Duncan Turner and Sean discuss HAX, innovation in China and what it takes to succeed for a hardware startup...

HAX offers venture funding and a hands-on program to help startups enabled by hardware move at lightning speed. They help early stage companies through their development and scaling phases, at locations in Shenzhen and San Francisco.

42 Questions is a Youtube series exploring options for startups seeking venture capital funding. We interview leading active VCs from around the world, who share advice and shed light on their preferences and priorities -- giving an inside track to startups who want to learn more about the personalities behind the funds.

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SOSV is a multi-stage venture capital investor. We run multiple world-class vertical accelerator programs, and provide seed, venture and growth stage follow-on investment into superstar companies. Our unique full-stack model has delivered a net IRR over the last 20 years that puts us in the top 10% of all venture funds worldwide.

SOSV provides intellectual and financial capital to accelerate founders’ big ideas for positive change. SOSV has funded over 700 startups to date. We currently fund over 150 startups per year through our programs: HAX (hardware and connected devices), IndieBio & RebelBio (life sciences), Chinaccelerator (cross-border internet & mobile in Asia) and Food-X (food innovation).

We pledge more than funds. We provide the seed capital to get founders moving, a global staff of hands-on engineers, designers, accountants, and scientists to accelerate product development, over 600 global mentors with deep market and technical expertise, and an unparalleled network of fully outfitted laboratory & maker spaces to help startups go further, faster.

Building a better future means empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs and scientists to solve the biggest challenges that our world is facing today: addressing global health, sustainable food systems, advanced manufacturing, connectivity in the developing world & beyond. Nearly half of our portfolio companies directly align to the UN’s sustainable development goals and SOSV is proud to be a top investor for female founded companies.

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