The life sciences portfolio we’ve been constructing currently has two prominent themes: The first is investments in platform therapeutics companies; the second is investments in biophysical analytic tools companies. Until recently, therapeutics development was about biology searching for existing needles in nature’s haystack, which were typically very artisanal, labor intensive…

The word “infrastructure” usually conjures up images of roads, bridges, and rails that connect the physical world and drive civilization forward. Take, for example, the Transbay Tube. It was the final segment of the tunnel that completed the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system and connected cities around the Bay. …

There is an exponentially growing gap between our appetite for computation and what Moore’s Law can deliver. Our civilization is based on computation — we must find technologies that transcend the current limitations of architecture and imagination. While not an actual law, Gordon Moore’s 1965 observation that the number of…

We’re excited to welcome Ultima Genomics out of stealth after six years of quietly building a proprietary, high-quality NGS DNA sequencing platform from the ground up and raising $600 million from top investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, and Playground Global, which co-led the company’s Series A funding in 2017. …

Why We Invested In d-Matrix Today, we’re excited to announce our lead investment in the $44 million Series A funding round of d-Matrix, alongside a group of world class investors that include M12 (Microsoft Venture Fund) and SK Hynix. We’re joined in this round by existing investors Nautilus Venture Partners, Marvell Technology, and Entrada Ventures. …

We’re excited to announce our lead investment in the $33 million Series A funding round of Mangata Networks alongside Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek, Scotland’s national economic development agency Scottish Enterprise, and South Korean telco KT’s satcoms provider KTSat. Mangata Networks is an exciting new satellite-enabled telecommunication services company that…

As a new year approaches and we continue to grapple with the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, we once again look ahead to new themes, ideas, and technological innovations. Since our last year’s tech predictions, the world has changed. …

By Peter Barrett At a time when the combustible mixture of ignorance and arrogance has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans, venture capitalists need to focus on technologies and ideas that will move society forward. Incrementalism won’t get us there, nor will the next behavior modification…

It’s been an undeniably turbulent year. More than nine months after the coronavirus first erupted in the U.S., we are still in the throes of an ongoing crisis. We continue to witness major disruptions to consumer behavior, business practices, and our everyday lives. …