Trevor Zimmerman's guest appearances

Trevor Zimmerman

The VentureFizz Podcast

Heavy Hitters: The Digital Industrial Podcast

Aubrie Pagano

Michael Young

David Chang

John Burns

Jennifer Smith

Wayne Chang

Dennis Mortensen

Ryan Denehy

Paul English

Jeff Coyle

Bob Davis

Ryan Smith

Melody Koh

Andres Rodriguez

Daniel Chait

OwlTail

Trevor outlines how having a sector focus, and associated domain expertise, provides a prepared mind that allows him to both underwrite investments quickly and provide sector-aligned value back to their portfolio companies, where he thinks the venture asset class is headed between sector focused funds and generalist funds, why Blackhorn expanded its multi-stage investment capabilities from seed-to-growth with an opportunity fund that provides the ability to ‘play through’ with investments throughout the lifecycle of a company, how specialized growth equity (and SPACs!) has a key role to play within some of the sub-sectors involved with industrial innovation, and we finish with some tech trends of “What’s hot and what’s hype”.

Trevor outlines how having a sector focus, and associated domain expertise, provides a prepared mind that allows him to both underwrite investments quickly and provide sector-aligned value back to their portfolio companies, where he thinks the venture asset class is headed between sector focused funds and generalist funds, why Blackhorn expanded its multi-stage investment capabilities from seed-to-growth with an opportunity fund that provides the ability to ‘play through’ with investments throughout the lifecycle of a company, how specialized growth equity (and SPACs!) has a key role to play within some of the sub-sectors involved with industrial innovation, and we finish with some tech trends of “What’s hot and what’s hype”.

30. Trevor Zimmerman, Blackhorn Ventures - Redefining Resource Efficiency in Industrial Sectors

Daniel Theobald

This is a first!  It’s the first time I’ve had the opportunity to interview both a founder and an investor in the same episode. I wasn’t sure how it would go, but after conducting the interview, I think this might be an interesting format to consider moving forward.We obviously discussed all the details about Vecna Robotics, the autonomous mobile robot and workflow orchestration company, but it was really interesting to learn the story behind the investment.  It was like a live version of those common “why we invested” blog posts the VC often write to detail their thought process behind their investment.As you’ll hear, the background story of each person and how they got to where they are today really sets the stage for why I love doing this podcast.  It would be hard to find other individuals who have more expertise in their respective fields and why this is a perfect match to hopefully build a massive company.In this episode of our podcast, we also cover:* What the future holds for mobile robots and autonomous vehicles.* The founding story of Vecna and why they spun out Vecna Robotics.* Use cases and why the market is ready for the solutions provided by Vecna Robotics, plus the company’s growth plans ahead.* The details on Blackhorn Ventures and what Trevor is targeting for investments.* Common pitch mistakes entrepreneurs make while raising funding for robotics companies.* And so much more.If you like the show, please remember to subscribe and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.

This is a first! It’s the first time I’ve had the opportunity to interview both a founder and an investor in the same episode. I wasn’t sure how it would go, but after conducting the interview, I think this might be an interesting format to consider moving forward. We obviously discussed all the details about Vecna Robotics, the autonomous mobile robot and workflow orchestration company, but it was really interesting to learn the story behind the investment. It was like a live version of those common “why we invested” blog posts the VC often write to detail their thought process behind their investment. As you’ll hear, the background story of each person and how they got to where they are today really sets the stage for why I love doing this podcast. It would be hard to find other individuals who have more expertise in their respective fields and why this is a perfect match to hopefully build a massive company. In this episode of our podcast, we also cover: * What the future holds for mobile robots and autonomous vehicles. * The founding story of Vecna and why they spun out Vecna Robotics. * Use cases and why the market is ready for the solutions provided by Vecna Robotics, plus the company’s growth plans ahead. * The details on Blackhorn Ventures and what Trevor is targeting for investments. * Common pitch mistakes entrepreneurs make while raising funding for robotics companies. * And so much more. If you like the show, please remember to subscribe and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.

Episode 225: Daniel Theobald - Vecna Robotics & Trevor Zimmerman - Blackhorn Ventures