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Augment Ventures

Venture capital

Ann Arbor · Pre-Seed–Series B · 16 people tracked

Also known as Augment Ventures AC · Augment Ventures ClAg

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Investment thesis

Augment Ventures positions itself as an early partner to builders applying AI to rewire foundational, real-economy industries. Staffed by seasoned operators-turned-investors, the firm emphasizes a founder-first model that combines capital with deep sector expertise, strategic networks, and hands-on guidance. It has partnered with 30+ founders, participating across financing rounds and sometimes leading them, and focuses on companies tackling hard problems in areas like supply chain software, industrial technology, and workforce safety. The firm was recognized by Inc. as a Top Founder-Friendly Investor of 2024.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series B
HQ
Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2011
Last 12 months
1 investment
AUM
$20M
Tracked investments
50

Team · 16 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Arun 'Rak' Ramchandran· Advisor - Enterprise Technology

What they invest in

from 23 of 50 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×15SaaS ×11Enterprise Software ×6IoT ×4Logistics & Supply Chain ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Construction Tech ×2Consumer ×2

HQs:United States×21

Investments · 50 tracked

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By year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 12023 · 22021 · 12015 · 12013 · 18 dated

Channel19channel19.ioinJun 2023

Fremont, US

Tony Singh(Founder)inChris Pickett(Executive Officer, Director)Duane Moore(Executive Officer, Director)Yugrail Singh(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatSonali Vijayavargiya· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAccionOverton Venture CapitalTMVAccion Venture LabREFASHIOND Ventures

Flumetryflume.aiinJul 2021

Flume brings transparency to material sourcing and procurement in construction, helping teams plan, compare options, and control costs.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesConstruction TechSan Luis Obispo, US

James Fazio(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Adler(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Board seatSonali Vijayavargiya· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsTranspose Platform Management

Secrosecro.ioinMay 2025 · $10M

Secro provides a digital trade operations platform, with its flagship product Secro Core, that turns paper-based trade documents such as electronic bills of lading into automated digital workflows and integrates with ERP, TMS, and CRM systems.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSCharleston, US

Michele Sancricca(Executive Officer, Director)inLuke Zadkovich(Director)Jeff Conway(Director)Leonardo Ferrisi(Executive Officer)

BoardJessica Robinson(Director)inGregory Otto(Director)in

Board seatSonali Vijayavargiya· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAssembly VenturesKluz VenturesTMVSway Ventures

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Aatmunnaatmunn.comin𝕏

Aatmunn provides a platform for unified safety and asset intelligence in industrial environments, integrating data from wearable devices, sensors, and legacy systems across multiple manufacturers and protocols.

Enterprise SoftwareIoTSaaS

Praveer Kumar(Founder)in

Co-investorsGeneral CatalystRevolutionRise of the Rest Seed

Adniadni.coin𝕏

Adni operates a platform connecting healthcare workers with employment opportunities while providing tools for credential management and professional networking; the platform also serves healthcare employers seeking to identify and screen clinical talent through AI-powered recruiting capabilities.

AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMarketplacesSaaSSan Francisco, US

Anthony Scarpone-Lambert(Founder)inJennifferre Mancillas(Founder)in

Co-investorsFlare Capital PartnersLighthouse Network Ventures LlcY Combinator

Akitraakitra.comin𝕏

Akitra offers Andromeda, an agentic AI-powered platform that automates security and compliance work, helping software companies prepare for and maintain attestations such as SOC 1 and SOC 2.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaSSilicon Valley, US

Naveen Bisht(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsBold Capital Partners

Aperiaaperiatech.com𝕏

Aperia develops tire management technology that monitors and maintains tire inflation and predictive maintenance for commercial fleets and consumers.

HardwareIoTLogistics & Supply ChainBurlingame, US

JOSHUA CARTER(Executive Officer, Director)BRANDON RICHARDSON(Executive Officer)

BoardJACK FUCHS(Director)HAL KRUTH(Director)ANDREW SMITH(Director)STEPHEN GRAND(Director)

Co-investorsBlackhorn VentureseLab VenturesEnerTech CapitalTrucks VCLateral Capital

Celeratechnologiesceleratechnologies.com

Celera Technologies designs custom analog integrated circuit (IC) solutions, using AI-accelerated workflows to replace legacy analog design flows and shorten delivery times.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors

