PCH International
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
PCH International is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Hardware and Apps. PCH is a global company founded in 1996. We provide a unique, intelligent, end-to-end product development and supply chain orchestration platform for the world’s best brands. Our customers come from a variety of sectors, including beauty, home, living, entertainment, technology, fashion, and wellness. Our customers are passionate about theirdesign, their brand, and the consumer experience, and they utilize a variety of market channels, including direct-to-consumer, direct-to-retail, and eCommerce sites. PCH is set up internationally to achieve cost synergies, scale and access to talent. At PCH, our passion is rapid, rigorous product development and supply chain speed, velocity and agility – all done with visibility, transparency, sustainability, and consumer engagement. Our innovative, new-generation supply chain model connects brands with consumers. We are asset-light, focusing on the complete product lifecycle and investing in value drivers of the brand’s product lifecycle. While the typical product fulfillment network is fragmented, PCH’s intelligent, end-to-end platform is horizontal, eliminating silos. Our platform increases brand revenue, optimizes costs, reduces balance sheet liabilities, and increases consumer engagement. PCH has two Innovation Hubs -- in San Francisco and in Shenzhen, China, with headquarters in Cork, Ireland, and software, finance, and back-office operations in Cape Town, South Africa.PCH founded Highway1, the world-renown hardware accelerator that helps startups bring innovative products to market.“PCH” stands for “Pacific Coast Highway” because founder Liam Casey loved the early time he spent in Southern California and the positive spirit that the iconic stretch of Highway 1 evoked.PCH is an equal opportunity employer who values diversity and inclusion. PCH is a great place to develop your career and have fun – all while working with great brands and doing rewarding, creative work. We value teamwork, integrity, and passion. We support professional growth along with work-life balance.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries PCH International invests in
Stages PCH International invests in
Countries PCH International invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $650k–$4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Hardware 4 (44%)
- Apps 3 (33%)
- Software 3 (33%)
- Mobile 2 (22%)
- Cooking 2 (22%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (78%)
- Series A 1 (11%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (11%)
Country
- United States 7 (78%)
- Ireland 2 (22%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alan Cuddihy
VP, Sustainability
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VP, Sustainability | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Andre Yousefi
VP, of Design Partnerships
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VP, of Design Partnerships | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Bill Hanafin
Chief Digital Information Officer
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Chief Digital Information Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
David Broderick
Chief Financial Officer
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Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Liam Casey
Founder & CEO
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Founder & CEO | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech Buddies offers tools and services to help children overcome speech disorders. With nearly 5,000 Speech Language Pathologists, Speech Buddies Connect is the largest marketplace for private speech services in the US. In addition, Speech Buddies Tools have been clinically proven to enable children to overcome articulation disorders twice asfast.Website: www.speechbuddy.com | $1.6M / Seed / Oct 01, 2015 | ||
| Elegant Smart Home Products. The Birdi Smart Detector is a combined smoke & CO alarm + air quality monitor. | $500K / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 13, 2015 | ||
| Thalman Health envisioned a new paradigm for thermometry, creating a novel core sensor technology for continuous clinical grade tracking. | $650K / Seed / Jun 07, 2015 | ||
| Ringly designs and develops wearable technology solutions that are compact in size, but powerful in functionality. It is our belief that technology can blend more seamlessly into our lives and provide frictionless interactions with our environment, our devices and our selves. We get excited about pushing boundaries and solving big problems thatwill make our world a more enjoyable place to live.In 2015, we began shipping our first product and became an industry leader in fashionable wearable technology. We’ve built a specialized and integrated team that controls every aspect of the business including design, brand, software, hardware and manufacturing. | $5.8M / Series A / Jan 21, 2015 | ||
| Adaptics Ltd. provides Drop, an iPad-connected kitchen scale and digital baking assistant for home bakers. Adaptics adds noticeable vitality to employees and organisations and helps them maintain long-term success. They do this by embedding top-quality service provision in vitalising managers, teams and players. Adaptics considers vitality astrategic resource that forms a basis for desired change in society. They have developed a unique integral approach that includes training, coaching, instructions and online tools. Adaptics has the ambition to address vitality at Champions League level, and to set the standard for corporate health in the Netherlands along with its partners and clients. | $2M / Seed / Jan 14, 2015 | ||
| We created:Podo - The World's First Stick & Shoot Camera Jack - Make Any Headphones Wireless Belle - A Portable Speaker Without CompromiseOur vision is to become the most prolific and authentic source of innovative products for everyday happiness.Our mission is to push the limits of technology and design with passion, detailed care,and respect for every person. | $960K / Seed / Nov 01, 2014 | ||
| Drop is a smart kitchen platform specializing in recipe and kitchen appliance technology to connect the whole cooking journey. Over 100 different appliance models from brands like Bosch, Electrolux, GE Appliances, Instant Brands, Panasonic, Kenwood, LG Electronics, and Thermomix can now be controlled from the Drop Kitchen OS platform and the DropRecipes app at the center of it all. With offices in San Francisco, Dublin, Ireland, and Zaragoza, Spain, a love for great food is at its core. Each recipe and appliance partner added to the platform makes for an even stronger Kitchen OS, inspiring home cooks to make food more. | $1.5M / Seed / Oct 14, 2014 | ||
| Fresco is the only technology that seamlessly brings appliances, home cooks, and recipes together. Partnering with the world's biggest appliance makers like BOSCH, Electrolux, GE Appliances, Instant Brands, Kenwood, LG Electronics, Panasonic, and Thermomix, Fresco knows that almost no kitchen has appliances from a single brand. TheKitchenOS–Fresco's neutral, cross-brand platform–is the seamless way consumers interact with their kitchen through whatever interface or appliance they choose. Fresco delivers an effortless cooking experience by connecting dots in the kitchen. Founded in 2012, Fresco currently operates globally and has offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Zaragoza, Spain. To learn more visit: https://kitchenos.com/ | $1.5M / Seed / Oct 14, 2014 | ||
| Olio Devices develops luxury lifestyle products for modern professionals. The company offers smart wearable devices such as wrist-watches alongside associated software, hardware, and a cloud-based platform for third-party services.Their first product, the Olio Model One timepiece, was announced in March, 2015. Olio Devices was founded in 2013and is based in San Francisco, CA. | $4M / Seed / Oct 02, 2014 |
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FAQ
What does PCH International invest in?
PCH International invests primarily in Hardware, Apps and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does PCH International invest in?
PCH International typically joins rounds of $650k–$4M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not PCH International's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds PCH International took part in.
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Who are the partners at PCH International?
The team at PCH International includes Alan Cuddihy (VP, Sustainability), Andre Yousefi (VP, of Design Partnerships) and Bill Hanafin (Chief Digital Information Officer), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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