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Seed to Harvest
🎙️ Seed to Harvest | Stories from Technical Storytellers
Welcome to Seed to Harvest, the podcast by Behind Genius Ventures.
We talk to early-stage founders, operators, and investors—people building with code and conviction. Each episode is a chapter in their story: from the messy beginnings to the quiet pivots, from planting ideas to growing companies that matter.
Expect:
🌱 Honest conversations on the earliest chapters of company-building
🧠Tactical insights from technical minds with narrative soul
✨ Reflections on resilience, rituals, and reinventing what’s possible
This podcast is for the builders who think in frameworks and metaphors. The ones who whiteboard in wild places. The ones writing their own mythologies—one commit, pitch, or poem at a time.
From spark to story.
From seed to harvest. 🌾
Seed to Harvest
One Ring to Rule them All: Why We Invested in Lotus with CEO Dhaval Patel | Ep 76
Today, I'm joined by Dhaval Patel, Founder and CEO of Lotus, a Techstars portfolio company, that makes a wearable ring to control objects at home by pointing. Unlike traditional smart home tech - no rewiring, no app, no internet. Lotus' mission is to build tech that is usable by everyone, by optimizing for disability. Previously, Patel was the VP of Hardware at PillDrill and an engineering manager at Apple for 8+ years.
Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.
Connect with Paige 🌱💜
Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/
Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/
Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn
00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Dhaval Patel
01:25 what problem is Lotus solving?
04:38 Dhaval improving at storytelling
06:54 Dhaval’s investor updates
12:25 early days of building Lotus
16:01 principles at Lotus
19:30 raising venture financing
24:26 working with BGV
29:20 why did BGV invest in Lotus?
Show notes:
Dhaval Patel | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhaval-c-patel/
Lotus | https://www.lotuslabs.org/
The Pitch | https://www.thepitch.show/guests/dhaval-patel-lotus/
Open | https://www.amazon.com/Open-Autobiography-Andre-Agassi/dp/0307388409
Mei Lin Ng | https://www.linkedin.com/in/meilinng/
Shail Mehta | https://www.linkedin.com/in/shail-mehta-7b500712/
Andy Hoang | https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-hoang-93067226/?originalSubdomain=ca
The Pitch Show: Lotus Episode | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPoYkU6r5bw