Promus Ventures

What is Promus Ventures?

Promus Ventures is a venture capital investment firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a focus on supporting early-stage companies across a wide array of industries. With $3.6 billion in assets under management, they target early, seed, and series A to series B funding stages, preferring investments between $1M to $5M, with a sweet spot of around $2M.

The firm is interested in sectors such as Software (including Web Marketplace, SaaS), Hospitality & Events, Media, Education, BioTech, AgroTech, Business Solutions, FinTech & Financial Services, Hardware & Manufacturing, Energy, IoT & Wearables, CleanTech, A.I. & Big Data, HealthTech & Fitness, Advertising, Analytics, Developer Tools, Food & Beverage, Local Commerce, Logistics & Distribution, Material Science, Robotics, Aerospace & Defense, DeepTech, Healthcare & Wellness, Mobile, Mobility, and Consumer sectors.

Promus Ventures prides themselves on supporting ambitious DeepTech founders who tackle complex problems to advance daily lives around the globe.

They support innovative companies like Rocket Lab, a space company; WHOOP, a performance optimization platform; The Exploration Company, which develops orbital vehicles; Mapbox, which provides navigation technology; ICEYE, creator of the synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation; Halter, creator of GPS-enabled, solar-powered animal collars; Diligent Robotics, which builds robots for hospitals; Gauss Surgical, a blood loss analysis tool in operating rooms; Swift Navigation, offering precise positioning technology; and Cobalt Robotics, which makes indoor security robots.

Promus Ventures takes a product and potential-focused approach, as evidenced by their varied and technologically advanced portfolio. The firm believes in the power of groundbreaking technologies to create transformative change in industries and in society as a whole.