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# The Thesis
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**Invest in startups that advance human, financial, or natural capital, at scale.**
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### **Tactical focus**
$15-20k cheques in $500k-$2m pre-seed/seed rounds addressing one or a mix of any of the following areas.
> I'll be focussed on startups that are working on labour productivity tools, more equitable financial systems, as well as solutions that make decarbonisation a no-brainer.
| 🧠 Human Capital | 💸 Financial Capital | 🌍 Natural Capital |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Productivity:** to augment and leverage human capabilities. | **Fairness:** to facilitate a more equitable and impactful financial system. | **Sustainability:** to make decarbonisation compelling and profitable. |
### **Why these areas matter**
Each component in the above table is the flip-side of a problem which if solved (even if partially in some small way), could result in significant financial and societal gains.
These problems are summarised in the following interactive tab.
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Labour productivity growth has been in [structural decline since the 1970s](https://www.capitaleconomics.com/blog/productivity-holds-the-key-to-the-next-decade/) for a variety of reasons. Technology has a role to play in reversing this trend profitably, and with gains accruing to [society](https://michaeltefula.gitbook.io/angel-investing/notes/rough-notes#labour-productivity-growth-vs-capital-productivity-growth), too.
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![\[Source: WSJ\] / Original data from https://www.nber.org/papers/w20733](/files/wM84uy5kKaaMJ9SYoYEa)
Financial capital gains are concentrated in the top 1% and [most gains in wealth](https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/2020/12/The-UKs-wealth-distribution.pdf) come from asset ownership. More equitable financial platforms can alleviate this.
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The [hockey-stick](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/the-hockey-stick-the-most-controversial-chart-in-science-explained/275753/) rise in the mean global temperature due to CO2 emissions is an extinction-level threat. Sustainability, adaptation, and mitigation efforts are urgently required to avert disaster.
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> **Tremendous challenges present tremendous opportunity to profitably unlock value while advancing society as a whole.**
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