It’s a Wrap: 2023 in Review
As we end the year, we look back at the key funding events of our portfolio companies in 2023, along with highlights from our blog posts and speaking engagements. The Promus Ventures team is grateful to our limited partners, visionary teams, and advisors for their continued trust and support.
All Eyes on 2024!
At Promus Ventures, we believe that having a well-thought out thesis on the macro economy and markets is key to navigating the path ahead. So we make it a point every quarter to refine our thoughts on the setup and make sure 1) our investors know our evolving thesis on macro outlook and 2) our portfolio founde
Trust: The Fuel For Startup Success
In the fast-paced world of startups, where innovation and entrepreneurship reign supreme, trust is the currency that fuels success. Whether you’re an entrepreneur seeking investment, a customer evaluating a new product, or a partner considering collaboration, trust plays a pivotal role in building a thriving
Flat Is the New Up?
We thought we’d share some of our thoughts on the current private market environment, as featured in Orbital Ventures’ most recent Limited Partner quarterly letter.
Space Investment Has Moved Past Max-Q, Can It Continue to Ascend?
The space industry with its myriad of new startups has now successfully gone through its own Max-Q. Over the last decade, these startups have grinded, innovated, and withstood the drag of naysayers and limited amounts of early capital to blaze ahead into higher altitudes.
Satellite Services: Land of Opportunity for Some, Valley of Death for Many
Considered by many financial and strategic investors as an attractive market, with significant opportunities for value creation, the deployment and monetization of a satellite constellation come with several risks.
How an MVP can be your MVP
Many early-stage teams get very consistent feedback from investors when they try to raise their first institutional investment — what does your customer think? Here's what it takes to turn a minimum viable product into your most valuable player.
Play the Long Game with Long-Term People
True capital growth takes time and the startup game is a long game for all involved. We continue to see more and more new faces to the startup game act like short-term traders, and this will not end well for many of them. Founders, venture capitalists, and LPs are forced to learn patience and sometimes wait 10
Want to Meet and Talk? Lace-up Some Shoes!
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted pretty much everything in my day. Maybe the most significant change I have seen while working from home is that the usual cadence of the face-to-face meetings that made up my day has been replaced by video calls on platforms like Zoom, or plain old voice calls.
Valley of Death: SPACs and The Future of DeepTech Financing
For those who haven’t been paying attention to the latest developments on Wall Street (and you will be forgiven given the number of crazy things going on in all corners of the world), 2020 was the year of the Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”).