Allegion Ventures Launches $100M Tech Investment Fund
The allocation to Fund II is said to double the size of Allegion Ventures’ initial $50 million fund that launched in 2018.
CARMEL, Ind. — Allegion Ventures, the corporate ventures arm of Allegion, has launched a second fund to accelerate technology and software investments in IoT and data security, building analytics, construction lifecycle management and property management.
The $100 million allocation to Fund II is said to double the size of Allegion Ventures’ initial $50 million fund that launched in 2018.
Bobby Prostko has been named managing director for Fund II. Prostko, who joined Allegion Ventures as a principal in 2018, also serves as Allegion’s deputy general counsel, intellectual property and cybersecurity, and chief privacy officer. He says the success of partnerships built through Fund I drove momentum for the creation of Fund II, which will write initial checks that are generally in the range of $500,000 to $10 million.
“For more than three years now, Allegion Ventures has taken an investing approach designed both to deliver financial returns and to spur innovation,” Prostko says. “Given the success we’ve had with that approach, we’ll continue to invest in promising companies where Allegion Ventures can be a strategic partner, adding value through our expertise in global markets, commercial and channel relationships, security standards and operational excellence.”
He continues, “We’re inspired by and want to explore new technologies and software solutions that creatively solve common problems in an expanded list of targeted sectors — and we’re in a position where we can take bigger bets for the right opportunities.”
President Rob Martens and Chief Marketing Officer Doshia Stewart, co-founders of the ventures arm, say the team remains active in its support of Fund I investments.
“Allegion Ventures continues to invest in its Fund I portfolio companies, and our principals and associates are actively involved with them as board members, observers and collaboration partners,” Martens says.
Fund I is focused on people flow, seamless access, campus safety and asset management. Its seven active portfolio companies include HqO, Kasa, Mapped, Mint House, Pindrop, Robin and VergeSense. Allegion Ventures’ Fund I additionally invested in Openpath Security, which was acquired by Motorola Solutions earlier this year.
The ventures arm’s team also includes Principal John Goodwin (Allegion Americas vice president and general manager of multi-family access) and recently added a new principal, Hatsuki Miyata (Allegion’s deputy general counsel and corporate secretary).
Allegion Ventures continues to work with corporate venture capital firm Touchdown Ventures in managing both its Fund I and Fund II investments. Touchdown works with multiple Fortune 500 corporate venture funds in a similar capacity.
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