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  • WHOOP RAISES $100M SERIES E

    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, Draper Associates, Seraphim Capital, Space Angels Network and others.

     

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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • PV COMMUNITY

    Teams Backed: 81
     
    Total Capital Raised by Portfolio: $2.4B+
     
    Startup HQs: SF, NYC, BOS, LA, TOR, SEA, DC, AUS, LON, BER, HEL, AUK, WEL, SYD

  • 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

    Pierre Festal

    Partner
    Luxembourg

     

      

     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

     

     

    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.
       
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    • STARTUP COMMUNITY

      Ambition

      Chattanooga

      @ambitionsales

      AngelList

      San Francisco

      @angellist

      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

      Cobalt Robotics

      Palo Alto

      @CobaltRobotics

      CrossLend

      Berlin

      @CrossLend

      Dark

      San Francisco

      Deako

      Seattle

      @godeako

      Diligent Robotics

      Austin

      @DiligentRobots

      Dispatch

      Boston

      @dispatch_me

      EarthAI

      Sydney/SF

      @earthaiexplore

      Enview

      San Francisco
       

       

      Finmark

      Raleigh

      @finmarkhq

      First Opinion

      San Francisco

      @firstopinionapp

      Gauss Surgical

      Los Altos

      @GaussSurgical

      Gigster

      San Francisco

      @trygigster

      Huckleberry

      San Francisco

      Halter

      Aukland, NZ

      @HalterNZ

      ICEYE

      Helsinki

      @iceyefi

      June

      San Francisco

      @June

      Mapbox

      San Francisco

      @mapbox

      Merlon 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

      Safehub

      San Francisco

      @safehubrisk

      Sonia.ai

      San Francisco

      @soniadotai

      Spire

      San Francisco / Luxembourg

      @spireglobal

      StatMuse

      San Francisco

      @StatMuse

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      Swift Navigation

      San Francisco

      @swiftnav

      Threadloom

      Palo Alto

      @threadloom

      TrueFit

      Boston

      @truefit

      Tulip Retail

      Toronto

      @tulipretail

      Whoop

      Boston

      @whoop

       

       

      Your Mechanic

      Mountain View

      @yourmechanic

      Toronto

      MedTech

      San Francisco

      AI/ML for Synthetic Biology

      Los Angeles

      Marketplace for Interior Design

      New Zealand

      Rapid Prototyping

      San Francisco

      Computer Vision

      United Kingdom

      Satellite Communications

      San Francisco

      Industrial IOT and Analytics

      New York

      Geospatial Analytics

    • 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

      Virool

      Acquired by Turgo
      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

      Marble

      Acquired by Caterpillar
      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.
       
       
       
    • BLOG

      Captivating posts. No bloviation we promise.

       

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      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

      Measurement

      Measurement as a Differentiator

      Cowgorithms

      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

      Top Ten Worst Inbound Email Lines

       
    • NEWSLETTERS

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      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

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