Gareth Keane, Promus Ventures

Gareth Keane is a Partner at Promus Ventures, where he officially opened and runs the firm’s new San Francisco office. See sector focus and contact routes.

About Gareth Keane

Gareth Keane is a Partner at Promus Ventures, where he officially opened and runs the firm’s new San Francisco office after serving as Senior Investment Manager at Qualcomm Ventures from 2012 to 2018. His investment thesis targets early-stage deep-technology software and hardware companies, with focus sectors including robotics, AI/ML, space, and synthetic biology across Seed through Series C stages. Signal lists his typical investment range as $500K to $5.0M with a sweet spot of $2.0M, though it does not specify whether he leads or follows deals. Notable portfolio companies associated with Promus Ventures include Rocket Lab, Mapbox, and Whoop, while Keane personally serves on the boards of Lunar Outpost and Swift Navigation. Keane holds a PhD in Electronic Engineering from Queen’s University of Belfast and an MBA from Wharton, and he mentors in Creative Destruction Lab’s Defence and Space streams across multiple global sites. No public writing or distinctive published point of view by Keane himself is documented in the available sources.

Gareth Keane at a glance

Role
Partner
Organization
Promus Ventures
Location
Santa Clara, California, United States
Investor type
Individual/Angel
Focus areas
AI

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