Promus Ventures Welcomes New Partner Gareth Keane, Opens Up SF Office
With great excitement, we welcome Gareth Keane to our investment team as Partner to officially open up and run Orbital Ventures’ new San Francisco office.
Cobalt Robotics Raises $13M Series A — Promus Ventures Backstory
San Francisco-based Cobalt Robotics recently announced its $13M Series A round led by Sequoia. Promus Ventures led Cobalt’s seed round with Bloomberg Beta in early 2016.
S&P Global to Acquire Kensho for $550M — Promus Ventures Backstory
We are excited to announce that Promus Ventures has led the Series A round for Halter, a US- and New Zealand-based team automating farm management.
Top Ten Worst Email Inbound Lines
Tenacity is a good thing — we don’t receive because we don’t ask, so being a squeaky wheel is a good thing…to a point. “Squeaky” soon turns into “Annoying” which quickly turns into “Desperation” (and brings much hilarity in the process).
The Number One Rule for Startups
There are many traits needed for a startup team to grow and scale, but the NUMBER ONE rule for any startup cannot be stressed enough: Never, ever run out of money! It is as basic as the human need for oxygen.
Three Easy Routines That Founders (and VCs) Should Do To Give Them an Macro Edge
The startup world is one where it’s easy to miss the forest through the trees. Starting something from nothing is extremely difficult, and the time and detail it takes in raising capital, coding, talking to customers, and hiring a team in the early days is immense.
Cowgorithms: Promus Ventures Leads Series A Round for Halter
We are excited to announce that Promus Ventures has led the Series A round for Halter, a US- and New Zealand-based team automating farm management.
The “Zero Tolerance for Egos” Standard — Working With Founders/VCs
Life is just too short to work with jerks. The idiosyncratic risk of working with egomaniacs is real and sometimes unknowable after the docs have closed. Egos can take a company down. Founders can turn rogue and go their own way because of course who knows better than them how to run a business. VCs can for se
Saving Private Startup (A War Many VCs Won’t Fight)
What is the best question founders can ask a VC before bringing them onto their cap table? Easy: “Tell me about how you helped a startup through difficult times, even through a shut down. Could you intro me to that founder so I can get their thoughts?”
Startup Pitfalls after Raising a New Round
You and your team have just closed on a new round of capital. Some of you are tired and weary. All of you are glad to have it done. Now you can keep the momentum rolling and do the things that you’ve been wanting to do but didn’t have the capital to previously execute.