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Overview

SmallStep is an experimental newsletter in open research and investing, and is one of best ways to learn about the science, business, and strategy of various technology projects and companies pushing humanity forward.

We use first principles thinking and scientific expertise to explore and write about different ideas, build long term theses, and sometimes invest in cool public companies and startups. Our general thesis is simple: fundamentally understanding and supporting the exploration and commercialization of disruptive ideas in science and technology leads to enormous value generation in the long term.

First Principles, Thesis Driven Investing in the Founders and Technologies Pushing Humanity Forward

This is no doubt an unprecedented time of innovation for the human race. Advancements in biotechnology, artificial intelligence, distributed computing, and even fundamental mathematics and physics are opening the door to radical improvements in the human condition.

We aim to support the relentless teams pursuing these realities in any way possible, and we are equipped both technically and operationally to add significant value.

Value Addition: Technical and Operational Expertise

We're a team of scientists, engineers, and knowledge workers who have had experience working on some of the most interesting and difficult problems out there, both in academic and commercial settings.

As needed, we can function as a hot swappable engineering, operation, and outreach resource: we can get our hands dirty helping you build critical features, resolve blocked tasks, tap into our LP network to get you the expertise needed to solve an ever growing variety of problems, and also promote, share, and grow awareness around product & feature releases.


Links

Website: https://www.smallstepcap.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SmallStepCap

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQusi7swnc75iRlU8...


Dealflow

Our goal is to syndicate all deals.

Deals that match SmallStep theses are accessed primarily through 2 channels:

1. Access to teams coming out of prominent research universities, including Georgia Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

2. Projects and teams in networks like Pioneer, Gen Z Mafia, Y Combinator, etc.

All deals will be syndicated if we have enough allocation.

3. Exposure to the SmallStep Newsletter and Youtube Channel.

Team
Harsh Sikka
CEO
Building Galactic Technologies (https://galactic.tech, http://angel.co/smallstep/syndicate) AI Researcher & Faculty @georgiatech Previously: @peraton-2 @paperspace @harvard-3 @ucsd
Investments
Private investments may not be included yet.
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LPs
Justin Melia
Marketing
Angel investor and startup advisor. Former founder/marketing exec. Investor in 30+ companies.
Joseph Hakim
Sales
Interned at Tata Communications, State Street, and will be graduating UC San Diego in June of 2017.
Rudra Peram
@netflix (Application Security, Platform Security, Trust & Safety); #Security Engineer; #Builder
Gratian Schindler
Management