Spencer Maughan
Managing Partner at Finistere Ventures
Palo Alto, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder & Managing Partner
2013 - Current
Financing entrepreneurs to build category defining businesses
Finistere Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks investments in the agriculture sector.
Investor
2023
Building the AI platform to power formulation and materials science
Citrine Informatics provides an informatics platform that transforms chemicals development through AI embedded in smart data infrastructure.
Raised $69,104,373.00 from DRIVE Catalyst, Universal Materials Incubator, Alumni Ventures, Presidio Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Prelude Ventures and Isai.
Investor
2023
Building the AI engine for the mass spectrometry industry
Matterworks is a biotech startup that combines metabolomics with AI to simulate the metabolic environment.
Raised $13,750,000.00 from Germin8 Ventures, OMX Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, Pillar VC, Wavemaker 360 and iGlobe Partners.
Investment Advisory Committee Member
2016
Investing to rapidly scale sustainable technolgies
PRIME Coalition is a 501(c)(3) public charity
Catalyst
2010
Advising on commercialization of clean technologies
WARF Ventures provides seed and growth funding to early-stage startups that are commercializing the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
American Australian Business Council - Member
2018
Working to foster stronger commercial links between the USA and Australia. (https://www.americanaustralian.org/business-council/)
American Australian Association is the leading privately funded nonprofit organization dedicated to deepening and strengthening cooperation
Director
2022
Powering the manufacture of plant-based protein ingredients
Apparo is a food processing technology intended to process crops in order to maximize the yield of available nutrients.
Raised $4,500,000.00 from Blue Horizon Corporation, Finistere Ventures and Endeavor8.
Director
2021
Building the A/B testing platform for the physical space
MarketDial offers a platform that supports comprehensive testing of business initiatives related to promotions, operations, and more.
Raised $9,594,991.00 from Endeavor8, Peterson Ventures, Kickstart, Crosslink Capital and Silicon Valley Bank.
Investor
2021
Making import/export financing more available
Drip Capital is a digital platform that provides global trade financing for SMEs and large enterprises.
Raised $528,120,000.00 from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and GMO Payment Gateway.
Investor
2021
Supercharging flavor and function in fermented foods
Berkeley Yeast bioengineers yeast strains that elevate fermentation for brewers and beyond.
Raised $12,149,998.00 from Anterra Capital and Finistere Ventures.