| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.12.2018 | Welcome to the New Lemnos Machine Shop | by Shivani Torres
I’m excited to announce the re-opening of the Lemnos Machine Shop!
Upgrading our facilities has been a passion project of mine since joining the team in July. It has allowed me to combine my backgrounds in teaching desig... |
| 23.10.2018 | Dream: Bringing the World Closer | In early 2017 we had the opportunity to invest in Idan Beck’s vision of social connectivity in an AR/VR enabled world. Idan not only wanted to create an enterprise-grade conferencing system, but also a modern platform to power it, far-outpa... |
| 17.10.2018 | Introducing Helm: Helping You Retake Control of Your Data | I don’t consider myself a security expert, but I do worry about my privacy and my personal information. Every day I read another article about a data breach at a company that potentially exposes my personal data to very skilled hackers. And... |
| 13.09.2018 | Rhombus Systems Announces $3M in Funding to Upend Video Security | Rhombus Systems announced its $3 million seed funding this week. The Lemnos portfolio company is using AI and computer vision to dramatically improve video security systems and the industry.
This seed round was led by Lemnos. Other inves... |
| 06.09.2018 | Nima’s Peanut Sensor Now Available | We are excited to say the Nima Peanut Sensor is now on the market, offering peace of mind to the nearly three millions Americans who suffer from peanut allergies, including those close to us here at Lemnos.
Each Lemnos investment has an ... |
| 02.07.2018 | Ceres Imaging Raises $25M Series B financing | Ceres Imaging, a Lemnos portfolio company focused on aerial spectral imagery and analytics, just announced $25 million in Series B financing, representing the largest single investment in the agricultural spectral imaging market category to... |
| 27.06.2018 | Creator Opens, Offers Robot-Crafted Burgers | You are now able to buy the world’s first robot-crafted burger as Creator, a Lemnos portfolio company, opened its flagship store in San Francisco to the public.
For $6 you will get a made-to-order burger from a “culinary instrument”, also ... |
| 21.06.2018 | Venture into Hardware with Lemnos and Bumblebee | Want to learn more about the future of robotics and how Lemnos picks its portfolio companies? Listen to the latest Venture Stories by Village Global, featuring Lemnos partner Eric Klein and Bumblebee Spaces CEO and co-founder Sankarshan Mur... |
| 26.04.2018 | AutonoMusings launched by RavenOps | Lemnos portfolio company RavenOps has launched a weekly newsletter, AutonoMusings, which features robotic/autonomy-related startup news, the latest technological trends and research, as well as events that they think are most relevant to th... |
| 24.04.2018 | On a Roll: Marble Secures $10 million in Series A Funding | Lemnos portfolio company Marble has announced that it has secured $10 million in Series A funding with participation by Tencent, Crunchfund, Maven, and Lemnos.
Marble, a last-mile logistics company, is creating a fleet of intelligent couri... |
| 29.01.2018 | Nima Launches New Portable Peanut Sensor | Following the success of its pocket-sized Gluten Sensor, Nima unveiled its portable Peanut Sensor earlier this month. Like its award-winning Gluten Sensor, Nima’s Peanut Sensor lets people quickly test their food if they are unsure if an al... |
| 16.01.2018 | Elroy Air Raises $4.6 Million to Transform Cargo Delivery |
Elroy Air, a Lemnos portfolio company, recently announced that it secured $4.6 million in seed funding to develop its large autonomous cargo delivery aircraft. While companies such as Amazon are developing small delivery drones, the Elroy... |
| 19.12.2017 | FarmWise Raises $5.7M To Transform Farming | FarmWise, a Lemnos portfolio company, today announced it raised $5.7 million in Series Seed funding to help pilot its autonomous weeding machine. In conjunction, FarmWise has finalized its first pilot contracts with large vegetable growers ... |
| 06.12.2017 | Swift Navigation and Carnegie Robotics Now Shipping Duro | Swift Navigation, a Lemnos portfolio company, and Carnegie Robotics last week announced that Duro™, an enclosed version of the Piksi® Multi dual-frequency RTK GNSS receiver is now shipping. Built for outdoor operations, Duro combines centim... |
| 06.12.2017 | Enview Raises $6 Million to Protect Vital Energy Infrastructure | Enview, a Lemnos portfolio company, announced $6 million in Series A funding last month. Enview provides 3D geospatial data analytics to help pipeline and power line industry customers enhance safety and reliability by detecting threats and... |
| 01.12.2017 | Spire Rockets: From Kickstarter to EU Funding in Five Years | It has been an unusual and impressive trajectory for Spire Global, a Lemnos portfolio company. The company has rocketed from a small team with an ambitious goal to a global leader in the weather and maritime intelligence market.
