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.
Promus Ventures Welcomes New Partner Pierre Festal, Opens European Office
It is with great fanfare that we welcome Pierre Festal as Partner to the Orbital Ventures team to head up our new European office located in Luxembourg.
Raise One Round Ahead
It is rare to see founding teams, even the good ones, continually scheduling meetings with potential future investors when the team isn’t currently raising a round. It is counterintuitive and frankly hard to do.
Ramifications of Tech Downturn for VC/Startups (Excerpts from Our Latest LP Letter)
As we write this, the Nasdaq is off 14.5% YTD, with the S&P down 9.3% YTD. And it’s just the beginning of February. Only the ostriches with their heads in the sand fail to recognize that the investing winds have indeed shifted.
Recycleye
Robotic and computer vision platform focused on the waste industry
Release the Robots!
We’re finally seeing real teams build real robotic products that are solving massive pain points in numerous different industries. Robotic startup funding (ex-Drones) increased from $273M in 2014 to $587M in 2015, with $1.4B in cumulative funding since 2011 (CB Insights, 3/23/16). We’ve watched many robotic
Results Always Win
You can read about everyone’s success, or you can start building yours. You can hire and spend, but if you don’t sell, then it’s only a façade. You can overpromise and underdeliver or win the hearts and trust of everyone each month with an upside.
Rhombus
AI-powered security cameras and smart sensors
Rocket Lab
Complete rocket systems and technologies. Public company, Nasdaq: RKLB