Evaline Tsai, Ph.D. is a Partner at Gigascale, where she invests in breakthrough climate and deep technology companies, combining scientific rigor with founder empathy to help technical founders commercialize transformative innovations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers.AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com or nebius.com/startups to learn more~~~~~~~~~~~~~She serves as a Board Observer for Gigascale portfolio companies including Cocoon, Dioxycle, Pasture Biosciences, Skouria, Terradot, and Vor Systems, and is known for her thesis-driven approach to evaluating how frontier science can scale into enduring businesses. Previously, Evaline was an investor at Fine Structure Ventures, where she backed companies including Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Phytoform, and completed a fellowship at Costanoa Ventures. Before venture capital, she founded Cambridge Cancer Genomics, a Y Combinator-backed healthcare startup, and later became the first Product Manager for AI and Machine Learning at Samsara, earning four patents during her tenure. Evaline is a Kauffman Fellow, was named a Business Insider Rising Star of Venture Capital in 2023, and holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology from the University of Cambridge and a B.S.E. from Princeton University.Topics

• How Venture Capitalists Identify Breakthrough Science Before It Becomes a Billion-Dollar Company
• Turning Frontier Research into Venture-Scale Startups: What First-Time Technical Founders Need to Know
• The Future of Climate Tech, AI, and Industrial Innovation Through the Lens of a Deep Tech Investor

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