Earlier th... |
| 20.11.2017 | Flybrix Launches Target Exclusive DIY Drone Kit Using LEGO® Bricks (Special Deal Below) | Just in time for this holiday season, the Flybrix Quad Starter Kit is now available in all 1800 Target stores and on Target.com. Lemnos portfolio company Flybrix offer kits that let you make rebuildable, crash-friendly drones using LEGO bri... |
| 10.11.2017 | Our newest investment has a familiar face | We founded Lemnos because we saw a deep need in the hardware space for investors with engineering backgrounds who understood the unique challenges of building a successful hardware company. One of the things that makes Lemnos unique is that... |
| 24.10.2017 | Introducing Built Robotics | This week Built Robotics, a Lemnos portfolio company, announced $15 million in Series A funding to get its autonomous track loader to market.
Noah Ready-Campbell founded Built Robotics with a question — what will construction look like in ... |
| 21.09.2017 | Jeremy visits 20 Minute VC | This week Jeremy was on 20 Minute VC with Harry Stebbings. They discussed robots, consumer electronics, and what makes hardware startups difficult. Give it a listen [link below!]
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| 28.06.2017 | Swift Navigation Announces $34M Series B | Congrats to our portfolio company Swift Navigation after raising a $34M Series B round for next generation high-accuracy GPS for autonomous vehicles. Swift has now raised $47.6M to date and is making great progress!
Sensors like Swift’s Pi... |
| 26.06.2017 | Introducing Teforia Leaf | Teforia has taken their incredible smart-infusion technology and made it simpler, more customized, and more affordable with the introduction of the Teforia Leaf. With the expertise of a tea master, Teforia Leaf brings out the full flavors a... |
| 22.06.2017 | Airware Expands Management Team | The Airware team recently announced additions to their management team, while founder and CEO Jonathan Downey announced that he will step down later this month to pass the top job on to Airware’s COO Yvonne Wassenaar. Airware also welcomed ... |
| 02.02.2017 | Airware and Caterpillar | Sounds like a match made in heaven to me. Caterpillar made a strategic investment in our portfolio company Airware to accelerate drone data solutions being available at Caterpillar’s dealers. Congrats to both teams!
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| 26.01.2017 | Nima’s Portable Gluten Sensor is Now Available! | Congrats to the Nima team for shipping their portable gluten sensor! We’ve had the opportunity to watch Shireen, Scott, and the entire Nima team tirelessly work to make this important solution available. My wife is gluten intolerant and thi... |
| 17.01.2017 | Intel Highlights the Simbe Robotics Tally | We love applied robotics, so it’s no wonder that we love our portfolio company Simbe Robotics. Their Tally robot automates the most mundane, repetitive tasks in retail execution. Which in terms means a better customer experience and more pr... |
| 10.01.2017 | Swift Founders Join the 30 Under 30 | Congrats to Colin and Fergus from portfolio company Swift Navigation for being named to the Forbes 30 under 30 Consumer Technology list. These guys have been working together since 2012 and it’s great to see them honored by the industry for... |
| 06.12.2016 | Spire to Enter Aviation Tracking Market | Excited to see our portfolio company Spire Global continue to extend the capabilities of their satellite constellation. Today Spire announced they will enter the aircraft tracking market by adding additional sensors to their future satellit... |
| 01.11.2016 | Teforia Announces its Series A! | Congrats to the Teforia team on their $12M Series A venture financing! It’s seems like just yesterday when Allen called to show me the first prototype of the Teforia infuser. The tea was amazing then and today there is a fast growing compan... |
| 05.10.2016 | Flying a Drone Made Out of Legos | My son and I love Flybrix! One of the perks of my job is being an early tester for portfolio companies, and testing Flybrix is pretty darn fun. If you love LEGOs and you love flying things, Flybrix made the perfect combination. My son loves... |
| 29.09.2016 | Airware Acquires Redbird | Congrats to the Airware team on their purchase of analytics provider Redbird. Welcome to the family, Redbird employees! |
| 29.09.2016 | Spire Overview | Here is a great Inc. article on our portfolio company Spire and their CEO, Peter Platzer. It has been a pleasure to watch Peter grow this multi-national company. Congrats to the entire team on your continuing success!
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| 23.08.2016 | Jonathan Downey Joins 35 Innovators Under 35 | Airware CEO Jonathan Downey was announced as one of MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators under 35. Congrats! |
| 28.07.2016 | Compology in the News | Our portfolio company Compology was highlighted in a recent TechCrunch article about startups focused on waste management. While waste management isn’t a sexy topic, it is a huge market and a great opportunity for new solutions. Just the ki... |
| 02.06.2016 | Airware Raises a $30 M Series C | We first invested in Airware in late 2012, when many people were still extremely skeptical of the potential of commercial drones. At the time, most drones were used exclusively for military applications; it was not yet clear how they would ... |
| 26.05.2016 | Congrats to 6Sensor on their Series A Raise! | Food technology is something we’ve been interested in at Lemnos since day one. We think that advances in the hardware that creates and interacts with food will continue to increase in quality and improve consumer satisfaction.
