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James Hardiman

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James Hardiman

@hardimanjames

GP @DCVC; physicist at heart; interested in hard tech solving real problems; proud graduate and supporter of @ChicagoBooth & @UCBerkeley. Views my own.

San Francisco

Joined July 2011

James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
Sep 28, 2023
Deep Tech VC: Puts on pot of coffee to read 5th nature paper for the evening while trying to discern 5yr trajectory of an entire scientific field B2B Enterprise VC: YOLOs into 3 month old genAI company at $100m pre that doesn’t even have product yet We are not the same
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James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
Sep 19, 2019
I joined @DCVC as the first hire when we had <$100m AUM. Today we announced $725m for our fifth flagship Deep Tech fund. The trajectory has been insane.
Exclusive: Venture Firm Data Collective Raises $725 Million to Invest in ‘Deep Tech’ | Fortune
From fortune.com
James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
Jul 21, 2023
Excited to continue to back entrepreneurs building deep tech companies to transform industries and address the world's challenges And thankful to our LPs for entrusting us to do so
DCVC announces $1 billion in fresh funding; releases inaugural DCVC…
From dcvc.com
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James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
Jul 19, 2023
Absolutely NO ONE tell Cramer about Deep Tech. We got a good thing going over here and I don’t want it getting f*cked it up.
Jim Cramer
@jimcramer
Jul 17, 2023
Enterprise software is where the money is going!!
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James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
Jul 28, 2023
Not if you’re building in deep tech it’s not. @DCVC recently announced $1B+ in new funds to back ambitious entrepreneurs tackling the worlds most important problems. If this describes you, consider getting in touch.
Steph Mui
@stephmui
Jul 27, 2023
Is it really the worst time to fundraise in history??? I wanted to make sure, so I asked my smartest VC & founders-who've-raised-recently friends and this is what they said:
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James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
Sep 28, 2023
Replying to @JayaGup10
Deep Tech VC: Hundreds of satellites in space, novel life saving treatments, nitrogen fertilizer with zero emission, rapid wildfire response and prevention B2B Enterprise VC: 15 min office supply deliver
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James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
Sep 22, 2023
Deep tech entrepreneurs are still like the top row … 💪🏻 🚀 ✈️ 🤖 🦠 🏥 💪🏻 Sequencers in basements. Rocket engines on bicycles. Optics tables in garages. Every one of those is a real story.
Ankur Bagchi
@JustAnkurBagchi
Sep 22, 2023
What happened to startup culture?
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James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
May 10, 2018
Just finished Prediction Machines by Ajay Agrawal @joshgans & @avicgoldfarb. Wow. I have been investing in AI companies for years @DCVC and still found this a very insightful read. Here are some of my crib notes 1/n
James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
Sep 7, 2023
Excited to finally be able to talk about what @ronalfa, Jacob Rinaldi, and the whole @noetik_ai team have been working on Spatial biology + AI = better cancer therapies, faster More here:
DCVC Leads $14 Million Seed Round for Noetik
From dcvc.com
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James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
Dec 4, 2019
Lots of fun chatting the VC perspective on QC at @techreview #FutureCompute 💯 speaker line up & multiple call outs to @dcvc backed @rigetti, @qctrlHQ, @proteinqure (+more @creativedlab QML cos) and even some talk of blind QC (@horizon_quantum !) Photo credit: @Travis_Sch
James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
Apr 16, 2021
Huge congrats to @RecursionChris and the @RecursionPharma team. You’re just at the beginning of decoding biology. Excited to see where you go from here!
Nasdaq Exchange
@NasdaqExchange
Apr 16, 2021
3, 2, 1... 🎉 Live from Salt Lake City, UT, @RecursionPharma rings the @Nasdaq Opening Bell in celebration of today's #RecursionIPO!
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James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
Mar 14, 2023
Hearing from multiple companies they are transferring money INTO Silicon Valley Bank. Literally the safest place to bank right now.
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James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
Oct 23, 2022
Replying to @maiab
Management fee is effectively a loan. VCs have to “pay it back” before they start taking carry. It’s not like double dipping.
James Hardiman
@hardimanjames
Jul 16, 2023
Replying to @terronk
And they opened shop over night with out any permits
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