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Johannes von Borries and Benjamin Erhart, GPs at UVC Partners: Backing Europe’s next deep tech champions
Description
UVC Partners is a European venture capital firm investing in early-stage deep tech companies in Europe, including Proxima Fusion and Isar Aerospace.
Johannes von Borries and Benjamin Erhart, GPs at UVC Partners, back companies working on fusion energy and space systems, where development takes long cycles and requires high capital and coordination between research and industry.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:32 - UVC Partners
1:10 - Proxima Fusion
3:41 - Isar Aerospace
8:21 - Deep tech investing in Europe
13:15 - Fusion energy
16:08 - Space systems
20:02 - Germany’s deep tech ecosystem
24:27 - Berlin vs Munich
27:04 - Germany’s deep tech ecosystem