Ari Newman is a deep-tech investor at Massive who built his investment approach through an unusual "SPV index" model that gives him more flexibility than traditional VC funds, and he evaluates companies using a custom rubric focused on technical milestones and regulatory progress rather than standard software metrics. As a former founder who went through Techstars and later became a managing director there, he brings an "execution under pressure" perspective that most career VCs lack, combined with Massive's intentionally tension-driven investment process that encourages strong dissenting views rather than consensus-building. Ari Newman is a deep-tech investor at Massive who built his investment approach through an unusual "SPV index" model that gives him more flexibility than traditional VC funds, and he evaluates companies using a custom rubric focused on technical milestones and regulatory progress rather than standard software metrics. As a former founder who went through Techstars and later became a managing director there, he brings an "execution under pressure" perspective that most career VCs lack, combined with Massive's intentionally tension-driven investment process that encourages strong dissenting views rather than consensus-building.