CC044: Doug Clinton of Loup Ventures // exploring frontier technologies (from CES 2020)

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Interview starts: 6:38
Debrief starts: 32:46

Doug Clinton is the managing partner of Loup Ventures. A Midwest-based venture firm, Loup Ventures was founded in 2017, and to date, they have made exciting investments focusing on frontier tech. Their latest concentrations include neuro-tech and BCI, as well as anti-aging companies. In today's interview, Doug maps out the scene of frontier tech and gives us his thoughts on the consequences such technologies may have in the future.

We discuss:

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• About Loup (6:47, 11:00)
• "Deciding" the next big technology (7:52)
• Technology false starts (10:13)
• Least exciting new technologies (11:45)
• Most exciting new technologies (14:38)
• Neuro-tech and its human implications (15:27)
• Past investments (20:53)
• Investing in technologies that answer existential problems (23:56)
• Researching new technologies (28:57)
• Health and anti-aging tech (30:28)

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