Tech Company Financing Transactions
Liquid Robotics Funding Round
Schlumberger and VantagePoint Capital Partners participated in a $22 million capital raise for Liquid Robotics. The financing round was announced on 6/7/2011.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
6/7/2011
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$22,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors
VantagePoint Capital Partners (Alan Salzman)
Proceeds Purpose
The investment, the company's first from venture capital, will help Liquid Robotics expand its business of deploying unmanned floating devices to remote parts of the ocean to measure things like oil spills for energy companies or fish populations for fisheries.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Robotics
Mailing Address
1329 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
USA
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Initially a joint venture between Jupiter Research Foundation and Roger Hine to develop an unmoored, station-keeping data buoy for monitoring humpback whales, Liquid Robotics was incorporated in January of 2007 to continue development of the technology.
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Gary Gysin
Chief Financial Officer
Pablo Luther
Chief Technical Officer
Roger Hine
VP - Manufacturing
Don Jerome
VP - Marketing
Becky Tanner
VP - Product Management
Graham Hine
VP - Sales
Daniel Middleton
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