Antonio Avitabile: Bridging the Gap Between Startups and Established Companies | Primer 9

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In this podcast, Aarish Shah interviews Antonio Avitabile, the Managing Director for Sony Ventures Corporation. Antonio has over 20 years of experience with Sony and has a background in electrical engineering. He discusses his journey from being an engineer at Philips to finding a new business for image sensors at Sony. Antonio shares the challenges they faced when proposing the idea of integrating image sensors into mobile phones but ultimately succeeded with the support of Nokia, Ericsson, and eventually Apple. He also talks about his transition to the venture ecosystem and how he started scouting for innovative startups in Europe. 🕒 Time stamps - 00:04:13 Investing in startups for competitiveness. 00:06:17 Investing in deep tech ventures. 00:13:07 Deep tech companies have transformative potential.