Robotics, precision manufacturing hot bets for investors: Accel’s Prakash

Robotics and precision manufacturing, along with areas that combine soft technology with hard manufacturing, will be the hot areas for venture investors and founders in the near future, according to Prashanth Prakash, a partner at leading venture capital firm Accel.

Noting that there is now a marrying of soft tech and hard manufacturing, he said a gap exists globally in coming together of it in robotics and precision manufacturing.