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Birchmere Ventures

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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.

Recent Milestones

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  Birchmere Ventures invested in Conscious Box. (4/27/13)
  Posted 4/27/13 at 3:29am via techcrunch.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in PresenceLearning. (4/26/13)
  Posted 4/26/13 at 5:14am via techcrunch.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in The Resumator. (10/30/12)
  Posted 10/29/12 at 11:48pm via techcrunch.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in NoWait. (8/28/12)
  Posted 8/28/12 at 6:13pm via techcrunch.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in ZeaChem. (2/14/12)
  Posted 2/14/12 at 3:30am via onbiovc.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in ALung Technologies. (2/6/12)
  Posted 2/6/12 at 6:55pm via bizjournals.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in TenMarks Education. (9/16/11)
  Posted 9/16/11 at 8:36pm via techcrunch.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in CyOptics. (1/26/11)
  Posted 1/26/11 at 5:56pm via finsmes.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in ALung Technologies. (10/11/10)
  Posted 1/22/10 at 3:41am via finsmes.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in Solexant. (6/4/10)
  Posted 6/7/10 at 5:08pm via greentechmedia.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in Metabolex. (11/5/09)
  Posted 11/9/09 at 3:52pm via Metabolex.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in Inspired Technologies. (10/1/09)
  Posted 10/20/09 at 9:40pm via onbiovc.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in Metabolex. (4/19/07)
  Posted 11/9/09 at 3:58pm via Metabolex.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in CyOptics. (10/5/05)
  Posted 8/30/10 at 2:51am via cyoptics.com
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  Birchmere Ventures invested in Be Here. (1/19/05)
  Posted 8/10/10 at 5:49pm via birchmerevc.com

Investments

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1. Birchmere's Fourth Fund Closed at $40M as Firm Taps Family Offices (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
2. Conscious Company, A Birchbox For Eco-Friendly Products, Raises $400K Seed Round Led By Birchmere Ventures (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. PresenceLearning Raises $8M To Connect Students With Speech And Occupational Therapists (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Hiring Platform The Resumator Raises $2.1M Series B Round Led By Birchmere Ventures, Rincon Ventures Partners & Salesforce (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Death To The Restaurant Buzzer: NoWait Raises $2 Million For iOS-Based Waitlisting System (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. ZeaChem, Inc.: Series C $19M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
7. ALung closes $10M financing round (bizjournals.com) [edit]
8. TenMarks Raises $3 Million For Personalized Math Learning SaaS (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. CyOptics Reveives $50M Equity Investment led by JVP (finsmes.com) [edit]
10. ALung Technologies Raises $14M in Series A Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
11. Solexant Unstealths with $41.5M and a CadTel Recipe (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
12. Metabolex (Metabolex.com) [edit]
13. Inspired Technologies, Inc.: Series B $5.4M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
14. Metabolex (Metabolex.com) [edit]
15. CyOptics Closes $27M Series F Financing Round (cyoptics.com) [edit]
16. Be Here completes $5M Series A financing round (birchmerevc.com) [edit]