Concierge
Concierge AIaskconcierge.ai

Ayush Jain(Founder)in

Co-investorsGradient VenturesRace Capital

ConverSight
ConverSight.aiconversight.aiin𝕏

ConverSight provides AI-powered decision intelligence software for sales, finance, procurement, marketing, and service functions in manufacturing, distribution, and retail industries.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSIndianapolis, US

Ganesh Gandhieswaran(Founder)Gopinath Jaganmohan(Founder)

Co-investorsAtland VenturesBread And Butter Ventures, LlcCharmides CapitalElevate VenturesTechstars

crowdzcrowdz.io

Co-investorsKube VC

Evvntevvnt.com
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Fin Tech
Fluid Screenin

Cambridge, US

Monika Weber(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDavid Cromwell(Executive Officer, Director)Ladd Greeno(Director)

Flumewaterflumewater.comin𝕏

Flume offers a home water monitoring system that tracks indoor and outdoor water usage around the clock and sends instant leak alerts to help homeowners prevent water damage.

ConsumerHardwareIoTSan Luis Obispo, US

Eric Adler(Founder)

Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersKern Venture Group

Flureeflur.eein𝕏

Fluree provides a graph-native data layer that connects to AI agents via MCP clients such as Claude and Cursor, letting agents draw answers from a governed knowledge graph rather than a vector cache.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsWinston Salem, US

Brian Platz(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Filipowski(Director)

BoardPatricia A. Muoio(Director)inMalcolm Thorne(Director)Eric Elert(Director)Gian Fulgoni(Director)

Co-investorsGood Growth CapitalSINEWAVE VENTURESTech Square Ventures4490 VenturesAlpha Partners

GeoTix
Gomercatusgomercatus.com
Health Tech
Iteros

San Diego, US

Steve Smith, Jr.(Executive Officer)Jennifer Worrall(Executive Officer, Director)Sara Lewis(Executive Officer)Ben Reppond(Executive Officer, Director)Arturo Villanueva, Jr.(Executive Officer)

Juicerjuicerpricing.comApr 2024 · $5.3M

Juicer is a margin management platform for restaurants that connects to a restaurant's POS to track costs, competitor pricing, sales, and delivery commissions.

FoodTechRetail TechSaaS

Co-investorsBranded Strategic HospitalityMudita VentureRedstick VenturesKitchen FundYork IE

LARQ

Hayward, US

Justin Wang(Executive Officer, Director)Robert C. Walker(Executive Officer)Michael Liao(Director)David Cheng(Director)Douglas Collins(Director)

BoardDipender Saluja(Director)

Co-investorsCapricorn Investment GroupDCMTechnology Impact

Lincodelincode.aiin𝕏

Lincode builds LIVIS, an AI-based visual inspection system for manufacturing quality control that lets factory teams train and deploy computer vision models for surface defect detection, assembly verification, and anomaly detection through a no-code interface.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics

Rajesh Iyengar(CEO)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesArka Venture LabsBasecamp FundExpert DOJOGeek VenturesAccel+1 more

Livelarqlivelarq.com

LARQ makes consumer beverage and water products, including LARQ cūva portable liquid flavor drops with functional benefits like electrolytes, energy, and vitamins, along with tools to check tap water quality using data from sources such as EWG and EPA.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness

Co-investorsDCM VenturesHeuristic Capital Partners

LLamasoftllamasoft.comin𝕏acquired by Coupa

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Co-investorsID Ventures

Lumenetix
MercatusOct 2015

San Francisco, US

Haresh Patel(Executive Officer, Director)Tim Buchner(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJosh Green(Director)Daniel Gottlieb(Director)Bill Perry(Director)

Mundo
Mundo AImundoai.worldin𝕏

Mundo AI creates a multilingual dataset library to address the scarcity of high-quality training data in languages other than English for AI model development.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Jason Liao(CEO and Founder)inNaijide Anwaer(Founder)inGarreth Lee(Founder)inKenneth Wu(Founder)in

Co-investorsGreatPoint VenturesSterling RoadY Combinator

NextGen Infrastructure
Nexxa AInexxa.aiin𝕏

Nexxa builds AI agents that capture a company's decision logic, institutional knowledge, and operational judgment, then execute tasks by writing directly into the company's systems of record.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSunnyvale, US

