Promus Ventures

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

Largest Recorded AI Transaction to Date.

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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ROCKET LAB RAISES $140M SERIES E TO EXPAND LAUNCH

Promus Ventures invested in the round alongside
Australia's Future Fund, Data Collective, Khosla, and Bessemer.

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FIGURE EIGHT ACQUIRED BY APPEN FOR UP TO $300M 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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SPIRE LAUNCHES 100th SATELLITE INTO LOW EARTH ORBIT

Promus Ventures is an investor alongside Bessemer, RRE, Airbus and others.
Spire has raised $140M in capital.
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GAUSS SURGICAL RAISES $20M SERIES C LED BY NORTHWELL AND SOFTBANK VENTURES KOREA FOR AI-ENABLED PLATFORM FOR THE OPERATING ROOM

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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ICEYE RAISES $34M SERIES B TO ADD TO ITS EARTH OBSERVATION SAR SATELLITE CONSTELLATION

Promus Ventures invested in the round alongside True Ventures,
Draper Nexus, Draper Associates, Seraphim Capital, Space Angels Network and others.

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MAPBOX RAISES $164M SERIES C
LED BY SOFTBAN K 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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SWIFT NAVIGATION RAISES
$34M SERIES B
FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE GPS

Promus Ventures is privileged to be an investor alongside
NEA, Eclipse, First Round Capital, Felicis and Lemnos.

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TRUE FIT RAISES $55M SERIES C TO DEVELOP AI DRIVEN FOOTWEAR AND APPAREL PLATFORM
Promus Ventures is privileged to be an investor alongside Georgian Partners, Jump Capital, Signal Peak Ventures, Intel Capital and Cross Creek Capital.
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COBALT ROBOTICS RAISES $13M SERIES A TO DEVELOP INDOOR SECURITY ROBOTS

Seqouia led the round alongside Promus Ventures, Founders Fund, Storm Ventures and Bloomberg Beta
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CAPE ANALYTICS RAISES $17M SERIES B TO GROW ITS AI AND AERIAL IMAGERY PLATFORM FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES

Promus Ventures is an investor in Cape alongside
Eclipse, Data Collective, Khosla, Lux Capital, and XL Innovate.

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PV COMMUNITY
Teams Backed: 71

Total Capital Raised $2.0B+

Startup HQs: SF, NYC, BOS, LA, TOR, SEA, DC, LON, BER, AUK, HEL
SQUAD
Mike Collett
Founder, Managing Partner
Chicago

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
San Francisco


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
@garethkeane
Bill Merchantz
Venture Partner
Chicago


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
Chicago


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

Ambition
Chattanooga
@ambitionsales
AngelList
San Francisco
@angellist
Audiodraft
Helsinki
@audiodraft
Aurora Insight
Washington DC
@AuroraInsight
Behavox
London
@behavox
Bellabeat
San Francisco
@getbellabeat
Cape Analytics
Mountain View
@Cape_Analytics
Cobalt Robotics
Palo Alto
@CobaltRobotics
CrossLend
Berlin
@CrossLend
Dark
San Francisco
Deako
Seattle
@godeako
Dispatch
Boston
@dispatch_me
E arthAI
Sydney/SF
@earthaiexplore
Enview
San Francisco

First Opinion
San Francisco
@firstopinionapp
Gauss Surgical
Los Altos
@GaussSurgical
Gigster
San Francisco
@trygigster
H uckleberry
San Francisco
H alter
Aukland, NZ
@HalterNZ
ICEYE
Helsinki
@iceyefi
June
San Francisco
@June
Mapbox
San Francisco
@mapbox
Marble
San Francisco
@MarbleRobot
M erlon Intelligence
San Francisco
@merlontweets
Prism
San Francisco
@prism
REZI
New York
Real Estate Fintech AI/ML
Rhombus Systems
Sacramento
Security
Rocket Lab
Los Angeles
@RocketLab
Sonia.ai
San Francisco
@soniadotai
Spire
San Francisco / Luxembourg
@spireglobal
StatMuse
San Francisco
@StatMuse
Swift Navigation
San Francisco
@swiftnav
TerrAvion
San Francisco
@TerrAvion
Threadloom
Palo Alto
@threadloom
TrueFit
Boston
@truefit
Tulip Retail
Toronto
@tulipretail
Whoop
Boston
@whoop

Your Mechanic
Mountain View
@yourmechanic
San Francisco
AI/ML for SME Insurance
Toronto
MedTech
San Francisco
AI/ML for Real Estate
San Francisco/New York
AI/ML for Synthetic Biology/Therapeutics
San Francisco
Smart Monitoring for Structures
EXITED

Kensho
Acquired by S&P Global
Boston
Figure Eight
Acquired by Appen
San Francisco
LiveFyre
Acquired by Adobe
San Francisco

Circulate
Acquired by Acxiom
New York
AltSpaceVR
Acquired by Microsoft
Redwood City
Standard Treasury
Acquired by Silicon Valley Bank
San Francisco
Represent
Acquired by CustomInk
Los Angeles
Email CoPilot
Acquired by Return Path and Seismic
San Diego
V irool
Acquired by T urgo
San Francisco
BinPress
Acquired by CodersClan
Mountain View

Chromatik
Acquired by Take Lessons
Santa Monica
Storify
Acquired by Livefyre
San Francisco
Kurbo Health
Acquired by Weight Watchers
San Francisco
CustomInk
Acquired by Great Hill/HarbourVest
Washington DC
STRATEGY
It's not rocket science.

