Stephen Van Beaver
General Partner and Founder @ Pilot House Ventures
Boston, United States
Stephen Van Beaver is a Series A investor at Pilot House Ventures in Boston focused on Sensor and Electronics. Stephen Van Beaver is the General Partner and Founder of Pilot House Ventures and was a Co-founder and Senior Vice President at Road Runner Sports. Stephen attended Southern New Hampshire University and the University of Hartford.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
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Industries Stephen Van Beaver invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Sensor 1 (20%)
- Electronics 1 (20%)
- Manufacturing 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Series B 1 (20%)
- Series C 1 (20%)
- Series D 1 (20%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Investments
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| Founded in 2008, Qualtré is a developer and manufacturer of solid-state, silicon MEMS-based motion sensors that are the best price/performance solutions for a wide range of markets including industrial, mobile, consumer and automotive. To meet the demands of emerging applications within the $4.8B market for gyros - the company is developingnext-generation motion sensors based on its proprietary, multi-axis bulk acoustic wave (BAW) MEMS gyroscope technology that combine high performance, low cost, and environmental ruggedness. The company’s intellectual property portfolio consists of 20 patents filed or issued covering a wide range of product architecture and process characteristics. The Qualtré team is comprised of a management team with deep experience in the MEMS and semiconductor industry. Due to their experiences in MEMS product development, the management team recognized the importance of having engineering capabilities in every critical aspect of MEMS-based product development, and as a result the company has assembled a development team with strong backgrounds in MEMS, ASIC, package, and test engineering. The company is located near Boston, Massachusetts, an area where several other MEMS companies are located, which provides the company with access to some of the top engineering talent for MEMS-based sensors in the country. | $9M / Series D / Dec 17, 2014 | ||
| Founded in 2008, Qualtré is a developer and manufacturer of solid-state, silicon MEMS-based motion sensors that are the best price/performance solutions for a wide range of markets including industrial, mobile, consumer and automotive. To meet the demands of emerging applications within the $4.8B market for gyros - the company is developingnext-generation motion sensors based on its proprietary, multi-axis bulk acoustic wave (BAW) MEMS gyroscope technology that combine high performance, low cost, and environmental ruggedness. The company’s intellectual property portfolio consists of 20 patents filed or issued covering a wide range of product architecture and process characteristics. The Qualtré team is comprised of a management team with deep experience in the MEMS and semiconductor industry. Due to their experiences in MEMS product development, the management team recognized the importance of having engineering capabilities in every critical aspect of MEMS-based product development, and as a result the company has assembled a development team with strong backgrounds in MEMS, ASIC, package, and test engineering. The company is located near Boston, Massachusetts, an area where several other MEMS companies are located, which provides the company with access to some of the top engineering talent for MEMS-based sensors in the country. | Series C / Mar 17, 2014 | ||
| Founded in 2008, Qualtré is a developer and manufacturer of solid-state, silicon MEMS-based motion sensors that are the best price/performance solutions for a wide range of markets including industrial, mobile, consumer and automotive. To meet the demands of emerging applications within the $4.8B market for gyros - the company is developingnext-generation motion sensors based on its proprietary, multi-axis bulk acoustic wave (BAW) MEMS gyroscope technology that combine high performance, low cost, and environmental ruggedness. The company’s intellectual property portfolio consists of 20 patents filed or issued covering a wide range of product architecture and process characteristics. The Qualtré team is comprised of a management team with deep experience in the MEMS and semiconductor industry. Due to their experiences in MEMS product development, the management team recognized the importance of having engineering capabilities in every critical aspect of MEMS-based product development, and as a result the company has assembled a development team with strong backgrounds in MEMS, ASIC, package, and test engineering. The company is located near Boston, Massachusetts, an area where several other MEMS companies are located, which provides the company with access to some of the top engineering talent for MEMS-based sensors in the country. | $10M / Jul 08, 2011 | ||
| Founded in 2008, Qualtré is a developer and manufacturer of solid-state, silicon MEMS-based motion sensors that are the best price/performance solutions for a wide range of markets including industrial, mobile, consumer and automotive. To meet the demands of emerging applications within the $4.8B market for gyros - the company is developingnext-generation motion sensors based on its proprietary, multi-axis bulk acoustic wave (BAW) MEMS gyroscope technology that combine high performance, low cost, and environmental ruggedness. The company’s intellectual property portfolio consists of 20 patents filed or issued covering a wide range of product architecture and process characteristics. The Qualtré team is comprised of a management team with deep experience in the MEMS and semiconductor industry. Due to their experiences in MEMS product development, the management team recognized the importance of having engineering capabilities in every critical aspect of MEMS-based product development, and as a result the company has assembled a development team with strong backgrounds in MEMS, ASIC, package, and test engineering. The company is located near Boston, Massachusetts, an area where several other MEMS companies are located, which provides the company with access to some of the top engineering talent for MEMS-based sensors in the country. | $8M / Series B / Apr 21, 2010 | ||
| Founded in 2008, Qualtré is a developer and manufacturer of solid-state, silicon MEMS-based motion sensors that are the best price/performance solutions for a wide range of markets including industrial, mobile, consumer and automotive. To meet the demands of emerging applications within the $4.8B market for gyros - the company is developingnext-generation motion sensors based on its proprietary, multi-axis bulk acoustic wave (BAW) MEMS gyroscope technology that combine high performance, low cost, and environmental ruggedness. The company’s intellectual property portfolio consists of 20 patents filed or issued covering a wide range of product architecture and process characteristics. The Qualtré team is comprised of a management team with deep experience in the MEMS and semiconductor industry. Due to their experiences in MEMS product development, the management team recognized the importance of having engineering capabilities in every critical aspect of MEMS-based product development, and as a result the company has assembled a development team with strong backgrounds in MEMS, ASIC, package, and test engineering. The company is located near Boston, Massachusetts, an area where several other MEMS companies are located, which provides the company with access to some of the top engineering talent for MEMS-based sensors in the country. | $5M / Series A / Aug 20, 2008 |
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About Pilot House Ventures
Pilot House Ventures is a Boston, Massachusetts-based venture capital firm that invests in promising early stage technology companies, including enterprise software, network infrastructure, internet, and communications companies. They look for outstanding entrepreneurs who are building companies with high growth potential that will be true partnersthroughout the lifecycle of the company.Pilot House Ventures' investment team leverages its deep operational, technical and industry experience to help entrepreneurs build successful companies.They take a team approach to helping their portfolio companies be successful, with multiple members of the team involved in advising all of their portfolio companies on strategic decisions to drive their growth.The Pilot House Ventures team also taps into its extensive networks to support its portfolio companies with resources for customer acquisition, business development, partnerships, marketing strategy, technology development and management and Board development.
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What does Stephen Van Beaver invest in?
Stephen Van Beaver invests primarily in Sensor, Electronics and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 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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