The Psychology of Founding: How Behavioral Science Predicts Startup Success (with Alexander Shilman, New Gate Capital)
Before Alexander Shilman was writing checks into frontier biotech, neurotech, AI infrastructure, and semiconductors, he was something rare in venture: a behavioral scientist trusted by governments, corporates, early-stage teams—and even prime ministers—to decode how humans actually behave under pressure, uncertainty, and change.
That vantage point became a superpower.
Alex spent a decade inside rooms most people never see—fixing real-world problems from cyber-risk to national policy—and quietly building a portfolio of early teams through his behavioral consultancy. Startups came to him to…
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