Bio

Entrepreneur, venture capitalist. Vision is scary. Cyril (sur·re·al) is a General Partner at SOSV and the founder/MD of HAX. He is an experienced investor in deep tech (250+) and has invested globally. Board member/advisor to a few startups including Formlabs, AngelList, Adoreme (ACQ: VSCO), Collaborate (ACQ: CISCO), Hackster (ACQ: AVNET), Dispatch Robotics (ACQ: AMZN), Makeblock, Yeelight, Particle, Opentrons, Bartesian, Avidbots and Simbe Robotics. Popular speaker at international events (TC Disrupt, Collision, Pioneers, MIT Forum, etc...) and Universities (Stanford, UC Berkeley, etc...) and author of dozens of articles on topics such as technology, robotics, health and crowdfunding. Featured in The Economist, Popular Mechanics, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, Wired, BBC and more. Best virtual places to find him: on Twitter @cebersweiler and @hax_co or on Quora/AL for a more personal touch. Interested to chat about robotics, biochemistry, venture capital, blacksmithing, triathlon, trail running, unschooling. Formerly known as Visionary Punk™.