Promus Ventures

Spire Raises $40M Series B to Move into Mass Production of Nanosatellites

Promus Ventures led the Series B round

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Adobe acquires Livefyre, a content marketing and brand engagement platform.

Promus Ventures-backed Storify was earlier acquired by Livefyre

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June Oven raises $22M Series A Round to revolutionize cooking using AI and Computer Vision

Round was led by Eclipse, with participation from Promus Ventures, Foundry Group, First Round Capital, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and others

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YourMechanic Raises $24M Series B to Fuel Expansion for Its Auto Repair Platform

SoftBank led the Series B round

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Mapbox Raises $52M Series B To Be The "Map Layer" For All Apps

DFJ Growth led Series B round

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Gauss Surgical Completes $12M Series B to help manage blood loss and enable better surgical outcomes

Providence Ventures led the new Series B round. Promus Ventures led the $12M Series A round

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Navdy Raises $20M to Start Commercial Production of In-Car Heads-Up Display

Seeking to end the dangerous juggle many smartphone-wielding drivers do when navigating, reading email, texting and calling contacts

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Airware Raises $30M Series C to Build the Operating System for Drones

"We used to be about helping you fly the aircraft. Now it's so much more."

Next World Capital led the Series C

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Customink Announces Acquisition of Represent

The acquisition helps CustomInk bring more celebrities and influence to their brand

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Teams Backed: 56

Typical Initial Investment: $500K-$1M

Total Follow-On Capital Raised: $765M+

Startup HQs Incl: SF, LA, NYC, BOS, DC, TOR, SEA, LON
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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

