Promus Ventures

ROCKET LAB ANNOUNCES PLANS TO GO PUBLIC VIA SPAC AT $4.1B ENTERPRISE VALUE
Introduces New 8-Ton Class Reusable “Neutron” Rocket for Mega Constellations, Deep Space Missions and Human Spaceflight
Rocket Lab Expects to Raise $750M, Including $470M PIPE

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SPIRE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO GO PUBLIC VIA SPAC AT $1.2B ENTERPRISE VALUE
Spire’s Satellites Help Forecast Weather, Track Ships at Sea and Airplanes in Flight
Spire Expects to Raise $475M, Including $245M PIPE

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WHOOP RAISES $100M SERIES E TO CONTINUE GROWING ITS HUMAN PERFORMANCE PLATFORM
Promus Ventures is privileged to be an investor alongside IVP, Softbank, Foundry Group, Two Sigma Ventures, SVB and others
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ICEYE RAISES $87M SERIES C TO CONTINUE TO SCALE SAR CONSTELLATION

Promus Ventures invested in the round alongside True Ventures,
Draper Nexus, European Investment Fund and others.

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S&P GLOBAL ACQUIRES KENSHO FOR $550M TO BOLSTER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DATA ANALYTICS

Promus Ventures invested in Kensho’s 2013 seed round. Other investors include General Catalyst, Google Ventures, Accel, NEA, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and CNBC.
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FIGURE EIGHT ACQUIRED BY APPEN TO GROW MACHINE LEARNING PLATFORM

Promus Ventures invested in Figure Eight alongside
Industry Ventures, Salesforce, Canvas Ventures, Microsoft, and Trinity Ventures.

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MAPBOX RAISES $164M SERIES C
TO EXPAND MAPPING PLATFORM

Promus Ventures is privileged to be an investor alongside
Softbank, DFJ Growth, Foundry Group, DBL Partners, Thrive Capital and Pritzker Group.

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COBALT ROBOTICS RAISES $35M SERIES B TO FURTHER DEVELOP INDOOR SECURITY ROBOTS

Promus Ventures invested in the round alongside Coatue, Sequoia, Founders Fund, Storm Ventures and Bloomberg Beta
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GAUSS SURGICAL RAISES $30M SERIES C FOR AI-ENABLED PLATFORM FOR AT-HOME RAPID COVID-19 TESTING

Promus Ventures invested in the round alongside
Northwell, Softbank, Providence Ventures, Jump Capital and others.
Promus Ventures previously led Gauss' Series A.

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PV COMMUNITY
Teams Backed: 85

Total Capital Raised by Portfolio: $2.4B+

Startup HQs: SF, NYC, BOS, LA, TOR, SD, SEA, BOU, DC, CHA, AUS, ATL, VER, LON, BER, HEL, AMS, AUK, WEL, SYD
SQUAD
Mike Collett
Founder, Managing Partner

PREVIOUS

CoFounder, Managing Director
Masters Capital Nanotechnology Fund

Venture Capital, Technology Analyst
Masters Capital Management

Vice President
Merrill Lynch M&A Group

Washington University in St. Louis
MBA - Finance

Vanderbilt University
BS - Math, BA - English

mike@promusventures.com
@mikecollett
Gareth Keane
Partner


PREVIOUS

Senior Investment Manager
Qualcomm Ventures

Corporate Development
Texas Instruments

Manager Corporate Development/M&A
National Semiconductor

Manager Technology Access
PMC-Sierra

Senior Member of Technical Staff
Cadence Design Systems

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
MBA - Finance and Entrepreneurial Management

Queen's University Belfast
PhD - Electronic Engineering

National University of Ireland, Galway BE - Electronic Engineering

gareth@promusventures.com
@garethekeane
Pierre Festal
Partner


PREVIOUS

Co-Head of Venture Investing
ACE & Company

Vice President
Nomura

Analyst
Atlas Ventures

Analyst
Jefferies International

EM Lyon Graduate School of Management
Masters in Corporate Finance

ESIEE Management
MSc - Computer Science and Management

pierre @promusventures.com
@PFestal

Maria Juesas Portoles
Principal


PREVIOUS

Principal
Innocells (Banco Sabadell)

Analyst
Alvento Capital Partners LLP

Analyst
Omega Capital

Analyst
Alpha4X Asset Management LLC

Analyst
Bladex Asset Management LLC

Intern
Safran Group

Imperial College Business School, London, UK
MBA

University of North Carolina at Wilmington
BA Business and Finance

ma ria @promusventures.com
@mmjportoles1

Bill Merchantz
Venture Partner


PREVIOUS

Founder and CEO
Lakeview Asset Management

Founder and CEO
Lakeview Technology

Founding Partner
Whittman-Hart

University of Illinois at Chicago
BS - Management Sciences

bill@promusventures.com
Matt Martorello
Venture Partner


PREVIOUS

Founder and Chairman
Braviant Holdings

President
Liont

Founder
GreenKey Technologies

President
Bellicose Capital

Senior Associate
KPMG

University of Illinois at Urbana / Champaign
BA - Accounting and Finance

matt @promusventures.com
FOUNDERS
They're the reason we invest.

