Ivan Kirigin is an Investor at Tango VC. Tango VC is a new seed-stage fund focused on machine learning and robotics. Before Tango VC, Ivan was a two-time technical startup founder and also worked for companies like iRobot, Facebook, Dropbox, and Lyft. He holds a masters degree in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University and was also an earlier investor in Cruise automation.
Key Takeaways
How Ivan helped Dropbox grow 12X in 2 years
How Ivan became an early investor in Cruise which sold to GM for $1 billion
Why founders must focus on how fast they learn and how fast they improve
When autonomous cars will become the norm
As a founder, ways you can get the timing right while building a product
Why Machine Learning and Robotics are good investment opportunities
How Machine learning can reduce health care and how healthcare policies need to change for it to get better
How you can do due diligence on a VC
His decision making processes while investing in startups
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