In this Darwinian strategy, LanzaTech's $55m round last week was a notable example, or big deal.

One theory behind successful venture investing is to find a sector under development and make multiple bets on different start-ups in order to test which ones will do best and then combine the assets of the less successful into them.

In this Darwinian strategy, LanzaTech’s $55m round last week was a notable example, or big deal.

The deal is notable because its follows LanzaTech picking up for $5.1m its first production facility in the US, Freedom Pines Biorefinery, located in…