Michelle Russey McCarthy
Managing Director @ Verizon Ventures
New York, United States
Michelle Russey McCarthy is a Series A investor at Verizon Ventures in New York focused on Software and Hardware. Michelle McCarthy is the Managing Director at Verizon Ventures. She attended Georgetown University.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 38%
Last updated:
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Industries Michelle Russey McCarthy invests in
Stages Michelle Russey McCarthy invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (38%)
- Hardware 2 (25%)
- Security 2 (25%)
- Motion Capture 2 (25%)
- Machine Learning 2 (25%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (38%)
- Series B 2 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (25%)
- Funding Round 1 (13%)
Country
- United States 3 (38%)
- Canada 1 (13%)
- Singapore 1 (13%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Origin AI revolutionizes WiFi usage by transforming signals into WiFi Sensing technology. Harnessing AI, we analyze signal disruptions caused by daily activities to provide valuable insights for ISP, security, and IoT applications. Key features include Motion, Presence, Falls, and Breathing AI engines, each offering industry-leading accuracy. Ourcompetitive advantages include non-line of sight sensing, high accuracy, elimination of wearable devices, and simple plug-and-play deployment. Origin WiFi Sensing runs 100% on the edge, ensuring superior security through end-to-end encryption and efficient software requiring minimal CPU resources. Easily embeddable into most WiFi devices, our solution adheres to industry-leading security protocols. Experience the transformative power of Origin AI and enhance your business with smart, secure WiFi Sensing solutions. WiFi can do more. | $15.9M / Series B / Dec 12, 2023 | ||
| nami's ambition is to elevate smart devices and systems to bring intelligence to homes and commercial buildings through adaptive automation linked to human presence, air sensing and machine learning.We build and run a platform that helps to monitor places and care for you, your loved ones and your colleagues. It also makes the planet greenerand a better place to be.Our hardware and software world-class architecture promises high granularity for sensing with smooth onboarding and reliable calibration for scalable deployments. It’s the foundation for a growing array of subscription services to end consumers: security and safety alerts, energy optimization, better breathing, deeper sleep and emergency health notifications. | $10.5M / Series A / Mar 23, 2023 | ||
| HaptX® makes technology that simulates touch sensation with unprecedented realism. HaptX Gloves enable natural interaction and realistic haptic feedback in virtual reality for the first time. Built with patented microfluidic technology, HaptX Gloves feature 130 points of touch feedback, apply 4 lbs. of resistive force feedback per finger, and trackhand motions with sub-millimeter precision.Founded by Jake Rubin and Dr. Bob Crockett, HaptX has 35 employees, with offices in Seattle, WA and San Luis Obispo, CA. | $23M / Series B / Sep 15, 2022 | ||
| Sanctuary AI is an artificial general intelligence company founded in January 2018, and is based in Vancouver, B.C. Sanctuary's mission is to build synthetic humans – “synths” – that are indistinguishable from us physically, cognitively and emotionally. The company is structured to explore both cutting edge technology and the ethical issuesthat arise from creating human-like machines. | $59.7M / Series A / Mar 02, 2022 | ||
| HaptX® makes technology that simulates touch sensation with unprecedented realism. HaptX Gloves enable natural interaction and realistic haptic feedback in virtual reality for the first time. Built with patented microfluidic technology, HaptX Gloves feature 130 points of touch feedback, apply 4 lbs. of resistive force feedback per finger, and trackhand motions with sub-millimeter precision.Founded by Jake Rubin and Dr. Bob Crockett, HaptX has 35 employees, with offices in Seattle, WA and San Luis Obispo, CA. | $12M / Series A / Jul 20, 2021 | ||
| Origin AI revolutionizes WiFi usage by transforming signals into WiFi Sensing technology. Harnessing AI, we analyze signal disruptions caused by daily activities to provide valuable insights for ISP, security, and IoT applications. Key features include Motion, Presence, Falls, and Breathing AI engines, each offering industry-leading accuracy. Ourcompetitive advantages include non-line of sight sensing, high accuracy, elimination of wearable devices, and simple plug-and-play deployment. Origin WiFi Sensing runs 100% on the edge, ensuring superior security through end-to-end encryption and efficient software requiring minimal CPU resources. Easily embeddable into most WiFi devices, our solution adheres to industry-leading security protocols. Experience the transformative power of Origin AI and enhance your business with smart, secure WiFi Sensing solutions. WiFi can do more. | $14M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 22, 2021 | ||
| ShotTracker makes sensor-based technology that automatically captures basketball statistics in real-time during practices and games. At ShotTracker, they improve the performance of competitive athletes by bringing elite-level analytics to the masses. Their latest innovation, ShotTracker TEAM, captures real-time practice and game stats forbasketball teams, and it's affordable for teams at every level of play. | $11M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 14, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Verizon Ventures
Verizon Ventures focuses on businesses developing solutions in sectors such as 5G network automation, enterprise security, data privacy, and consumer mobility software. Portfolio companies receive access to engineering insights, industry data, and corporate customer relationships to accelerate technical development. The firm structures long-term investments around alternative architectures that aim to alter digital connectivity, network orchestration, and infrastructure management. Additionally, the firm facilitates commercial agreements within its parent corporate ecosystem to integrate emerging applications into mainstream commercial and consumer channels.
Verizon Ventures Contacts
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Christopher Bartlett
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Kristina Serafim
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Michelle Russey McCarthy
Managing Director
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Alden Mahabir
Manager & Director - Strategy & Planning
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Alexander Khalin
Director Venture Capital
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What does Michelle Russey McCarthy invest in?
Michelle Russey McCarthy invests primarily in Software, Hardware and Security startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 8 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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