They are, in order, healthcare, education, and revolutionary hardware.

Three industries that are notoriously hard to disrupt.

“The most recent investment I made was in MyFitnessPal,” Doerr said. “They built a profitable business on their own savings. They’ve got 45 million users around the world, and their users last year lost 100 million pounds.”

“The game changer would be to … triple the energy density in batteries. We’ve got a venture working on that.” With lighter, more powerful batteries, Doerr said, “My dream is that we could make electric vehicles as cheap or cheaper than internal combustion.”