anyone that you text is I consider a personal connection. And you know, we've shared some, you know, detailed insights with each other, but, like, want to learn a little more about who Amit is. I know some impactful initiatives that you have focused on in the last couple years. But tell me a little bit about your origin story. You know, where'd you go to school when you were younger? You know, we talked about your parents, too, right? So when you were younger, kind of. Tell me a little bit about your upbringing, you know? You know, it's always a funny, you know, story to hear, like what your parents kind of were pushing you to do, you know, did they tell you immediately, hey, I'm it. I want you to, like, get into venture capital and private equity, or was there a different pivot in your career? So tell me a little bit about what you studied, what you thought you were going to do, and maybe some surprises along the way from your early childhood to, like, maybe high school and college.
