Gaule: Give a brief description of the your fund’s purpose.

Nadkarni: ABB Technology Ventures (ATV) invests in early-stage companies that have technologies or business models of strategic interest to ABB.

It was formed in late 2009 and we made our frst investment in 2010. To date we have invested about $150m in nine companies and three venture capital (VC) funds.

We are stage and geography agnostic.

Gaule: How do you address the issue of achieving fnancial and strategic…