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We are guided by seven investment principles that have proven successful
through multiple funds:
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Focus on seed and early stage opportunities. We will invest
in an idea described in a laboratory notebook, an enabling technology,
or a proven management team. Our involvement typically begins
well before most venture capital firms, at the point of innovation.
Innovation investment is what we do.
Concentrate on breakthroughs and fundamental advances in life sciences, physical sciences, and information technology. Technology
is our focus. View a list of portfolio companies
by technology focus.
Maintain an on-the-ground presence in geographic areas that
are underserved by early stage venture capital but contain great
centers of basic research and an active community of technologists.
We maintain a national scope with a regional focus. Our offices
in San Francisco, Austin, Chicago, and Seattle reflect
the concentration of portfolio companies in the southwest, midwest,
eastern seaboard, and northwest. View
a map of ARCH's presence across the U.S.
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Maintain our special competence in building companies from
products originating in academic and research labs. True to
our roots, we build relationships with key scientists and technology
transfer personnel at affiliated research institutions. We have
also worked with major corporations to organize companies around
their research initiatives. When it makes sense, we will unite
science and technology from multiple sources to form a company.
Learn more about ARCH affiliates in
science and academia.
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Adhere to an investment model that has proven successful for
ARCH. Our approach is to invest conservatively at first to
reduce or extinguish risk and then lead or co-lead additional
rounds of financing all the way to liquidity. We syndicate early
with familiar partners and utilize non-equity capital often available
to early stage companies. Learn more about
ARCH's strategic alliances.
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Lend our considerable business strengths to assist our portfolio
companies in the earliest stages. Our practice is to play
an active board role from the time of initial investment to liquidity,
and occasionally post liquidity. We will step in as interim executives,
if necessary, until the management team is complete and actively
help our portfolio companies staff their executive teams. We also
cultivate a cross-section of business relationships with our strategic
and financial partners that can be useful to our portfolio companies.
Explore our individual portfolio companies.
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Carefully maintain internal partnership cohesiveness.
As partners in the truest sense, it is our practice to collaborate
on our investments. Although more demanding than other partnership
models, this intensive alliance has ensured careful decision making
and superior results for our partners. We are known for our collaborative
approach and sense of fair dealing. View
the biographies of ARCH managing directors, principals, venture partners, and associates.
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