Keith Crandell

Keith is a co-founder and Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners, where he focuses on chemical and specialty materials companies, electronics and instrumentation, optics and photonics, communications, and enterprise infrastructure businesses. Keith has played a key role in the formation and initial funding round of countless ARCH-backed companies. Prior to the founding of ARCH, Keith was with the specialty chemical and polymer company, Hercules, Inc. He holds an MBA from The University of Chicago, an MS in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a BS in Chemistry and Mathematics from St. Lawrence University.