We made our ... |
| 26.03.2014 | Lemnos Labs Announces New $20 Million Fund! | Today we’re thrilled to announce our new $20 million fund. Over two years ago when we started Lemnos, we encountered many people who were skeptical that hardware startups were viable in the digital age of venture capital. In 2014 there have... |
| 10.09.2013 | Congrats Local Motion | We first met John and Clement in the Fall of 2011, just as we were starting Lemnos. Helen and I had spent the late summer meeting with anyone we could find that was working on a hardware company. The introduction came through a venture capi... |
| 29.03.2013 | How a Garage-Based Incubator Is Fueling the Hardware Revolution | Lemnos Labs Featured In Wired —
Lemnos Labs’ Eric Klein is chattering away about the brewing hardware revolution. He says that technology innovations in the last 10 years have made it possible for people to actually accomplish more with ha... |
| 29.03.2013 | NanoSatisfi Raises $1.2M To Disrupt The Aerospace Industry With Small, Affordable Satellites | Nanosatisfi Featured In TechCrunch —
For years, Peter Platzer was pretty close to a stereotypical rocket scientist on Wall Street — he was trained as a high-energy physicist, but he spent most of his professional career in finance. But he ... |
| 08.12.2012 | Revenge of the Nerds: Hardware Claims Its Place in Startup Society | Lemnos Labs Featured in VentureBeat:
“Hardware has long been the outcast of startup society, pushed to the fringes by popular social networks, e-commerce platforms, and enterprise jocks. But now the nerdy kids spending their free time in s... |
| 08.12.2012 | Finally! A Telepresence Robot That Won’t Break The Bank | Revolve Robotics featured in Wired:
“When you can’t be somewhere in person, you can check things out virtually through the concept of telepresence. But not all solutions are created equal, which is where Revolve Robotics’ new product Kubi ... |
| 08.12.2012 | How Crowdfunded Hardware Makers Hit It Big In 2012 | Lemnos Labs is featured in the WSJ:
“Crowdfunding pioneers Indiegogo and Kickstarter opened up their fundraising platforms in 2008 and 2009 respectively, but 2012 may be the first year that tech investors and entrepreneurs took crowdfundin... |
| 08.12.2012 | Local Players Scrambling to Launch Small Satellites | Nanosatisfi Featured in the WSJ:
“Silicon Valley is gearing up for a new type of space race: the quest to launch relatively inexpensive satellites to open up space exploration to the masses.
Two San Francisco startups are preparing to lau... |
| 17.11.2012 | Lemnos: A Silicon Valley Incubator for Hardware | Lemnos Labs featured on Bloomberg Business Week:
Lemnos Labs was founded by Zelman and Jeremy Conrad, both 28, last November in San Francisco, and has raised $1.85 million from angel investors including former Yahoo! (YHOO) executive Ash P... |
| 07.11.2012 | Come on Baby, do the Local Motion | Lemnos Labs featured on Venture Beat –
The US is home to more than 250 million registered passenger vehicles, making it the largest market for cars and trucks in the world. Of these vehicles, how many are under-used? Left to wallow in dark... |
| 13.10.2012 | Incubator Lemnos Labs Is Looking For Its Next Class Of Hardware Startups | Lemnos Labs featured on Tech Crunch –
“It seems like everyone’s worried about an incubator bubble, but seriously — Lemnos Labs is doing something different. It’s not just incubating the latest social network or iPhone app. Instead, it’s lo... |
| 13.10.2012 | SF Hardware Incubator Lemnos Labs Is Accepting Startup Applications | Lemnos Labs featured on Startup Grind –
“Different is good. In a startup world where everyone seems to be drawn towards the same products and verticals, Lemnos Labs is trying something different and I hope it’s hugely successful” –Derek An... |
| 13.10.2012 | Hamburgers, Coffee, Guitars, and Cars: A Report from Lemnos Labs | Lemnos Labs featured on Xconomy –
“At Lemnos Labs, the rapid-iteration, rapid-growth, conquer-the-world mindset typical of Silicon Valley software startups is meeting the world of hardware. You might not think that the startup accelerator ... |
| 10.10.2012 | Lemnos Labs: A New Incubator Breeding Great Hardware | Lemnos Labs featured on Startup Grind –
“Hardware’s startup stock has been on a massive rise the past few years with companies like Square, Jawbone, Flip, Fitbit, and Nest gathering excitement beyond software.” –Derek Anderson, Starup Grin... |
| 10.10.2012 | Hardware Makers Draw Cash as New Gizmos Pop Up | Lemnos Labs is featured in The Wall Street Journal –
“Decades after Silicon Valley swung toward software, hardware is hot again.” –Jessica Vascellaro, The Wall Street Journal (12/15/11)
Read the full article |
| 05.10.2012 | Welcome to Lemnos Labs | - |
