Clinton Bybee is a co-founder and Managing Director, Emeritus of ARCH Venture Partners. See contact routes.
Clinton Bybee is a co-founder and Managing Director, Emeritus of ARCH Venture Partners, where he previously managed a venture fund for the State of Illinois and worked as a production engineer at Amoco Corporation before co-founding the firm. His investment thesis concentrates primarily on advanced technical sectors including advanced materials, electronics, semiconductors, photonics, and infrastructure businesses, with a focus on early-stage innovation. Bybee has served as the lead partner on 44 deals and typically invests check sizes ranging from $500,000 to $5 million. Notable portfolio companies he helped organize and finance include Impinj, Cooledge Lighting, Voxel8, Innovalight (acquired by DuPont), and MicroOptical Devices (acquired by EMCORE). He distinguishes his approach by specializing in deep technical areas like nanotechnology and optics rather than typical software investing. Bybee currently serves as Board Chairman of Cooledge Lighting and as a Board Member at Impinj.
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