Nelson Mills
PersonHeard in 1 episode across 1 show since Oct 2026
Nelson Mills is the CEO of Vatn Systems, a defense technology company developing underwater drones. He is known for work on autonomous underwater systems and their potential applications in modern defense.
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What Nelson Mills has said on podcasts
19 statements
Investors may fund startups showing capable teams and large markets despite technical risk.
“if you can convince people that you're the right people to... potentially solve this problem and you can show that like hey there's a really big market at the other end of this um then people will take the risk and give you”
Open the episode · E442: Nelson Mills on Building a $100 Billion Company, the China Threat, and the Future of WarListen at 14:40
De-risking technology and markets leads investors to assign higher valuations.
“as you develop and de-risk your technology and de-risk your market, people will give you higher and higher valuations”
Open the episode · E442: Nelson Mills on Building a $100 Billion Company, the China Threat, and the Future of WarListen at 15:44
Vaughton’s $2 million pre-seed funded its initial prototype.
“$2 million really got us to an initial prototype”
Open the episode · E442: Nelson Mills on Building a $100 Billion Company, the China Threat, and the Future of WarListen at 16:03
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1 episode featuring Nelson Mills, newest first
