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Latitude Episode 20: On A Scale of One to Ten, What Do You Think Of Hardware?

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This week on the podcast we talk with Jenae Pitts, co-founder of OneTen Capital.

OneTen Captial is a newer venture firm in Buffalo solely devoted to investing in hardware based startups. They secured the seed round for Vader Systems, the startup who commercialized the first liquid metal 3D printer in the world.

Jenae talks about her background, what brought her to Buffalo, the relationship with Vader Systems and what’s next for the venture startup.

This episode of the Latitude Podcast is brought to you by KeyBank.

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