Extensive experience in building and scaling deeply technical companies in robotics, synthetic biology, and health.

Joe WilsonFounder and Managing Partner

I started Undeterred Capital in late 2020 to invest in early stage entrepreneurs fighting to bring some type of scientific or technical innovation to the market.

Before starting Undeterred, I was an entrepreneur. I co-founded Multiply Labs, a pharma robotics company that we spun out of MIT in 2016. I dropped out of grad school at MIT to go through Y Combinator with my co-founders, and we went on to build an FDA-grade robotic production facility in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco.

Multiply is supported by Y Combinator, Lux Capital, Josh Buckley, and Casdin Capital, among others. After Multiply, I was a venture partner at MarsBio, an early stage biotech venture firm.

I am also the co-founder of the C19 Coalition, a non-profit focused on COVID-19 response that I helped stand up during the initial throes of the pandemic in March 2020. Coalition partners have helped manufacture and deliver over 1 billion PPE items, and has facilitated donations of over 5 million PPE items to frontline workers, public schools, and disproportionately impacted communities.

Several times a year, I lecture at universities' management & entrepreneurship courses with a focus on deep tech, including at Duke University, Caltech, USC, and UCLA, among others. Lectures include “Founding & Funding Disruptive Companies”, “The White Space Beyond: Creating New Markets in SynBio & Deep Tech”, and “Responding to Uncertainty in Food & Agriculture”, among others.

I live in Los Angeles with my wife Lisa, our daughter Gigi, and our dog Henry.

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Emily LindbergAssociate & Head of Research
Emily is the head of research at Undeterred Capital, primarily focusing on understanding emerging deep tech trends and conducting extensive industry analysis. 

Additionally, Emily is an associate at the firm, working with the investment team to diligence potential investments and support existing portfolio companies.

Emily has a PhD in Biomechanics from UC-Berkeley with additional specializations in cell biology and material science. While there, Emily also investigated the effect of space flight on the femoral head cartilage for mice at the NASA Ames Research Center.

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Advisors

Eric Ries — Founder & CEO, Long-Term Stock Exchange; Author of The Lean Startup

Rick Bright — SVP, Rockefeller Foundation; previously Director of BARDA

Roy Bahat — Managing Partner, Bloomberg Beta; Founder of the First Principles Forum

Carlota Perez — Author of Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital

General HR McMaster — former National Security Advisor of the United States

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