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EPISODE · Aug 25, 2026 · 23 MIN

From Lab Bench to Billion Dollar Unicorn with Etosha Cave

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In this episode of the Give First podcast, David Cohen sits down with Etosha Cave, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Twelve, the billion-dollar company turning carbon dioxide and water into jet fuel.Etosha shares what it really takes to build a deep tech unicorn, from the funding playbook for hard science to the hard calls about focus that shaped the company.She is one of 13 unicorn founders featured in David Cohen and Amir Hegazi's new book, “Chasing Unicorns,” which lays out the PRIDE framework behind Techstars' billion-dollar companies.Follow Etosha Cave on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/etoshac/Read Chasing Unicorns here - https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Unicorns/dp/1068476079 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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