Funding the Future: Kendrick Kho, Co-Founder and GP of Sierra Madre

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Kendrick Kho, Co-Founder and GP of Sierra Madre.

Topics Discussed:

• Kendrick’s transition from data science and engineering to VC founder, including the anxiety that comes with the fundraising mission


• Tailoring strategies to generate investment for different investors and variable market dynamics


• Key traits of successful founders, including "desperate urgency" and "founder Problem Fit," aligning skill sets with key risks


• Category creation versus disruption, and Sierra Madre's preference for disrupting existing markets with innovation


• Why Sierra Madre specifically seeks out technologies shaping the future of our production system, and what ‘industrial evolution’ really means