# VC10X - What are Mittelstands? - Neil Thanedar, General Partner, Utopic Ventures

An episode of [VC10X - Investing, Venture Capital, Asset Management, Family Office, Wealth Management](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1632806986), 8 Aug 2023, 33 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/a453ddd4/podcast/play/74382000/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-7-8%2F253e2145-66ae-af22-cda3-ce0913d727a2.mp3

Neil Thanedar is an entrepreneur, investor, scientist, altruist, and author. He is the founder & GP of Utopic, a pre-seed biotech VC fund investing in the future of science. In this episode we talk about: - Neil's story and how he started investing? - What are Mittelstands? - Why startups should stay indie as long as possible? - Their focus at Utopic Ventures - Biotech 2.0 and lots more Links mentioned: Find Neil's essays at https://neilthanedar.com/ Utopic Ventures - https://utopicvc.com/ Labdoor website - https://labdoor.com/ Follow Neil on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thanedar/ Follow Neil on Twitter - https://twitter.com/NeilThanedar Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab/ Find the video episode on our youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@VC10X Hope you like this episode, subscribe for more insightful episodes!

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