Sustainable Spark is focused on breakthrough science | or design-led technologies. Early on I helped transform a major world industry: medical imaging - away from film to digital imaging). I've led innovation (meaning the sole lead often) at major companies like Agfa, Toshiba and Canon for two decades. I've had startup journeys. You can find more about me here: bit.ly/navid_bio and linkedin.com/in/navid-sadikali/ Emerging technologies face a barrier; they are founded on highly technical research that is inaccessible to investors and sometimes challenges scientific consensus. Design-led startups - our second sweet spot - require some designerly-street-smarts to see if it's a real insight and need, or just lipstick on the proverbial pig. We can knock down the barriers and validate startups are solving real problems, and are creating a human capital | technical engine that can solve them. Success means steering a collective shift towards sustainable and profitable technologies, and doing good in the world. Myself, and those in my network have demonstrated sound judgement and achieved success in deep-tech | design-innovation over decades. SYNDICATE DETAILS: I have created a syndicate as a precursor to a larger fund. Since mid-2020, I have been a Venture Partner at GVC Partners (a VC fund based on https://goingvc.com/). I brought GVC a deal voice-ads via instreamatic.com - which work on the simple premise that we're all ignoring ads, and engaging in conversational type ads can be effective for a world industry. I invested alongside GVC in power management for decentralized energy (eg in Africa) https://shyftpower.com/. THIS SYNDICATE will FOCUS on exclusive companies I'm seeing - usually they are SEED or self-funded going to DIRECT SERIES-A and as such are first appearing on the radar of other VC firms. WHY THIS SYNDICATE? I have a good perspective on the status quo at VC firms. GoingVC has trained many young VC analysts in the industry - the people who do the initial deal leg work for most firms. Many are young, come from finance and challenged in that they aren't by nature entrepreneurs, or haven't built businesses, or don't have real-world domain skills in science, engineering or design. Myself, and those in my network do - I have consensus-pushing physicists|engineeres, world-level designers, and some of the top physicians in North America in my network. TOP SKILL: Ruthless in cessing out unique opportunities - great at spotting outliers needing attention - lovingly, but rabidly analyzing every aspect of what's in front of me, the people, the words they use, the science, the stated vision, the customers perspective etc. Triangulating, checking, and also imagining future potential with our own street smarts. It's what I've done for 20+ years - similar to what a design firm like IDEO does - using observational research and strategic design. The reason we're going to find you better returns is because the truth is, at the early stage the majority never rules. Watch 1min from Randy Komisar on what the best ventures generate: https://youtu.be/af4I-bmP1nM?t=199