We invest in:

People, Product, Potential.
LOTS OF JOBS

Growers grow. Click here to check out 330+ Job Board postings from the PV Community.
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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
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The Number One Rule for Startups
Three Easy Routines That Founders (and VCs) Should Do To Give Them an Macro Edge
Cowgorithms - Promus Ventures Leads Series A Round for Halter
NEWSLETTERS
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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
Figure Eight Acquired for up to $300M, PV Investor in 3 of 4 Top Ranked Space Companies
March 2019
Gauss Surgical $20M C, Crosslend €14M B, RocketLab $140M E, Dispatch/Vista
December 2018
$8M Series A for Cowgorithms, Cape's $17M Series B for Property Insurance, Mapbox Partners with Microsoft and Intel
July 2018
Promus Ventures Invests in ICEYE's $34M Series B
May 2018
Marble $10M Series A, S&P Completes $550M Kensho Deal, PV Opens SF Office, Adds Gareth Keane as New Partner
May 2018
Mapbox Raises $164M Series C Round Led by SoftBank
October 2017
$25M WHOOP Series C, $550M Acquisition of Kensho, $4M Huckleberry Seed
March 2018
Rocket Lab Launches 2nd Rocket, $55M True Fit Series C, $20M Behavox Series A
January 2018
Most Read Promus Ventures Blogposts of 2017
December 2017
Promus Ventures Invests in Spire’s $70M Series C Round
November 2017
Fall Roundup: Mapbox’s $164M Series C, PV Leads Halter’s Series A, Enview’s $6M Series A
November 2017
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Largest Recorded AI Transaction to Date. 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 the round alongside Australia's Future Fund, Data Collective, Khosla, and Bessemer.

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

Promus Ventures is an investor alongside Bessemer, RRE, Airbus and others. Spire has raised $140M in capital.

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

Promus Ventures invested in the round alongside True Ventures,Draper Nexus, Draper Associates, Seraphim Capital, Space Angels Network and others.

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

Promus Ventures is privileged to be an investor alongside NEA, Eclipse, First Round Capital, Felicis and Lemnos.

Promus Ventures is privileged to be an investor alongside Georgian Partners, Jump Capital, Signal Peak Ventures, Intel Capital and Cross Creek Capital.

Seqouia led the round alongside Promus Ventures, Founders Fund, Storm Ventures and Bloomberg Beta

Promus Ventures is an investor in Cape alongside Eclipse, Data Collective, Khosla, Lux Capital, and XL Innovate.

PV COMMUNITY

Teams Backed: 71 Total Capital Raised $2.0B+ Startup HQs: SF, NYC, BOS, LA, TOR, SEA, DC, LON, BER, AUK, HEL

SQUAD

Mike Collett

Founder, Managing PartnerChicago

Gareth Keane

PartnerSan Francisco

Bill Merchantz

Venture PartnerChicago

Matt Martorello

Venture PartnerChicago

FOUNDERS

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

STARTUP COMMUNITY

Chattanooga

San Francisco

Helsinki

Washington DC

London

San Francisco

Mountain View

Palo Alto

Berlin

San Francisco

Seattle

Boston

Sydney/SF

San Francisco

San Francisco

Los Altos

San Francisco

San Francisco

Aukland, NZ

Helsinki

San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco

New York

Sacramento

Los Angeles

San Francisco

San Francisco / Luxembourg

San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco

Palo Alto

Boston

Toronto

Boston

Mountain View

San Francisco

Toronto

San Francisco

San Francisco/New York

San Francisco

EXITED

Acquired by S&P Global

Acquired by Appen

Acquired by Adobe

Acquired by Acxiom

Acquired by Microsoft

Standard Treasury

Acquired by Silicon Valley Bank

Acquired by CustomInk

Acquired by Return Path and Seismic

Acquired by Turgo

Acquired by CodersClan

Largest Recorded AI Transaction to Date.

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 the round alongside
Australia's Future Fund, Data Collective, Khosla, and Bessemer.

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

Promus Ventures is an investor alongside Bessemer, RRE, Airbus and others.
Spire has raised $140M in capital.

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

Promus Ventures invested in the round alongside True Ventures,
Draper Nexus, Draper Associates, Seraphim Capital, Space Angels Network and others.

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

Promus Ventures is privileged to be an investor alongside
NEA, Eclipse, First Round Capital, Felicis and Lemnos.

Promus Ventures is an investor in Cape alongside
Eclipse, Data Collective, Khosla, Lux Capital, and XL Innovate.

Teams Backed: 71

Total Capital Raised $2.0B+

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

Founder, Managing Partner
Chicago

Partner
San Francisco

Venture Partner
Chicago

Venture Partner
Chicago

They're the reason we invest.

Promus Ventures Founders Page

Acquired by T urgo

It's not rocket science.

We invest in:

People, Product, Potential.