20VC: Why Hardware Is Actually Software Wrapped In Plastic & "Of Course Hardware Is Hard, Everything Is Hard" with Ben Einstein, Founder & General Partner @ Bolt VC

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch · Aug 17, 2016 · 27m

Ben Einstein is Founder and General Partner @ Bolt, Bolt is a fund designed to address the unique needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software, investing up to $500K in pre-seed, pre-product companies. They have created and backed some world class businesses that have received later funding from Khosla, Kleiner Perkins, NEA, and Softtech just to name a few.

In Today's Episode with Ben You Will Learn:

How Ben made his way into VC from such a product centric background?

Why have we seen a rise in hardware investing over the last 5 years? How has this affected the…