Siddharth Mehta was an Investment Director with TDK Ventures based in India, focusing on evaluating deep tech startup investments across mobility, agritech and industry 4.0. In a country with one of the world’s largest pool of scientific and engineering personnel and three cities among the world’s fastest-growing high-tech centers, he was building relationships to help drive highly relevant projects and facilitating due diligence of potential investments. He also provided valued TDK Goodness to portfolio companies, including helping with partnerships, fundraising, and strategic advice.
Exponent believes EVs have completed the 0 to 1 shift of driving better than conventional vehicles. However, for the industry to exponentially scale from 1 to 100, the underlying energy problem needs to be simplified.