| Website | birchmerevc.com |
| Phone | 412.322.3300 |
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| Founded | 1996 |
Birchmere Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1996 with a focus on IP-differentiated companies to create Engineering Driven Innovation. They specialize in being the first institutional investor in Cleantech, Medical, and Technology start-ups. Their companies are founded by entrepreneurs with deep domain expertise who are developing revolutionary innovations that sell into existing markets. Their investment team comprises technologists with strong operating and venture investing experience – they partner with companies from launch to exit, helping them to minimize risk and maximize opportunity every step of the way .
They are a lead investor in early-stage Cleantech, Medical, and Technology companies. They believe that entrepreneurship and innovation are the best means of maintaining sustainability of the planet, as well as improving the quality of life of all its people.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| ZeaChem | 2/12 | Series C | $19M | 6 |
| ALung Technologies | 2/12 | Series B | $10M | 2 |
| TenMarks Education | 9/11 | Unattributed | $3M | 2 |
| CyOptics | 1/11 | Unattributed | $50M | 4 |
| ALung Technologies | 10/10 | Series A | $14M | 2 |
| Metabolex | 11/09 | Unattributed | $8.6M | 12 |
| Inspired Technologies | 10/09 | Series B | $5.4M | 4 |
| Metabolex | 4/07 | Series D | $32M | 16 |
| CyOptics | 10/05 | Series F | $27M | 5 |
| Be Here | 1/05 | Series A | $5M | 1 |
