Promus Ventures

ROCKET LAB RAISES $75M SERIES D TO LAUNCH SMALL SATELLITES INTO ORBIT

Promus Ventures participated in the round, alongside Data Collective (lead), Khosla, and Bessemer.

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COBALT ROBOTICS RAISES SEED ROUND TO DEVELOP INDOOR SECURITY ROBOTS

Promus Ventures co-led the round along with Bloomberg Beta.

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SPIRE RAISES $40M SERIES B TO SCALE NANOSATELLITE PLATFORM FOR WEATHER FORECASTING, SHIP AND PLANE TRACKING

Promus Ventures led the Series B round with Bessemer, RRE, Qualcomm and others participating.

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MAPBOX RAISES $164M SERIES C ROUND LED BY SOFTBANK

SoftBank led the round. Promus Ventures is privileged to be an investor in Mapbox alongside DFJ Growth, Foundry Group, DBL Partners, Thrive Capital and Pritzker Group.

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JUNE OVEN RAISES $22M SERIES A ROUND TO REVOLUTIONIZE COOKING USING AI AND COMPUTER VISION

Promus Ventures participated in the round, alongside Eclipse (lead), Foundry Group, First Round and others.

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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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CROW DFLOWER RAISED $20M SERIES D FOR HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP AI

Promus Ventures participated in the round, alongside Industry Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Microsoft Ventures, and Trinity Ventures.

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CAPE ANALYTICS RAISES $14M TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR PROPERTY INSURANCE

Promus Ventures invested in the round, with participation from Eclipse (lead), Data Collective, Khosla, Lux Capital, and XL Innovate.

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SWIFT NAVIGATION RAISES $34 MILLION SERIES B ROUND FOR NEXT GENERATION OF HIGH-ACCURACY GPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Promus Ventures invested in Swift Navigation's Series A round.

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PV COMMUNITY
Teams Backed: 60

Total Capital Raised $1.4B+

Startup HQs: SF, NYC, BOS, LA, TOR, SEA, LON, BER, AUK
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

Vanderbilt University

BS - Math, BA - English

Washington University in St. Louis

MBA - Finance

mike@promusventures.com

@mikecollett
Julian Cheng
Vice President

PREVIOUS

Co-Founder
Wayward Labs

B2B Software
Articulate

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
STARTUP COMMUNITY

Airware
San Francisco
@airware
Ambition
Chattanooga
@ambitionsales
AngelList
San Francisco
@angellist
Audiodraft
Helsinki
@audiodraft
Behavox
London
@behavox
Bellabeat
San Francisco
@getbellabeat
Cape Analytics
Mountain View
@Cape_Analytics
Cobalt Robotics
Palo Alto
@CobaltRobotics
CrossLend
Berlin
CrowdFlower
San Francisco
@CrowdFlower
Deako
Seattle
@godeako
Dispatch
Boston
@dispatch_me
Enview
San Francisco

First Opinion
San Francisco
@firstopinionapp
Gauss Surgical
Los Altos
@GaussSurgical
Gigster
San Francisco
@trygigster
HireAthena
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@hireathena
H uckleberry
San Francisco
June
San Francisco
@June
Kahuna
Redwood City
@kahuna
Kensho
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Kurbo
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Layer
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Mapbox
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Marble
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M erlon Intelligence
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Mirror
San Francisco
@mirrorhq
Navdy
San Francisco
@navdyinc
Prism
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@prism
Rocket Lab
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Spire
San Francisco / Glasgow
@spireglobal
StatMuse
San Francisco
@StatMuse
Swift Navigation
San Francisco
@swiftnav
TerrAvion
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@TerrAvion
Threadloom
Palo Alto
@threadloom
TrueFit
Boston
@truefit
Tulip Retail
Toronto
@tulipretail
Virool
San Francisco
@virool
Whoop
Boston
@whoop

YourMechanic
Mountain View
@yourmechanic
ACQUIRED

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
Email CoPilot
Acquired by Return Path and Seismic
San Diego
LiveFyre
Acquired by Adobe
San Francisco

Represent
Acquired by CustomInk
Los Angeles
Standard Treasury
Acquired by Silicon Valley Bank
San Francisco
Storify
Acquired by Livefyre
San Francisco
STRATEGY
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People, Product, Potential.
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Mapbox Raises $164M Series C Round Led by SoftBank
October 2017
Summer Funding: $40M Tulip, $34M SwiftNav, $20M CrowdFlower, $20M Gigster
September 2017
Merlon Intelligence Funding, Rocket Lab Maiden Launch, CrowdFlower $1M AI Challenge
June 2017
Promus Ventures Invests in Rocket Lab, Cobalt and Berlin-based CrossLend
April 2017

Promus Ventures Invests in Rocket Lab’s $75M Series D
March 2017
Promus Ventures Co-Leads Cobalt Robotic's Seed Round
March 2017
Funding Aerial Imagery for Ag, RegTech to Stop Rogue Traders, 4 of Top 100 AI Startups
February 2017
Cooking with AI, Tracking Planes with Cubesats, Harman Invests in Navdy
December 2016
Cape Analytics Raises $14M to Use Artificial Intelligence for the Property Insurance Industry
November 2016
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Promus Ventures participated in the round, alongside Data Collective (lead), Khosla, and Bessemer.

Promus Ventures co-led the round along with Bloomberg Beta.

Promus Ventures led the Series B round with Bessemer, RRE, Qualcomm and others participating.

SoftBank led the round. Promus Ventures is privileged to be an investor in Mapbox alongside DFJ Growth, Foundry Group, DBL Partners, Thrive Capital and Pritzker Group.

Promus Ventures participated in the round, alongside Eclipse (lead), Foundry Group, First Round and others.

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

Promus Ventures participated in the round, alongside Industry Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Microsoft Ventures, and Trinity Ventures.

Promus Ventures invested in the round, with participation from Eclipse (lead), Data Collective, Khosla, Lux Capital, and XL Innovate.

Promus Ventures invested in Swift Navigation's Series A round.

PV COMMUNITY

Teams Backed: 60 Total Capital Raised $1.4B+ Startup HQs: SF, NYC, BOS, LA, TOR, SEA, LON, BER, AUK

SQUAD

Mike Collett

Founder, Managing Partner

Julian Cheng

Vice President

STARTUP COMMUNITY

San Francisco

Chattanooga

San Francisco

Helsinki

London

San Francisco

Mountain View

Palo Alto

Berlin

San Francisco

Seattle

Boston

San Francisco

San Francisco

Los Altos

San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco

Redwood City

Boston

Palo Alto

San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco

New York

San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco

Los Angeles

San Francisco / Glasgow

San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco

Palo Alto

Boston

Toronto

San Francisco

Boston

Mountain View

ACQUIRED

Acquired by Microsoft

Acquired by CodersClan

Acquired by Take Lessons

Acquired by Acxiom

Acquired by Return Path and Seismic

Acquired by Adobe

Acquired by CustomInk

Standard Treasury

Acquired by Silicon Valley Bank

Acquired by Livefyre

STRATEGY

It's not rocket science. We invest in: People, Product, Potential.

LOTS OF JOBS

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NEWSLETTERS

October 2017

September 2017

June 2017

Teams Backed: 60

Total Capital Raised $1.4B+

Startup HQs: SF, NYC, BOS, LA, TOR, SEA, LON, BER, AUK

It's not rocket science.

We invest in:

People, Product, Potential.

Captivating posts. No bloviation we promise.

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