Vanderbilt University

BS - Math, BA - English

Washington University in St. Louis

MBA - Finance

mike@promusventures.com

@mikecollett

snapchat: mikecollett

Julian Cheng

Vice President

PREVIOUS

Co-Founder

MentorHip

Wayward Labs

B2B Software

IBM

Circuit Design & Software Dev

Intel

Satellite Payload Design

Hughes Space & Communications

University of Illinois Urbana / Champaign

BS Electrical Computer Engineering

Northwestern University

MS Engineering Management

julian@promusventures.com

@juliancheng

snapchat: julianchengpv
SOFTWARE TEAMS THAT ARE CHANGING THE WORLD

Airware

Seed

San Francisco

@airware

Founder: Jonathan Downey

AltSpaceVR

Seed

San Francisco

@altspacevr

Founder: Eric Romo

Ambition

Seed

Chattanooga

@ambitionsales

Founders: Travis Truett

Wes Kendall, Jared Houghton,

Brian Trautschold

AngelList

Series B

San Francisco

@angellist

Founders: Naval Ravikant

Babak Nivi

Audiodraft

Seed

Helsinki

@audiodraft

Founder: Teemu Yli-Hollo

Behavox

Series A

London

@behavox

Founders: Erkin Adylov,

Kiryl Trembovolski,

Roman Zelov,

Dr Alex Glasman

Bellabeat

Seed

San Francisco

@getbellabeat

Founders: Sandro Mur,

Urska Srsen

BinPress

Acquired by CodersClan

Seed

Mountain View

@binpress

Founders: Adam Benayoun

Eran Galperin

Chromatik

Seed, Series A

Los Angeles

@chromatikmusik

Founder: Matt Sandler

Circulate

Series B

New York City

@circulate

Founder: Ari Jacoby

CrowdFlower

Series D

San Francisco

@CrowdFlower

Founders: Lukas Biewald,

Chris Van Pelt

Deako

Seed

Seattle, WA

@godeako

Founders: Derek Richardson,

Alexander Strunkin

Dispatch

Seed

Boston

@dispatch_me

Founders: Avi Goldberg,

Alex Beletsky, James Yaakov Zar

Email CoPilot

Seed

San Diego

@emailcopilot

Founders: Al Bsharah, Bryan Hall

First Opinion

Seed

San Francisco

@firstopinionapp

Founder: McKay Thomas

Gauss Surgical

Seed, Series A, Series B

Los Gatos

@GaussSurgical

Founders: Milt McCall, Sid Sattish

Getable

Seed

San Francisco

@getable

Founders: Tim Hyer, Kevin Halter

Gigster

Seed

San Francisco

@trygigster

Founder: Roger Dickey

HireAthena

Seed, Series A

San Francisco

@hireathena

Founders: Kristen Koh Goldstein,

Mark Goldstein

June

Series A

San Francisco

@June

Founders: Matt Van Horn,

Nikhil Bhogal

Kahuna

Seed, Series B

Palo Alto

@kahuna

Founders: Adam Marchick, Jacob Taylor

Kensho

Seed

Boston

@kensho

Founder: Daniel Nadler

Kurbo

Seed, Series A

Palo Alto

@kurbohealth

Founders: Joanna Strober,

Mark Vershel, Thea Runyan

Layer

Seed, Series A

San Francisco

@layer

Founders: Ron Palmari,

Thomaz Stolfa

Mapbox

Series B

SF / DC

@mapbox

Founder: Eric Gundersen

Marble

Seed

San Francisco, CA

Founders: Matt Delaney,

Jason Calaiaro

Mirror

Seed

San Francisco

@mirrorhq

Founders: Avish Bhama

Navdy

Seed, Series A

San Francisco

@navdyinc

Founder: Doug Simpson

OwnerListens

Seed

Palo Alto

@ownerlistens

Founder: Adi Bittan

Prism

Series A

San Francisco

@prism

Founder: Ron Palmari, Steve Russell

Represent
Acquired by CustomInk

Seed

Los Angeles

@represent

@prizeo

Founders: Bryan Baum,

Leo Seigal

See.me

Seed

New York City

@seeme

Founder: William Etundi Jr.

Spire

Series A, Series B

San Francisco

@spireglobal

Founder: Peter Platzer

Standard Treasury

Acquired by Silicon Valley Bank

Seed

San Francisco

StatMuse

Series A

San Francisco

@StatMuse

Founders: Eli Dawson, Adam Elmore

Storify

Acquired by Livefyre

Seed

San Francisco

@storify

@livefyre

Founders: Xavier Damman,

Burt Herman

Swift Navigation

Series A

San Francisco

@swiftnav

Founders: Tim Harris,

Fergus Noble, Colin Beighley

Threadloom

Seed

Palo Alto

@threadloom

Founders: Paul Lee,

Greg Hecht

TrueFit

Series A, Series B

Boston

@truefit

Founders: William Adler,

Romney Evans, Jessica Murphy

Tulip Retail

Seed

Toronto

@tulipretail

Founder: Ali Asaria

Virool

Seed

San Francisco

@virool

Founders: Alex Debelov,

Vlad Gurgov

Whoop

Seed, Series A, Series B

Boston

@whoop

Founders: Will Ahmed,

John Capodilupo, Aurelian Nicolae

YourMechanic

Seed, Series A, Series B

Mountain View

@yourmechanic

Founders: Art Agrawal,

Dongyi Liao
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Promus Ventures is affiliated with Promus Holdings, an alternative investment and wealth management firm in Chicago.

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Promus Ventures led the Series B round

Round was led by Eclipse, with participation from Promus Ventures, Foundry Group, First Round Capital, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and others

SoftBank led the Series B round

DFJ Growth led Series B round

Providence Ventures led the new Series B round. Promus Ventures led the $12M Series A round

Seeking to end the dangerous juggle many smartphone-wielding drivers do when navigating, reading email, texting and calling contacts

"We used to be about helping you fly the aircraft. Now it's so much more." Next World Capital led the Series C

The acquisition helps CustomInk bring more celebrities and influence to their brand

PV Community

Teams Backed: 56 Typical Initial Investment: $500K-$1M Total Follow-On Capital Raised: $765M+ Startup HQs Incl: SF, LA, NYC, BOS, DC, TOR, SEA, LON

SQUAD

Mike Collett

Julian Cheng

SOFTWARE TEAMS THAT ARE CHANGING THE WORLD

BinPress Acquired by CodersClan

Represent Acquired by CustomInk

Standard Treasury Acquired by Silicon Valley Bank

Storify Acquired by Livefyre

STRATEGY

LOTS OF JOBS

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"We used to be about helping you fly the aircraft. Now it's so much more."

Next World Capital led the Series C

Teams Backed: 56

Typical Initial Investment: $500K-$1M

Total Follow-On Capital Raised: $765M+

Startup HQs Incl: SF, LA, NYC, BOS, DC, TOR, SEA, LON

BinPress

Acquired by CodersClan

Represent
Acquired by CustomInk

Standard Treasury

Acquired by Silicon Valley Bank

Storify

Acquired by Livefyre