DiscoverClimate SwingsFrom Fighting Date Rape to Deep-Tech Investor
From Fighting Date Rape to Deep-Tech Investor

From Fighting Date Rape to Deep-Tech Investor

Update: 2025-05-28
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What happens when you combine NASA research experience, an abandoned PhD, and a passion for getting game-changing climate-tech out of labs and into the real world? Meet Anku Madan, principal at Obvious Ventures, whose career has swung from engineering metallic alloys to co-founding a startup that created date rape drug detection technology, before finally finding his sweet spot funding climate solutions that could help save our planet. Today, Anku hunts for breakthrough innovations in carbon removal, synthetic biology, and geothermal energy—backing founders who are tackling trillion-dollar problems with deep-tech solutions. His story shows how technical chops paired with business savvy can accelerate the climate tech revolution we desperately need.

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* Anku Madan’s LinkedIn

* Obvious Ventures



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From Fighting Date Rape to Deep-Tech Investor

From Fighting Date Rape to Deep-Tech Investor

Michael Ethan Gold