3M
VC Fund
Saint Paul, United States
3M is a VC fund in Saint Paul focused on Software and Energy. 3M operates as a diversified technology company, manufacturing products, including adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection, dental and orthodontic products, electronic materials, medical products, car-care products, electronic circuits, and optical films. It operates in the industrial and transportation; health care; safety,security, and protection services; consumer and office; display and graphics; and electro and communications businesses. Its industrial and transportation business serves a range of markets, such as appliance, paper and packaging, food and beverage, electronics, automotive original equipment manufacturer, and automotive aftermarket.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
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Industries 3M invests in
Stages 3M invests in
Countries 3M invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (29%)
- Energy 3 (21%)
- Hardware 3 (21%)
- Health Care 2 (14%)
- Manufacturing 2 (14%)
Stage
- Series B 4 (29%)
- Funding Round 4 (29%)
- Series A 3 (21%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
- Private Equity 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 10 (71%)
- Finland 1 (7%)
- The Netherlands 1 (7%)
Team
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Ivan K. Fong
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Antonio Pagliuca
Senior Technical Specialist - Application Engineering
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Senior Technical Specialist - Application Engineering | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Audrey Salerno
Data Science Specialist
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Data Science Specialist | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Ben Wright
Vice President
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Vice President | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
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Ippocratis Vrohidis
President, Industrial Mineral Products Division
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President, Industrial Mineral Products Division | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Investments
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Morphotonics develops and sells nano and micro imprint structures as well as designs nanoimprint machine and supplies it. | $11M / Series B / Sep 11, 2024 | |
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Ohmium manufactures standardized interlocking modular Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers able to produce pressurized high-purity hydrogen. Individual electrolyzers can be stacked to reduce installation and maintenance costs while enabling unlimited configurations of deployment sizes. Ohmium’s proprietary electrolyzer stack technology cansustain a differential pressure across the membrane without compromise, which enhances cost-effective operations. | Corporate Round / Jul 16, 2024 | |
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Low-cost electrolyzer hardware. | $20M / Series A / Mar 26, 2024 | |
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Dispelix is a manufacturer and designer of next-gen lightweight smart glasses and AR displays. Optical see-through near-to-the-eye displays are at the core of smart glasses products and define most of their important characteristics. To meet and exceed consumer expectations the see-through display should meet three key design objectives at thesame time. To this day nobody has been able to do it. | $32.9M / Series B / Nov 08, 2021 | |
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Everactive's custom ultra-low-power chips enable completely battery-less wireless sensors that form the foundation of end-to-end IoT data services. The company technology allows for low cost, long-lived, and intelligent instrumentation of industrial operations. Its end-to-end solutions are built upon innovative advances in ultra-low-powercircuit design and wireless communication that enable the company to power its Eversensors exclusively from harvested energy. The company also creates networking and cloud software to provide a service focused on providing customers with valuable insights from generated and self-sustaining data streams.The company was founded on 2012 and is based in Santa Clara, California. | $16M / Series C / Jul 29, 2021 | |
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Inkbit creats a next-generation additive manufacturing platform that combines 3D printing with machine vision. MIT-trained scientists and engineers combines expertise in industrial systems, design software, and material science to identify and seize opportunities for mass-market additive manufacturing. | $30M / Series B / Jul 20, 2021 | |
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asTech is the provider of remote diagnostic solutions and services to the collision industry.asTech provides cutting-edge, expert diagnostics using OEM tools to provide safe and accurate repairs. asTech provides remote diagnostics using its patented device and also provides access to ASE-Certified Master Technicians, who are trained to be virtualdiagnosticians. asTech Master Technicians can service many trouble codes remotely and provide real-time assistance to shop technicians at the vehicle when needed.asTech also offers mobile repair, key replacement, calibration services, and BlueDriver®, the #1 vehicle scan tool solution on Amazon. asTech is based in Plano, Texas. | Feb 23, 2021 | |
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asTech is the provider of remote diagnostic solutions and services to the collision industry.asTech provides cutting-edge, expert diagnostics using OEM tools to provide safe and accurate repairs. asTech provides remote diagnostics using its patented device and also provides access to ASE-Certified Master Technicians, who are trained to be virtualdiagnosticians. asTech Master Technicians can service many trouble codes remotely and provide real-time assistance to shop technicians at the vehicle when needed.asTech also offers mobile repair, key replacement, calibration services, and BlueDriver®, the #1 vehicle scan tool solution on Amazon. asTech is based in Plano, Texas. | Private Equity / Feb 23, 2021 | |
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Inkbit creats a next-generation additive manufacturing platform that combines 3D printing with machine vision. MIT-trained scientists and engineers combines expertise in industrial systems, design software, and material science to identify and seize opportunities for mass-market additive manufacturing. | $12M / Nov 04, 2019 | |
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Socially Determined identifies social risks and provides insights to prevent workplace social determinants of health (SDOH) with their software.Through Socialy Determined's software, theyr social risk intelligence platform informs the clients' organization's intervention strategies to identify the social risk drivers affecting theworkplace.Socially Determined was established on January 22, 2017 by Trenor Williams, and Ryan Bosch in Washington, DC. | $11.1M / Series A / Oct 28, 2019 | |
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FAQ
What does 3M invest in?
3M invests primarily in Software, Energy and Hardware startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at 3M?
The team at 3M includes Ivan K. Fong (Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary), Antonio Pagliuca (Senior Technical Specialist - Application Engineering) and Audrey Salerno (Data Science Specialist), among 16 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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