Near Frontier

S2E1 Drones, Defense, and the New Industrial Frontier w/ Soren Monroe-Anderson of Neros

Near Frontier is back! In this episode, Cantos GP Ian Rountree sits down with Soren Monroe-Anderson, co-founder and CEO of Neros Technologies, to explore the cutting edge of FPV (first-person view)…

Electric Autonomous Rail with Timothy Luchini of Intramotev

Reprogramming your Neuroimmune System w/ Mike and Scott of Modulo

Today we're joined by Mike Horowitz and Scott Patterson, co-founders of Modulo.  Modulo is designing therapeutics to reprogram your neuroimmune system by focusing on microglia cells—the swiss army…

S1 Discovering Early-Stage Talent with Yusuf Uddin of KdT Ventures

We're doing something a little different on Near Frontier this week! Natalie Estrella, Cantos' talent partner takes to the show to chat with Yusuf Uddin, head of talent at KdT Ventures. They cover…

S1 Decarbonizing Cement with Gurinder Nagra of Furno Materials

Today we're joined by Gurinder Nagra, founder and CEO of Furno Materials. Furno is on a mission to decarbonize cement production, a shockingly dirty industry responsible for 8% of global CO2…

Building the Bioforge w/ Sean Hunt of Solugen

We're lucky to have Sean Hunt, cofounder of Solugen, with us on Near Frontier today. We talk to Sean about the evolution of clean tech into synthetic biology, what makes Solugen special, how to build…

The Fourth Pillar of Cancer w/ Anand Parikh of Faeth Therapeutics

Today we're joined by Anand Parikh, founder and CEO of Faeth Therapeutics. Faeth combines precision nutrition, therapeutics, and digital health to deliver a cancer-fighting program designed to…

S1E6 Building Space Planes with Sassie Duggleby of Venus Aerospace

Today we're joined by Sassie Duggleby, co-founder and CEO of Venus Aerospace. Venus is a Houston-based aerospace company building hypersonic space planes that fly at Mach 9 taking you anywhere in the…

S1E6 Scaling Robotics with Tessa Lau of Dusty Robotics

Today we're joined by Tessa Lau, founder and CEO of Dusty Robotics, a Bay Area construction robotics company. We talk to Tessa about the vision for Dusty, how she got started, dealing with supply…

S1E5 Organ Printing with Melanie Matheu of Prellis Biologics

We talk to Prellis Biologics founder Melanie Matheu about bioprinting organs with Prellis' holographic laser technology, using bioprinted lymph node organoids for antibody discovery, and Melanie's…

S1E4 Synthetic Biology and Biomanufacturing with Joshua Britton from Debut Biotech

Today we're joined by Dr. Joshua Britton, founder and CEO of Debut Biotech, a cell-free biomanufacturing company. Josh gives us a crash course on synthetic biology and biomanufacturing, walking us…

S1E3 The Deep Tech Decade: Cantos Chats Where Deep Tech is Headed in 2022

Cantos analysts Amee and Andrew dive into their top predictions for what deep tech might see in 2022.  Shownotes: Our 2022 predictions blog post Trailblazer's List by Mina…

S1E2 RNA Delivery with Anna Perdrix and George Foot of Sixfold Bioscience

Today we're joined by Anna Perdrix Rossell and George Foot of Sixfold Bioscience, co-founders of Sixfold Bioscience, a UK based biotech company using computation and advanced chemistry to engineer…

S1E1 Orbital Ubers with Vanessa Clark and William Kowalski of Atomos Space

Today we're joined by Vanessa Clark and William Kowalski, cofounders of Atomos Space, an aerospace company transforming how we operate in space with orbital transfer vehicles. In our conversation, we…