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Pier 88 Participates in Hammerspace Series A Funding Round
JULY 17TH, 2023; SAN FRANCISCO: Pier 88 Ventures has participated in Hammerspace’s $56.7m Series A financing. Hammerspace launched in 2018 with the vision of making all enterprise data globally accessible, useful, and indispensable, sparking the next level of business innovations. The funding round, led by Prosperity7 Ventures, also includes ARK Invest, the Sky Family Office […]
Pier 88 Leads $3.9 Million Series A Funding in TPN.health
JUNE 22ND, 2023; SAN FRANCISCO: Pier 88 Ventures Enterprise Software Strategy has led a $3.9mm Series A financing in TPN.health (“TPN”), a leader in the digitization of the behavioral health industry. This marks the first investment made out of the Pier 88 Ventures Enterprise Software strategy. Accomplice and Paterson Partners were also key investor participants […]
Geneva Q4 2022 Review
Pier88 CEO Frank Timons presents the Geneva Q4 2022 review. Please read our full disclosures here. The companies identified do not represent all of the companies purchased, sold or recommended for portfolios advised by Pier 88 Investment Partners, LLC. The reader should not assume that investment in any company was or will be profitable. Additional […]
Pier 88 Ventures Invests in $52mm Series B Financing for HappyCo
San Francisco, CA – January 18, 2022 – Pier 88 Ventures was among the venture investors that participated in the recent $52mm Series B financing for HappyCo. HappyCo, the number one residential operations platform for realtime rental property condition data collection and utilization, raised the funds to expand its platform and add new services. Led […]
mimik technology closes $14.3 million extended series A funding round led by Pier88
mimik’s hybrid edgeCloud platform is poised to revolutionize the delivery of microservices for applications in industries such as healthcare, automotive, manufacturing, logistics, retail, and banking San Francisco, November 3, 2021: mimik Technology, Inc., a pioneer in hybrid edge cloud technology and business solutions, today announced a $14.3 million Series A funding round led by Pier 88 […]
Q1 2021 Convertible Update
Watch our Q1 2021 video update on the convertible bond marketplace, presented by CEO Frank Timons. The companies identified do not represent all of the companies purchased, sold or recommended for portfolios advised by Pier 88 Investment Partners, LLC. The reader should not assume that investment in any company was or will be profitable. Additional […]
Q1 2021 Update
Watch our Q1 2021 Update video presented by CEO Frank Timons. The companies identified do not represent all of the companies purchased, sold or recommended for portfolios advised by Pier 88 Investment Partners, LLC. The reader should not assume that investment in any company was or will be profitable. Additional information including a list of […]
Convertibles: Equity Participation with Better Sharpe
Investment bankers have been busy the last several years shepherding in a wave of financing via IPOs, secondaries, debt refinancing, and now SPACs. Given the lower rate environment, companies have gravitated to convertible bonds as a less expensive way than straight equity to raise capital. Many investors are unfamiliar with the convertible bond asset class […]
Risk Management Strategy—Lake Geneva
Recent headlines on some high-profile short squeezes have caused some investors to contemplate the wisdom of shorting individual names. Our investment team has avoided single stock shorts since the inception of the Lake Geneva Fund Strategy, as we do not believe it remains an effective risk management tool for our strategy for multiple reasons. First, […]