Promus Ventures Founders Page
STARTUP COMMUNITY

Akasha Imaging
Palo Alto
@akashaimaging
Ambition
Chattanooga
@ambitionsales
AngelList
San Francisco
@angellist
Arch Systems
Palo Alto
@archsys_io
Audiodraft
Helsinki
@audiodraft
Aurora Insight
Washington, DC
@AuroraInsight
Behavox
London
@behavox
Bellabeat
San Francisco
@getbellabeat
Biocogniv
Vermont
@biocogniv
Cape Analytics
Mountain View
@Cape_Analytics
Charityvest
Atlanta
@Charityvest
Chef Robotics
San Francisco
@ChefRobotics
Cobalt Robotics
Palo Alto
@CobaltRobotics
CrossLend
Berlin
@CrossLend
Dark
San Francisco
Deako
Seattle
@godeako
Diligent Robotics
Austin
@DiligentRobots
Dispatch
Boston
@dispatch_me
E arthAI
Sydney/SF
@earthaiexplore
Ellipsis Drive
Amsterdam
@EllipsisDrive
Enview
San Francisco
@Enview3D

Finmark
Raleigh
@finmarkhq
Gauss Surgical
Los Altos
@GaussSurgical
Gigster
San Francisco
@trygigster
H alter
Aukland, NZ
@HalterNZ
H uckleberry
San Francisco
@huckprotects
ICEYE
Helsinki
@iceyefi
Isotropic Systems
United Kingdom
@isotropicsystem
Mapbox
San Francisco
@mapbox
M erlon Intelligence
San Francisco
@merlontweets
Opencare
Toronto
@opencare
REZI
New York
@RentRezi
Rhombus Systems
Sacramento
@rhombussystems
Rocket Lab
Los Angeles
@RocketLab
Safehub
San Francisco
@safehubrisk
Spire
San Francisco / Luxembourg
@spireglobal
StatMuse
San Francisco
@StatMuse
Swift Navigation
San Francisco
@swiftnav
The Expert
Los Angeles
Marketplace for Interior Design
Threadloom
Palo Alto
@threadloom
TrueFit
Boston
@truefit
Tulip Retail
Toronto
@tulipretail
V oi
San Francisco
@voihealth
Whoop
Boston
@whoop

Your Mechanic
Mountain View
@yourmechanic
New Zealand
Rapid Prototyping
New York
Geospatial Analytics
EXITED

AltSpaceVR
Acquired by Microsoft
Redwood City
BinPress
Acquired by CodersClan
Mountain View

Chromatik
Acquired by Take Lessons
Santa Monica
Circulate
Acquired by Acxiom
New York
CustomInk
Acquired by Great Hill/HarbourVest
Washington DC
Email CoPilot
Acquired by Return Path and Seismic
San Diego
Figure Eight
Acquired by Appen
San Francisco
Healthmode
Acquired by MindMed
San Francisco
J une
Acquired by Weber
San Francisco
Kensho
Acquired by S&P Global
Boston
Kurbo Health
Acquired by Weight Watchers
San Francisco
LiveFyre
Acquired by Adobe
San Francisco

M arble
Acquired by C aterpillar
San Francisco
Represent
Acquired by CustomInk
Los Angeles
Standard Treasury
Acquired by Silicon Valley Bank
San Francisco
Storify
Acquired by Livefyre
San Francisco
V irool
Acquired by T urgo
San Francisco
STRATEGY
It's not rocket science.

We invest in:

People, Product, Potential.
LOTS OF JOBS

Growers grow. Click here to check out all the Job Board postings from the PV Community.
"GO BUILD" BLOG
Captivating posts. No bloviation we promise.

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Promus Ventures Welcomes Maria Portoles to Team as Principal
Spire Announces Plans to Go Public Via SPAC at $1.2B Valuation
Rocket Lab Announces Plans to Go Public Via SPAC at $4.1B Valuation
Play the Long Game with Long-Term People
Want to Meet and Talk? Lace up Some Shoes!