Philipp Wehn(Founder)David (DH) Huang(Founder)inNegeen Sonya Kohyarin

Co-investorsBeat VenturesConstruct CapitalUntapped VenturesPropeller VC

Optilogicoptilogic.com

Optilogic offers a cloud platform that uses agentic AI to model, simulate, and optimize supply chain networks, letting teams build models and run what-if scenarios quickly and compose apps using natural language.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Co-investorsBeringeaID VenturesMK CapitalNewRoad Capital Partners, LLC

Pair Teampairteam.comin𝕏Oct 2023 · $9M

Pair Team develops an AI-enabled care coordination platform that connects people with healthcare providers and programs to deliver proactive, personalized care.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Neil Batlivala(Founder)inCassie Choi(Founder)inCassandra Choi(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJulian Eison(Director)in

Co-investorsCREATE HEALTH VENTURESHeadwater VenturesKapor CapitalNext VenturesNTT Venture CapitalNVP Capital+7 more

Perennial Climate, Inc.perennial.earthin

Perennial builds standards, tools, and technologies to verify climate-smart agriculture and measure soil carbon at scale.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate Tech

David Schurman(Founder)in

Co-investorsDorm RoomSINEWAVE VENTURES

RayVio
RevolightsDec 2013

Emeryville, US

Adam R. Pettler(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)John Kent Frankovich(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Andrew Ocon(Executive Officer)

RingoAIringoai.com

Ringo AI develops visual AI software that measures physical world properties like color and reflectivity to enable accurate perception for enterprises.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechRetail Tech

Rivetrivet.workin

RIVET is a workforce management and labor planning platform for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) and specialty construction contractors, offering workforce forecasting, scheduling and dispatch, productivity analytics, and ERP integrations.

Construction TechFuture of WorkSaaS

Co-investorsBrick Mortar VenturesDefy PartnersMichigan RiseHaystackSusa Ventures

Rivet Work

Digital tools to make construction work better.

Detroit, US

Louis Gelinas(Executive Officer)Ryan Meitl(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSonali Vijayavargiya(Director)Neil Sequeira(Director)inAlison Accavitti(Director)

Co-investorsDefy PartnersDetroit Venture Partners

Slive
Social Crowdgetsocialcrowd.comin𝕏

SocialCrowd is a software platform that automates employee contests and incentive programs, tracking progress toward goals in real time and delivering rewards such as gift cards, prizes, or bank transfers.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaSIrvine, US

Raphael Akinsipe(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardPaul Doran(Director)in

Co-investorsBread And Butter Ventures, LlcSerac VenturesVC 414FullCircle

Supply Chain/Logistics
Sustainability
Trustwisetrustwise.aiin𝕏Feb 2026

Trustwise offers an "AI Control Tower" that intercepts autonomous AI agent actions at runtime, evaluating them against enterprise policies before execution and producing audit-grade evidence of each decision.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareAustin, US

Manoj Saxena(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsHitachi VenturesFirestreak VenturesGrit Ventures

Workforce Management
Zenodezenode.ai

AI-powered search engine for electronic components.

Co-investorsNido VenturesBee Partners

Exits · 1

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

LLamasoftacq. by Coupa

Portfolio news

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Augment Ventures made?
Augment Ventures has 27 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
What stage does Augment Ventures invest at?
Augment Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What sectors does Augment Ventures focus on?
Augment Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Logistics & Supply Chain, SaaS.
Where is Augment Ventures located?
Augment Ventures is headquartered in Ann Arbor, US.
Does Augment Ventures lead rounds?
Yes, Augment Ventures leads investment rounds.
Who does Augment Ventures co-invest with?
Augment Ventures most often shares deals with ID Ventures, Beringea, MK Capital, among 5 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

The Future of Venture Capital - Sonali Vijayavargiya, Augment Ventures

EntryPointMI · Sonali Vijayavargiya

495th 1Mby1M Roundtable July 23, 2020: With Sonali Vijayavargiya, Augment Ventures

1Mby1M Roundtables · Sonali Vijayavargiya

Augment Expert Series | In conversation with Kathryn Schifferle, Founder, Work Truck Solutions

Augment Ventures

Augment Expert Series | Ep11 | In Conversation with Founder & CEO of Pair Team, Neil Batlivala

Augment Ventures

Augment Expert Series | Ep10| In Conversation with Rajesh Iyengar from Lincode

Augment Ventures

Augment Expert Series | Ep9 | In conversation with Jennifer Baird-Celebrating Women's History Month

Augment Ventures

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