A worked example
Here’s how I think.
I researched Systemiq’s publications, then searched the verticals in which the team invests to see how its thesis translates into companies. I found 31 companies and narrowed them through the screen below; an AI assistant at the bottom lets you ask more questions.
Electrification / Compute
Power systems around silicon.
Theme linksGridraven · Tibo Energy — Carolien Marwijk Kooy, AI will supercharge grid utilisation
Yottar — Irena Spazzapan, Twenty years in power. Three curves. One convergence.
Tensormesh — Jasper Wigley, Beyond Silicon
Decoding Nature
Biology in production.
Theme linksEnduro Genetics — George Darrah, Solving hard, practical problems by decoding nature
Freshflow — Gemma Bloemen, Why We Invested in eComID
Applied AI
Software used in physical operations.
Theme linksDestro AI — Sie Yin Poh, The new era of Robotics and the Future of Industrial Automation
Sunrise Robotics — Sie Yin Poh, The new era of Robotics and the Future of Industrial Automation
Three cleared the high screen. I show four candidates because one has a clear next evidence test.
Hover or tap a gate to see what it checks.
Gate 1 · 31 → 17+
Stage, geography, physical bottleneck and hard no’s.
Gate 2 · 17 → 14+
A named portfolio neighbour or an explicit Systemiq request, without competition.
Gate 3 · 14 → 3+
Physical bottleneck, layer fit, portfolio complement, stage and geography, why now, and defensibility of facts.
Red-team review · 4 shown+
A sceptical second look at the strongest claim and the missing evidence.
Red-team review means a sceptical second pass: I tried to break the strongest claim and named the evidence still missing.