The Explorer Group

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ABOUT US

We back great ideas for vast markets with passionate visionaries.
We facilitate the rapid creation of life-transforming businesses, help invent
or re-invent critical industries and move the frontier of progress for the good of humankind.

INVESTMENT PRINCIPLES

The Explorer Group primarily invests in companies whose impact is disproportionately large compared to their peers because of the use of new techniques that leverage accelerating technologies. Characterized by a life-changing impact, they aim at solving the following problems:

Reduce cost of and facilitate access to environmentally friendly natural resources
Improve life quality in metropolitan areas through advanced transportation, delivery methods and modern urbanism
Improve and expand education
Advance healthcare and solutions to aging
Enhance communications and connected devices
Artificial Intelligence, Data and Machine Learning
Automate financial transactions
Improve government and administration efficiency

OUR INNOVATION ACCELERATOR

WHAT WE DO:

We start, source and seed startups or teams which businesses are compatible with the fund’s investment criteria in line with the exponential organization concept. More than financing we help companies with their strategic vision, their product roadmap and their business plan. We provide advisory services, mentorship and sales, marketing, technical and administrative support.

FOCUS

We are extremely sensitive to speed of execution. We believe founders should be able to focus the vast majority of their 80-hour work weeks on developing great products, and not be side-tracked by non-core corporate tasks. We gathered extraordinary partners to help founders and their teams rid themselves from a series of non-strategic tasks.

HOW WE INVEST:

In general we provide small investments to allow founding teams to take their projects to the first round of funding and often do it in the form of a convertible note at a 20% discount to the next round of financing and a negotiated valuation cap.

SERVICES

Mentorship, strategy, product ideation, definition and roadmap, fund raising, recruiting, legal, IT, web design and creation, sales and marketing, international reach and expansion.

OUR TEAM

Daniel J. Laury

Managing Director

Carolyne Connor

Venture Partner & Chief Matchmaker

Tim Tonella

Venture Partner

Christophe Aulnette

Venture Partner

John H.N. Fisher

Special Advisor

R. Scott Livingstone

Advisor

Aga Marsh

Executive Assistant

OUR PORTFOLIO

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STRATEGIC PARTNERS

FROM THE BLOG

6 April, 2020 / Deals, Health Care, Portfolio Companies, portfolio company news / Comments are Closed

Avails Medical, a pioneer in automated, accelerated antibiotic susceptibility testing for septic patients announced today the participation of OMRON VENTURES Co., Ltd. in its current equity financing round

MENLO PARK, Calif., March 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Avails Medical, a pioneer in automated, accelerated antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) for septic patients announced today the participation of OMRON VENTURES Co., Ltd. in its current equity financing round. The current investment round will allow Avails Medical to accelerate the development of its AST product pipeline, including the eQuant system, whichRead more >

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6 April, 2020 / Uncategorized / Comments are Closed

Surkus: Brand loyalty is key for businesses looking to survive Covid-19

Stephen George, CEO and founder of Surkus and co-founder of Groupon believes current downturn presents plenty of opportunities https://bit.ly/2Xb1zAl Businesses impacted by the current coronavirus crisis are being urged to continue building brand loyalty and exploit all digital tools at their disposal, according to Stephen George, CEO and founder of Surkus, an experiential marketing platform.Read more >

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13 January, 2020 / Big Data, Deep Learning, Portfolio Companies, portfolio company news, Uncategorized / Comments are Closed

Sisense Nabs $100M at $1B+ Valuation

Sisense nabs $100M at a $1B+ valuation for accessible big data business analytics

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Avails Medical, a pioneer in automated, accelerated antibiotic susceptibility testing for septic patients announced today the participation of OMRON VENTURES Co., Ltd. in its current equity financing round

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Why Self-Driving Vehicles Are Going to Deliver Pizzas Before People

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AT&T, GridRaster start trials with edge computing for AR/VR experiences on mobile devices

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Surkus Acquires Craze And Sets Sights On Aggressive Expansion Into The Live Event Distressed Ticket Inventory Market

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Building Stronger Teams With Analytics And Artificial Intelligence

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Start-up Raises $2 Million For Cloud-Powered VR / AR

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New app gives users access to hot events for free

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Sisense is a Visionary in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for BI and Analytics

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GridRaster gets seed funds from Exfinity, other VCs

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