On today’s episode we do a very quick recap of the inaugural 2019Micromobility Summit and then turn our attention to talk through what earlystage investment in micromobility looks like with Reilly Brennan of TrucksVenture Capital (@reillybrennan).He is a founding general partner at Trucks (trucks.vc), a seed-stageventure capital fund for entrepreneurs changing the future oftransportation. Reilly holds a teaching appointment at Stanford Universityand is influential newsletter Future of Transportation is a radar forwhat’s happening in transportation. Prior to Trucks, Reilly was ExecutiveDirector for Stanford’s automotive research program, Revs. He is very wellknown in the transport technology space.*In this episode we discuss:*- Trucks VC and how it’s adjusted it’s thinking about micromobility in itssearch for the companies that will power the future of transportation.- How he thinks about the evolution of the supply chain in themicromobility sector, and who will be looking to get involved.- Where he sees parallels between the existing early stages ofmicromobility and the autonomous vehicle space a few years ago.- What opportunities he is looking for in the space, and his thesis ofwhere value will accrue.We also discuss the new Micromobility VC syndicate on AngelList that willbe syndicating interesting deals in the micromobility space out to earlystage investors. If you are an accredited investor and would like to hearabout the deals that Horace, Oliver and others are coming across andbacking, please find us on AngelList and apply.
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