Venture-Backed Startups

Avent builds an AI operating system for industrial commerce that automates order processing, quotations, and fulfillment workflows for distributors and manufacturers. The platform uses agents that integrate into existing workflows to handle administrative sales work and connect supply chain participants into an intelligent system.

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Aventera Antibodies is a preclinical biotech developing a first-in-class precision immunotherapy — an engineered monoclonal antibody — against invasive Group A Streptococcal (iGAS) infections, with first-in-human trials planned for 2028. The therapy is intended to be paired with rapid Strep-A diagnostics to enable early clinical intervention.

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Aventi is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for sarcopenia, with plans to treat geriatric sarcopenia and expand to other age-related diseases. It operates in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry.

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Aventra develops low-cost, long-range modular guidance kits that convert unguided munitions into precision weapons, including Piranha, a balloon-dropped payload glider for deep strike missions. Its products target military and defense operations with capabilities such as AI-guided precision strike, harassment fires, deep sensing, and communications extension.

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Aventura is a public bilingual (English-Spanish) charter school in Southeast Nashville offering project-based, K-8 education with a focus on biliteracy and global competence. Launched in the 2022-2023 school year, it currently serves grades K-3 and adds a grade level each year.

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Avenue is an operational monitoring and alerting platform that connects to various data sources and tools to help operations teams identify and resolve issues in real time. It serves enterprise operations teams across industries by providing automated alerts, playbook creation, and cross-tool message synchronization.

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Avenue is an operations monitoring and automation platform that connects to data sources like Google Sheets and databases to alert teams about issues and orchestrate workflows across tools like Slack, Asana, and Zendesk. It serves operations, business operations, and engineering teams across industries.

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Avenue provides done-for-you website design and digital marketing services for real estate agents, paired with an app to track marketing performance and capture leads. Its team builds and maintains agent websites, sets up and optimizes advertising, and offers ongoing support such as blog posts, landing pages, and content updates.

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Avenue Biosciences operates a platform that engineers N-terminal signal peptides to modulate the secretory pathway and improve protein yield, combining high-throughput chemistry, synthetic biology, and machine learning. It targets therapeutic and biotechnology developers, optimizing expression across mammalian protein production systems including recombinant protein therapies, biosimilars, and cell and gene therapies.

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Avenue Intelligence produces proprietary sensors that count pedestrian foot traffic in real time and deliver anonymized data through a custom dashboard for reporting and decision-making. The company serves organizations managing physical infrastructure and open-air events who need to measure visitor traffic and calculate ROI.

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Avenue Z is a marketing and PR agency that combines public relations, digital marketing, performance media, and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) to grow revenue and build brand reputation. It serves brands across sectors including fintech, beauty, e-commerce, and senior living, running campaigns across channels such as TikTok Shop, Shopify, and earned media.

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Avenzo Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic treatments. The company focuses on oncology and cell therapy programs.

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Averi is an AI-powered content marketing tool that researches a company's brand, voice, and competitors, then drafts SEO/GEO-optimized blogs and articles and publishes them to the customer's CMS with human review. It targets lean startup and marketing teams looking to grow through content.

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