How Big Funds Change the Startup Ecosystem (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Include Ventures’ Taj Ahmad Eldridge | E1407

Summary: Sunday double-header. First, Jason and Molly discuss the impact of large funds on the startup ecosystem, how fund size influences firm strategy and why big funds often seed smaller funds (2:21). For the This Week in Climate Startups segment, Molly chats with Taj Ahmad Eldridge from Include Ventures (29:42). They discuss:<br> 1. How Taj's experience with negative health impacts from pollution helped guide his investing focus<br> 2. Include Ventures' unique fund of funds and direct investment strategy<br> 3. Why Taj is not afraid of hardware investing (and how it's paying off)<br> 4. How government branches can support climate tech progress