AV8 Ventures
Venture capitalPalo Alto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 15 people tracked
Investment thesis
AV8 Ventures invests in early-stage startups with a focus on healthcare, enterprise, financial services and deep-tech. The firm commits capital early and takes a long-term partnership approach, positioning itself as a supporter of bold founders building category-defining companies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 15 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 27 of 43 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×12Enterprise Software ×11InsurTech ×7SaaS ×7Healthtech ×6Digital Health ×5Biotech ×4Cybersecurity ×3
HQs:United States×17Canada×2United Kingdom×1India×1
Investments · 43 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 · 12021 · 12019 · 12018 · 25 dated
Golden, US
Eric Kirby(Director)Joseph H. Timko(Director)Steven T. Joanis(Executive Officer, Director)Chris McCormick(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Board seatGeorge Ugras· per SEC Form D · $3M raise · filed Sep 2022
Edgeworth, US
Cetin Mericli(Executive Officer, Director)Alonzo Kelly(Executive Officer, Director)Jim DiSanto(Director)Michael George(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMike Stubler(Director)
Board seatGeorge Ugras· per SEC Form D
San Francisco, US
Mayank Mehta(Executive Officer, Director)Anand Thaker(Director)
Board seatBaris Aksoy· per SEC Form D · $6.3M raise · filed Jan 2020
A women's health-focused company and advocate for women's healthcare.
Annex offers digital multi-peril homeowners insurance for homes in coastal and high-risk regions, covering hazards such as hurricanes, floods, fire, theft, and storms.
FintechInsurTech
Brave Care operates pediatric primary and urgent care clinics designed to treat common acute conditions in children, supplemented by remote consultations delivered by clinicians.
HealthtechPortland, US
Asa Miller(Founder)inDarius "Bubs" Monsef(Founder)inMaryam Taheri(Founder)inCorey Fish, MD(Founder)inGary Gerlacher(Executive Officer, Director)Corey Fish, M.D.(Executive Officer, Director)
Clever Care is a culturally and linguistically sensitive Medicare Advantage health plan serving Southern California that integrates Eastern and Western medicine approaches.
HealthtechInsurTechSouthern California, US
Myong Sun Lee(Executive Officer, Director)Hiep Dinh Pham(Executive Officer, Director)Dave Firdaus(Executive Officer, Director)
San Mateo, US
Neil Peretz(Director)John Gengarella(Executive Officer, Director)
CoverTree offers home, renters, and landlord insurance products, providing coverage for home value, personal property, other structures, and belongings.
FintechInsurTechDetroit, US
RISHIE MODI(Executive Officer, Director)DIVYANSH SHARMA(Executive Officer, Director)ADARSH RACHMALE(Executive Officer, Director)
DataGalaxy is a data and AI governance platform that helps organizations create context from their data, enforce governance policies, and track the business value of AI initiatives.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
DELFI Diagnostics develops FirstLook Lung, a blood-based laboratory test for lung cancer screening that identifies genome-wide alterations in individuals eligible for screening.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesBaltimore, US
Peter Bach(Executive Officer)Elizabeth Homans(Director)Justin Kao(Director)Jennifer Buechel(Executive Officer)Victor Velculescu(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Douglas Schenkel(Executive Officer)
Eclypsium provides hardware and firmware security solutions for enterprises to identify and address vulnerabilities in chips, low-level code, and digital supply chains.
CybersecurityDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwarePortland, US
Yuriy Bulygin(Co-founder)Alex Bazhaniuk(Co-founder)John Ewert(Executive Officer)
BoardAlex Doll(Director)Timothy Porter(Director)
Embrace is a user-focused observability platform built on OpenTelemetry that provides real user monitoring (RUM) for mobile and web applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLos Angeles, US
Eric Futoran(Founder and CEO)inFredric Newberg(Founder)in
Glow offers workers' compensation and accident insurance for businesses, covering employees both at work and off-the-clock.
InsurTech
Hydrolix is a real-time data analytics platform that enables sub-second analytics at global scale for petabyte-scale log data, reducing infrastructure costs while providing instant insights from both real-time and historical data across distributed environments.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Marty Kagan(Founder & CEO)Hasan Alayi(Founder)
One Model provides a platform for HR teams to extract, analyze, and visualize workforce data through explainable AI and analytics tools.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Antonio, US
Chris Butler(Co-Founder, CEO)David Wilson(Co-Founder, COO)Matthew Wilton(Co-Founder, CTO)
BoardDon Douglas(Director)
Phenomic AI is a biotech company developing therapies for solid tumors using a machine-learning-powered transcriptomics platform that analyzes single-cell RNA data to identify drug targets and understand tumor biology.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechToronto, CA
Sam Cooper(Co-founder & CTO)Oren Kraus(Co-founder)
Mumbai, IN
ShennonBio develops immunotherapy technologies using microfluidic engineering, computational biology, and immunology to advance T cell engineering for cancer treatment.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Li Sun, PhD(Founder/CEO)inLI SUN(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJAMES HARDIMAN(Director)
Simbiosys develops AI-powered 3D visualization and diagnostic technology that converts 2D medical imaging into interactive 3D digital tumor models to support surgical planning and patient treatment.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesChicago, US
Joseph Peterson(Executive Officer, Director)Stacey Stevens(Executive Officer, Director)John A Cole(Executive Officer)
BoardVikram Chaudhery(Director)Lucy Coassin(Director)Ronnie Andrews(Director)
WAX is an app that enables collectors to catalog and insure watches, handbags, jewelry, and other luxury items across over 30 categories.
InsurTech
Rich(CEO)
Yuvo Health provides software and business services to help community health centers operate more effectively within value-based care models.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSNew York, US
Cesar Herrera(Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder)Janel Sia(Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder)Stephanie Hudson(Executive Officer, Director)Omar Nije(Director)
BoardFatima Husain(Director)Brenton Fargnoli(Director)
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesGlow · techcrunch.com · Jul 22, 2026
Pulse · finsmes.com · Jul 17, 2026
Clever Care Health Plan · funderintel.com · Jul 16, 2026
Delfi Diagnostics · geekwire.com · Jul 13, 2026
Cerby · infotechlead.com · Jul 2, 2026
Embrace · pymnts.com · Jun 23, 2026
Eclypsium · securityweek.com · Mar 20, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does AV8 Ventures invest at?
- AV8 Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is AV8 Ventures's typical check size?
- AV8 Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
- What sectors does AV8 Ventures focus on?
- AV8 Ventures focuses on Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech.
- Where is AV8 Ventures located?
- AV8 Ventures is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
- Does AV8 Ventures lead rounds?
- AV8 Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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