Sa'ad Shah is the the Managing Partner of Noetic Capital, a $150m AUM venture capital firm focused on funding companies providing solutions for the 1.2 billion people diagnosed with mental health conditions.
Portfolio companies include Merlin Mind, Beckley Psytech & Apollo Neuroscience.
Sa'ad has used his experience from his successful finance career in hedge funds and private equity to create a venture capital firm that invests in an area he is deeply passionate about.
Show Notes:
01:25 Noetic Fund Investment Thesis
04:29 Why isn't the mental health epidemic more widely reported?
07:20 The Theme Running Through Noetic Funds Investment Strategy
11:59 The Cultural Causes of the Mental Health Crisis
17:02 The Impact Of Phones On The Circuitry Of The Mind
20:54 Start Ups Tracking Data In The Brain
25:08 Merlin Mind AI For Government, Intelligience & Organisations Where Data Privacy Is Important
29:53 How Sa'ad found his passion?
37:40 Spending 51 years to find the meaning of life
40:17 How do you balance progress with health
47:36 Growing Up In East Berlin
52:37 What does Sa'ad think is the meaning of life?
56:06 The 5 Steps To Starting A VC Fund
01:04:42 Film Financing
01:08:48 The Performance Of Noetic Fund
01:11:42 The Traders Mindset
Sa'ad:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sa-ad-shah-a650441b7/
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