Harikesh Pushpapathan

(”Kesh”)

About me.

25 years into my life. Partner @ Stoic VC ; an early stage venture fund solving our world’s most intractable problems by a) Redesigning human health b) supercharging compute c) rebalancing the earth. To do this, we partner with Uniseed - commercialisation body managing 65% of Australia R&D output. Prior to this, I spent a few years at other funds, corporate advisory and founded a telehealth startup. Currently building a community for those curious about the life-sciences/deep tech called DnM’s. When I’m not investing or attending to sporting injuries, I love to write - both in music and blogging. Drop me a line.

What I do for a living.

Reid Hoffman’s excerpt from Mario’s letter lays it out best:

…..venture capital investing as an exercise in “predictive anthropology.” We’re forecasting what the landscape of market demand, competition, and products/services will look like in the future.

Life thesis.

1. Curiosity has a longer shelf life than passion.

2. You’ll never miss a lucky day, if you try every day.

3. Enemies make better allies than frenemies.

	Low +ve	High +ve
Low -ve	Acquaintances: indifferent	Friends: consistently supportive
High -ve	Enemies: consistently undermining	Frenemies: ambivalent