Valley of Death: SPACs and The Future of Deeptech Financing

Whoop Raises $100M Series E

Lesson for Startups from the Craft Beer Industry

The Map and the Territory

Moving on to build Promus Ventures in Europe

Bad News is Good News, No News is Bad News

Promus Ventures Welcomes New Partner Pierre Festal, Opens Europe Office
M easurement as a Differentiator
How to Respond to a "No"
New Space Investing Taking Off
Moving at Startup Speed
Promus Ventures Welcomes New Partner Gareth Keane, Opens Up SF Office
Cobalt Robotics Raises $13M Series A - Promus Ventures Backstory
Promus Ventures Backstory — S&P Global to Acquire Kensho for $550M
NEWSLETTERS
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Weber Acquires June Oven, Charityvest Raises $2.3M, Three Portfolio Companies on One Launch!
February 2021
Rocket Lab's Nov 15 First Recovery Mission, Gauss Expands Series C To $30M, Finmark's $5M Seed
November 2020
ICEYE Raises $87M, Gauss' Rapid At-Home COVID-19 Test, SafeHub's $5M Seed
September 2020
Enview $12M Raise, CAT Acquires Marble, WHOOP Helps PGA with COVID-19
July 2020
Promus Ventures' Portfolio Takes On COVID-19
April 2020
December 2019 - Year in Review!
December 2019
Spire, Crosslend, Aurora and Dark Announce New Funding
October 2019
Cobalt Announces $35M Series B, Rocket Lab Launches Another Electron
July 2019
Return Path Acquired By Validity, Great Hill Buyout Of Custom Ink Invs, Spire Launches 100th Sat
May 2019
CONTACT

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Introduces New 8-Ton Class Reusable “Neutron” Rocket for Mega Constellations, Deep Space Missions and Human SpaceflightRocket Lab Expects to Raise $750M, Including $470M PIPE Read the Promus Ventures Backstory Here

Spire’s Satellites Help Forecast Weather, Track Ships at Sea and Airplanes in FlightSpire Expects to Raise $475M, Including $245M PIPE Read the Promus Ventures Backstory Here

Promus Ventures is privileged to be an investor alongside IVP, Softbank, Foundry Group, Two Sigma Ventures, SVB and others

Promus Ventures invested in the round alongside True Ventures,Draper Nexus, European Investment Fund and others.

Promus Ventures invested in Kensho’s 2013 seed round. Other investors include General Catalyst, Google Ventures, Accel, NEA, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and CNBC.

Promus Ventures invested in Figure Eight alongside Industry Ventures, Salesforce, Canvas Ventures, Microsoft, and Trinity Ventures.

Promus Ventures is privileged to be an investor alongside Softbank, DFJ Growth, Foundry Group, DBL Partners, Thrive Capital and Pritzker Group.

Promus Ventures invested in the round alongside Coatue, Sequoia, Founders Fund, Storm Ventures and Bloomberg Beta

Promus Ventures invested in the round alongside Northwell, Softbank, Providence Ventures, Jump Capital and others. Promus Ventures previously led Gauss' Series A.

PV COMMUNITY

Teams Backed: 85 Total Capital Raised by Portfolio: $2.4B+ Startup HQs: SF, NYC, BOS, LA, TOR, SD, SEA, BOU, DC, CHA, AUS, ATL, VER, LON, BER, HEL, AMS, AUK, WEL, SYD

SQUAD

SQUAD

Mike Collett

Founder, Managing Partner

Gareth Keane

Partner

Pierre Festal

Partner

Maria Juesas Portoles

Principal

Bill Merchantz

Venture Partner

Matt Martorello

Venture Partner

FOUNDERS

They're the reason we invest. Promus Ventures Founders Page

STARTUP COMMUNITY

Palo Alto

Chattanooga

San Francisco

Palo Alto

Helsinki

Washington, DC

London

San Francisco

Vermont

Mountain View

Atlanta

San Francisco

Palo Alto

Berlin

San Francisco

Seattle

Austin

Boston

Sydney/SF

Amsterdam

San Francisco

Raleigh

Los Altos

San Francisco

Aukland, NZ

San Francisco

Helsinki

United Kingdom

San Francisco

San Francisco

Toronto

New York

Sacramento

Los Angeles

San Francisco

San Francisco / Luxembourg

San Francisco

San Francisco

Los Angeles

Palo Alto

Boston

Toronto

San Francisco

Boston

Mountain View

New Zealand

New York

EXITED

EXITED

Acquired by Microsoft

Acquired by CodersClan

Acquired by Take Lessons

Introduces New 8-Ton Class Reusable “Neutron” Rocket for Mega Constellations, Deep Space Missions and Human Spaceflight
Rocket Lab Expects to Raise $750M, Including $470M PIPE

Read the Promus Ventures Backstory Here

Spire’s Satellites Help Forecast Weather, Track Ships at Sea and Airplanes in Flight
Spire Expects to Raise $475M, Including $245M PIPE

Read the Promus Ventures Backstory Here

Promus Ventures invested in the round alongside True Ventures,
Draper Nexus, European Investment Fund and others.

Promus Ventures invested in Figure Eight alongside
Industry Ventures, Salesforce, Canvas Ventures, Microsoft, and Trinity Ventures.

Promus Ventures is privileged to be an investor alongside
Softbank, DFJ Growth, Foundry Group, DBL Partners, Thrive Capital and Pritzker Group.

Promus Ventures invested in the round alongside
Northwell, Softbank, Providence Ventures, Jump Capital and others.
Promus Ventures previously led Gauss' Series A.

Teams Backed: 85

Total Capital Raised by Portfolio: $2.4B+

Startup HQs: SF, NYC, BOS, LA, TOR, SD, SEA, BOU, DC, CHA, AUS, ATL, VER, LON, BER, HEL, AMS, AUK, WEL, SYD

They're the reason we invest.

Promus Ventures Founders Page