Jeremy Cranz left Singapore's sovereignty Fund, GIC, at the end of 2021 after almost two decades. In his tenure, he served on the Durash and verification boards, and was very much involved with the food supply companies in the emerging markets.
Zoom, Queen Base and Enophilk, initial investors in cranes, went ahead to launch its own venture firm, the firm, with the aim of “connecting the real -world to the real world” in August 2022. In June, Cranes announced the end of the San Francisco firm's opening fund, the Sentinel Fund I, which pledges a total of $ 213.5 million.
During his time at the GIC, he learned the most valuable lesson, Cranes said, “How have the emerging markets emerging in the ability of innovation?”
“Twenty years ago, there was a lack of basic innovation in the emerging markets,” he told Crunchbase News. Ten years ago, he became the best fast followers. ” “As long as Coids, emerging markets – mainly in China – became the leader of the AI, especially in the AI.”
In the opinion of the Chinese, cranes, “more efficient and longer” was made commercial than Silicon Valley.
With Sentinel, the purpose of the Cranes is to get the lessons learned in the GIC during their time so that they can invest globally in multiple enterprise technology companies.
Cranes describes Sentinel as a multijog venture fund that is thematic in nature. It focuses on three basic themes: Interprete Trade; Financial Internet, or “Finannet;” And the next generation enterprise stex.
In an email interview with the Crunchbase News, the cranes shared his vision for the Sentinel, why he is not sure that every development of the open should be breaking news, and why he thinks that one day IPOs can become anonymous.
The interview has been edited for bad and explanation.
What would you say that you have learned the most valuable lessons from your time in GIC? Which of the most remarkable investments were you involved in?
In addition, how the emerging markets developed in the ability to innovate, I learned that the market cycle must be rational. There are market cycles where you are trying to become practical and rational in the environment that are basically crazy – either so fast that pricing denies belief, or is so negative that it seems that there is no contract and innovation has been stopped. You have to maintain a good foundation and translate who is working with fear, which brings to explain the purpose, inverting and vision.
My most notable investment that I call the “movement and food packaging” is focused around it. I have been excited about the supply of food since childhood and consider myself an expert in this place. In my 25 years at the Vice Chancellor, I followed this trend to invest in food supply during a major market with early losses with Wabuvan (a dot com grocery company)-companies like Dordesh and Uber in the United States, Meetawan, and other emerging markets in China.
These platforms were manufactured in companies, not only by expanding delivery companies, payments and other services. … Most companies I have supported are now over 10 years old and are involved in the next generation.
Tell us more about Sentinel. What is your average check size? Who are your LP?
We usually invest in Series A, B, and C rounds, from one digits to mid -double digits (in millions). Our LP Base includes prominent independent wealth funds and family offices that are available to contribute with us as investors involved in deals.
What we look for is that companies have the ability to take advantage of their network outside the United States to help them go globally. We call it “Sentinel Labs”. This is a continuation of the work I did with the GIC forum with the Bridge Forum, which I founded was a platform that connects businesses outside the United States with startups in developed markets.
Why do you think China's AI tech is ahead of the United States? How has it allowed China to infiltrate the US economy? What are US investors still missing?
There are extraordinary smart about Chinese trade technology. Years ago, Pre -Coid, I visited the Betension's R&D Labs. After visiting the labs in Microsoft, Google and other great tech companies, I know how the unlimited R&D budget -based American Silicon Valley companies look, often tinkers on quantum computing and other research without clear trading routes.
But in the biography, scientists are responsible for both invention and commercialization. During my entire day's visit, he not only showed me basic research, but also the technology demo that he was actively making commercial. The route from R&D was maintained firmly. They had to show the results within a year.
From this point of view, companies were allowed to successfully influence AI successfully when Silicon Valley popularized the idea of a new AI industrial revolution.
Taxtok gives a complete example of this. The success of Teltok was not due to better content or high marketing for children. It was easily smart to use AI to make the content more attractive, addictive and heartbreaking. Its algorithm for the preparation of the user's content is suggested by its unique value, which is predicted on a highly efficient AI, which analyzes the user's gestures to determine the maximum content daily.
