MetaLearn Podcast
MetaLearn Podcast
Nasos Papadopoulos
ML123: Niko Bonatsos on Maximising Serendipity, Finding Learning Machines and Silicon Valley Venture investing
45 minutes Posted Apr 17, 2019 at 6:42 pm.
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Niko Bonatsos is the Managing Director at General Catalyst Partners an early stage venture capital fund specialising in Series A and B tech startups. In this episode we discuss:

  • How Niko harnessed the power of serendipity as a student in multiple countries
  • Why Niko wants the founder he invests in to be learning animals and how he identifies this
  • The current state of the conversation in Silicon Valley

We also discuss Niko’s investment in Snapchat which IPOd with a $28 billion valuation so this was a great episode packed full of useful insights about all things tech.