Published Date
February 16, 2022
Investing in supply chain and mobility
During this episode, Santosh is joined by Chris Stallman, a partner at Fontinalis. Fontinalis invests in early-stage startups that enable efficient movement and “horizontal” enabling technologies. Santosh and Chris discuss investing in supply chain mobility, “hidden frictions,” and more.
Highlights from their conversation include:
- Chris’ entry into venture (1:27)
- Fontinalis’ start and current investments (4:58)
- Automotive’s impact on Fontinalis (8:56)
- Investing in hardware versus software (11:33)
- Autonomous vehicles (17:02)
- EVs and commercial applications (21:30)
- eCommerce enablement (23:11)
- The of role Spack (24:29)
- Advice for founders (27:42)
- Rapid fire round: COVID breaking open the heartland as a place to build a big business, most important daily habit, outlook for Michigan football (30:48)
About The Future of Supply Chain
During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a different entrepreneur, investor, or industry veteran to discuss their story, views on the industry, and how we can collectively build the future of supply chain together. Listen to more episodes at https://www.dynamo.vc/podcasts.
About Dynamo Ventures
Dynamo Ventures is a pre-seed and seed stage fund that invests in supply chain and mobility startups, worldwide.