The DJI offers another compelling example. Many drone companies in Silicon Valley had enough funding and skills, but drones could not fly for a long time, could lift enough weight, or avoid barriers. The DJI took advantage of the AI and recognizing that I make the world's largest consumer drone and acknowledged that semiconders needed to avoid sound collision. The DJI contributed with the Chinese government to promote the semiconductor process, which enables AI to work and commercial with the drone with unprecedented results.
On the contrary, amazing: In the United States, we found ourselves trapped in clipboards and lab coat labs, essentially waiting for progress.
Today, American various technologies, especially in LLM, are creating applications and making commercials, which seems to be effective catchup. In some areas, we are jumping forward.
However, I find that the American media has a celebrity passion. Every development of an openness becomes breaking news, which makes the impression that everything is important in the silicon valley. I disagree with this story at all.
I am convinced that at the same time, the Chinese have created AI invention and commercial, which is not only globally competitive but also more effective for specific applications. They will export these technologies. We must be careful not to let the loud environment as the most successful.
Although I am proud of the US AI leadership and expect constant leadership, we may not be excessively self -sufficient. We must be enthusiastic about the fact that China has a long history of invention and trade before the Silicon Valley. Given this track record, it is difficult to believe that they are suddenly behind.
The media hype around the valley needs to balance with the realistic understanding of the last 15 years in the development of artificial intelligence globally.
Where are the next great tech IPOs coming from? Why don't today's AI boom cover anyone on the “boring” infrastructure layer? “
In Sentinel, we have a controversial belief about the future of IPOs. In our view, the current administration is blowing the trail of all assets in classes. Right now, we are looking for cash for cash – the world's most liquid asset got more liquid. Although it seems strange to make cash more liquid through tunts, there are real benefits.
It began with a talented (National Innovation for US Stable Queens) Act. The next development will be the Clearity Act, which we expect will enable public stocks, private companies and private credit to be enabled. Experimental prospects are wide.
When this happens, many people will become an IPOs liquidity option, but may not have a high priority for all companies. Today's secondary market is on the rise but is limited-you should be registered securities buyer, and the transaction is widespread one-to-one. You can't easily buy company shares on a platform like eBay.
We imagine a world where real -world assets are transformed into a dramatic way and how private markets collect money and want a liquidity. I will not name it a black swan event, but probably 10 Black Swans. We are entering an era where traditionally unacceptable assets classes can be significantly more liquid.
This change will primarily change the nature and importance of IPOs. Some companies may become IP, IPOs non -events as public market investors may have already accessed the tonized version of those shares before the IPO. IPO becomes a less important milestone in the company's life cycle.
How do you believe that the Trump administration is reducing friction in capital markets, and what does this mean for the future of venture capital investment?
Change in the capital market will not necessarily affect the first investment. The possibility of this change will start with digital cash, then extend to public stock and private credit, private companies will come in order later.
The key development is the tract of real -world assets, which includes two specific modern elements for capital markets.
First, smart contracts can be embedded directly into information and verification transactions. KYC (you know your user) needs can be made in token transactions, which can significantly reduce the friction and costs of market changes.
Second, and more controversial, enables the transfer of cash or Tokynged Money Market Funds as a payment methods. This concept is potentially a change.
Currently, we deposit cash in banks that provide approximately 2.5 2.5 % profit, even when the treasury earns 5 %, as banks take over our reserves in other assets. With blockchain -based accounts that are connected to the treasury, I should get about 5 % production.
Revolutionary aspects: If I can use these transactions associated with assets for payments, each transaction has rights along with the principal. When I make you $ 10 vanmo, I will transfer the rights to the production at $ 10. It will be both interesting and terrifying for global capital markets.
There is a scene where this experience can be given life through an innovative friendly rule. This explanation represents an important discussion for the act. Although the Genius Act has surpassed the issue, the clear act will pay attention to it.
Companies like Circle already provide prizes for the USDC, which can be considered as a production, but it is formed as token prizes rather than direct production of the US dollar. We are just one step away from a clear dollar -based production on cash that can be used for payments and transitions.
This is Black Swan's largest event, which I believe is approaching.
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