Phoenix Venture Partners
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
San Mateo, United States
Countries of investment
- Israel
- USA
- Canada
Investment stages
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- Deep Tech
- Manufacturing
- Industrial Tech
- Energy
- Mobility
- Life Sciences
About
Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP) is a venture capital firm specializing in the transition of transformative technologies from proofofconcept stages to market commercialization. The firm focuses on advanced materials, novel devices, innovative manufacturing processes, and stateoftheart tools that promise to catalyze a new wave of products, redefine markets, and create a sustainable world. PVP invests in groundbreaking companies, from early to revenue stages, addressing key pain points in computing, electronics, transportation, energy, industrial, and life sciences sectors. PVP’s investment philosophy is centered on providing entrepreneurs with handson assistance in business development, intellectual property strategy, financing, recruitment, and exit planning, along with unparalleled access to a global network of Strategic Partners. The team at PVP comprises seasoned founders, operators, and scientists with extensive experience across multiple industries, committed to helping passionate entrepreneurs achieve their vision.
Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP) is a venture capital firm specializing in the transition of transformative technologies from proofofconcept stages to market commercialization. The firm focuses on advanced materials, novel devices, innovative manufacturing processes, and stateoftheart tools that promise to catalyze a new wave of products, redefine markets, and create a sustainable world. PVP invests in groundbreaking companies, from early to revenue stages, addressing key pain points in computing, electronics, transportation, energy, industrial, and life sciences sectors. PVP’s investment philosophy is centered on providing entrepreneurs with handson assistance in business development, intellectual property strategy, financing, recruitment, and exit planning, along with unparalleled access to a global network of Strategic Partners. The team at PVP comprises seasoned founders, operators, and scientists with extensive experience across multiple industries, committed to helping passionate entrepreneurs achieve their vision.
Investment Thesis
Phoenix Venture Partners specializes in taking transformative technologies from proofofconcept to commercialization, focusing on advanced materials, novel devices, innovative manufacturing processes, and stateoftheart tools.
Manager's Experience
Founded around 2010 and based in San Mateo, California by John T. Chen (Managing General Partner, MIT PhD and MBA, former Kauffman Fellow at Battery Ventures with over 30 years of experience) and Nobuyuki Kambe (Managing General Partner, MIT PhD, founder of Nanogram Devices, NeoPhotonics and Nanogram Corporation and holder of more than 50 patents, formerly at NTT). The team also includes Jiong Ma (General Partner), Avinash Kant (Senior Partner, Berkeley PhD and former Wall Street advanced materials equity analyst), Srinivas Rao (Operating Partner, formerly Vice President of Corporate Technology at Flextronics), Sheng Peng (Partner, formerly at BOE Technology Group) and Jennifer Wang (Managing Partner and CFO, formerly at Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan), with David Soane and Frank Levinson as Partners Emeritus. Portfolio includes Absci, Qolab, Sionic Energy, UbiQD, Inkbit and Nexus Photonics (acquired by IonQ). A venture and growth investor in advanced materials and materials enabled technologies.
Team
Gary Channon - Founder & CIO
Steve Tatters - Partner & COO
Charlotte Maby - Partner (Deputy Portfolio Manager)
James Wilson - Partner (Huginn Fund Manager)
Portfolio
C12 Quantum
Sepion Technologies
Nanosys
Sila Nanotechnologies
Envia Systems
Molecular Assemblies