Tech Company Financing Transactions

Pivotal Commware Funding Round

Pivotal Commware closed a $17 million Series A investment round on 6/19/2017. Investors included DIG Investments, The Thermo Companies and Intellectual Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
6/19/2017
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$17,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

DIG Investments (Lead Investor)

The Thermo Companies (Lead Investor) (Jay Monroe)

Intellectual Ventures (Nathan Myhrvold)

private investors (Barry Sternlicht)

private investors (William Gates)

Lux Capital

Proceeds Purpose
The fourth spin-out from Intellectual Ventures (IV) based on metamaterials, Pivotal will bring to market communications products that use Holographic Beam Forming (HBF).

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Communications
Mailing Address
10801 120th Ave. NE 200
Kirkland, WA 98033
USA
Email Address
Overview
Pivotal Commware was established in 2016 to commercialize a breakthrough in electromagnetic physics, Holographic Beam Forming (HBF). Years ago, Pivotal's founders recognized that wireless demand for data would outgrow the complex coding, multiplexing and modulation schemes that network operators have deployed thus far.
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Brian Deutsch
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Chief Operating Officer
Chris Brandon
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Chief Technical Officer
Eric Black
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VP - Engineering
Jay McCandless
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VP - Marketing
Kent Lundgren
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VP - Product Management
Mersad Cavcic
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VP - Product Management
Alex Katko
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