John Ho, Partner at Anzu Partners on Investing In Industrial Technologies
John Ho (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncho/) is a Partner at Anzu Partners (https://anzupartners.com), a US-based $190 million venture capital and private equity fund focused on breakthrough industrial technologies. John is a Computer Science and Electrical Engineering PhD from MIT, and long-time Bostonian, who worked in industry and management consulting. This podcast is hosted by Benjamin Joffe (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminjoffe/), Partner at SOSV (https://podcast.ausha.co/lab-to-market/www.sosv.com), a global early stage fund focused on deep tech. SOSV runs multiple accelerator programs including HAX (https://podcast.ausha.co/lab-to-market/www.hax.co) (intelligent hardware) and IndieBio (https://podcast.ausha.co/lab-to-market/indiebio.co) (life sciences). In this episode, John talks about: The reasons for their focus on industrial tech, Their approach to technical due diligence and market evaluation, His views on the Boston deep tech ecosystem and their belief in the value of geographic diversity. He also dives into how Anzu supports its portfolio toward value creation milestones and capital efficiency to provide both runway and optionality. Finally, he shares his thoughts on how the coronavirus epidemic is affecting deep tech, with examples from their portfolio such as . To know more about Anzu Partners, check out their website (https://anzupartners.com), twitter (https://twitter.com/anzupartners) and the coverage of the closing of their latest fund in January 2020 (Techcrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/22/industrial-technologies-get-a-big-backer-with-anzu-partners-new-190-million-fund/)).