Augment Ventures
Venture capitalAnn Arbor · Pre-Seed–Series B · 16 people tracked
Also known as Augment Ventures AC · Augment Ventures ClAg
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.
Team · 16 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 23 of 50 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×15SaaS ×11Enterprise Software ×6IoT ×4Logistics & Supply Chain ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Construction Tech ×2Consumer ×2
HQs:United States×21
Investments · 50 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 12023 · 22021 · 12015 · 12013 · 18 dated
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Co-investorsKube VC
Cambridge, US
Monika Weber(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDavid Cromwell(Executive Officer, Director)Ladd Greeno(Director)
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsID Ventures
San Francisco, US
Haresh Patel(Executive Officer, Director)Tim Buchner(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJosh Green(Director)Daniel Gottlieb(Director)Bill Perry(Director)
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
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
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 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 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
Emeryville, US
Adam R. Pettler(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)John Kent Frankovich(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Andrew Ocon(Executive Officer)
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
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
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
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
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
AI-powered search engine for electronic components.
Co-investorsNido VenturesBee Partners
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioLLamasoftacq. by Coupa
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMercatus · quantumcomputingreport.com · Aug 20, 2026
Juicer · finsmes.com · Aug 13, 2026
Trustwise · vikistars.com · Aug 12, 2026
Zenode · beepartners.vc · May 19, 2026
Rivet · x.com · Apr 7, 2026
Optilogic · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Apr 3, 2026
Revolights · revolights.com · Apr 3, 2026
Nexxa AI · augmentventures.com · Sep 29, 2025
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 teamThe 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
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