Aviso Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingSeattle · Pre-Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked
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489 people in our graph share verified history with the Aviso Ventures team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Investment thesis
Aviso Ventures invests in early-stage enterprise software companies, with a particular focus on cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and artificial intelligence. The firm positions its team as experienced operators who have built companies in these areas themselves.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from the firm's websiteFounder mafia
2 people who came through Aviso Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 44 of 52 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×28AI & Machine Learning ×27Cybersecurity ×25SaaS ×23Developer Tools ×17Cloud Computing ×11Data & Infrastructure ×6Advanced Manufacturing ×1
HQs:United States×23Canada×2Israel×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 33 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×222 founders×53 founders×54+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 40 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4Stanford University ×3Carnegie Mellon University ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2UCLA ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 38 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×21Engineering ×9Business & Management ×6Economics ×2Humanities ×2Physics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 42 founders with career history
Applatix, Inc. (acquired by Intuit) ×3Argo Project ×3CrowdStrike ×3Intuit® ×3Oracle ×3CoinList ×2Fastly ×2Fastpoint Games ×2
1 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 41 with degree data)
Investments · 52 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42025 · 32024 · 22023 · 12022 · 42020 · 12014 · 116 dated
1up provides an AI-powered sales platform that answers customer questions and delivers accurate information to go-to-market teams in real time.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechNew York City, US
Jayden R.(Founder)inGeorge Avetisov(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inManoj Abraham(Executive Officer)in
BoardKobie Fuller(Director)in
Co-investorsUpfront VenturesLightbank8-Bit CapitalCalm VenturesRRE Ventures
Akuity offers an enterprise software delivery platform built on the open-source Argo CD and Kargo projects, providing GitOps-based continuous deployment, policy-driven environment promotion, and AI-driven operations across Kubernetes, VMs, and cloud environments.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSunnyvale, US
Alexander Matyushentsev(Founder)inHong Wang(Founder)inJesse Suen(Founder)in
BoardJon Sakoda(Director)in
Co-investorsAnsa CapitalDecibel PartnersLead Edge CapitalSherpalo Ventures
authentik is an open-source identity management platform that provides single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and zero trust security capabilities for organizations.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsOpen Core Ventures
Bobsled provides a data collaboration platform that enables businesses to work together on data across cloud environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLos Angeles, US
Jake Graham(Founder)in
Co-investors.406 VenturesGreycroftMadrona Venture GroupK5 Global
Bowtie provides a Zero Trust network security platform that replaces VPN, ZTNA, and Secure Web Gateway tools, running entirely in a customer's own cloud or data center so traffic and encryption keys never pass through a vendor cloud.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US
Jason Gabbard(Executive Officer, Director)Marco Schnabl(Director)WILLIAM ESHAGH(Executive Officer, Director)JUSTIN FRANCESCONI(Executive Officer, Director)ISSAC KELLY(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors8-Bit Capital
Certiv provides an AI agent assurance layer that runs on the endpoint at the runtime level, discovering both sanctioned and shadow AI agents and checking each model request and tool call against policy before it executes to block data exfiltration and unauthorized actions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US
Paul Allen(Founder)in
Cimento is a human risk management platform that runs multi-channel phishing simulations (email, SMS, voice, and AI-generated deepfakes), delivers AI-generated micro-training, and assigns dynamic risk scores to employees, acting automatically to remediate high-risk behavior.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Zain Rizavi(Co-founder & CEO)inEric Liu(Co-founder & CPO)inClayton Crockett(Head of Engineering)in
Co-investorsBowery CapitalIndie.vcLightspeed Venture Partners
Clairvoyant Intelligence helps CISOs and CIOs manage software supply chain trust and integrate AI into secure development practices, serving enterprise security leaders.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Douglas Schultz(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investors1Flourish CapitalLaude Ventures
Cursor is a code editor that enables teams to manage and distribute Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and integrations through team marketplaces, with features for organization-level access control and cloud agent integration.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Sualeh Asif(Cofounder)Arvid Lunnemark(Co-founder)inAman Sanger(Cofounder)inMicheal Truell(Cofounder)Michael Truell(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAccelAndreessen HorowitzBoxGroupCoatue ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)Dorm Room+10 more
DagsHub is a web platform built on open source tools for hosting, discovering, and collaborating on machine learning and data science projects.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsDover, US
Dean Guy Smoilovsky(Executive Officer, Director)Rami Lachter(Director)
Co-investorsStageOne VenturesVerissimo VenturesRainfall Ventures
Depot is a cloud-based build platform that accelerates software compilation and integration with container tools to reduce developer wait times.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Kyle Galbraith(Founder)inJacob Gillespie(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorFelicis VenturesKima Ventures
DevArmor provides real-time application security feedback inside developer tools, catching design flaws and reviewing code changes against a team's architecture and security requirements before issues reach production.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US
Julian Mehnle(Founder)inAmir Kavousian(Founder)in
Co-investorsWork-Bench
Dreadnode builds infrastructure for deploying AI-powered security agents at scale, serving security teams and operators who need to operationalize artificial intelligence for offensive and defensive security operations.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew Castle, US
Will Pearce(Co-Founder)inNick Landers(Co-Founder & CTO)inBrad Palm(CEO)in
Co-investorsDecibel PartnersNext Frontier CapitalIn-Q-Tel
Epsio provides incremental materialized views that integrate into existing databases without requiring migrations, enabling low-latency querying of materialized results directly from the customer's database.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsVerissimo VenturesVine Ventures
Fixify provides an AI-assisted IT service desk that integrates with a customer's existing ticketing and productivity tools to automate routine support tasks, backed by a human team that handles designated issue categories.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsDecibel PartnersPaladin Capital GroupScale Venture PartnersStoneMill VenturesCostanoa Ventures
Impart provides runtime security controls for API and application protection, operating inline in production environments to detect and block attacks in real time.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jonathan DiVincenzo(CEO & Co-Founder)inMarc Harrison(CTO & Co-Founder)inBrian Joe(CPO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investors8-Bit CapitalBascom VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Madrona Venture GroupIndie.vcMango Capital
InstaSecure provides preventive cloud security controls that enforce trust boundaries at the AWS control plane to block zero-day attacks and other exploits before they can execute.
Cloud ComputingCybersecuritySaaS
Rupesh Mishra(Founder)in
Co-investorsFrontures
Legacy is a men's fertility and reproductive health company that provides sperm testing, analysis, and banking services.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessNew York City, US
Khaled Kteily(Founder)inSarah Steinle(Founder)in
Co-investorsAMK Investment OfficeOyster VenturesSamsung NextThe MBA FundTq Ventures LlcTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)+7 more
Mallory is a unified cyber risk intelligence platform that correlates live adversary activity with an organization's attack surface and routes prioritized work into existing security tools.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAustin, US
Jonathan Cran(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsDecibel PartnersLiveOak Ventures
Modern builds a platform to replace legacy IT Service Management (ITSM) software for enterprise IT teams, enabling faster ticket resolution, instant approvals, and auditable decisions.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Seb Poole(Co-Founder & CEO)inAleks Tomovski(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorGTMfundHolman Growth VenturesThrive Capital
Modern provides a service communication platform for heavy equipment dealerships that manages workflows including two-way messaging, digital repair orders, inspections, and customer outreach.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSDenver, US
Brigham Timpson(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsTech WildcattersTechstarsGTMfundHolman Growth Ventures
Nebulock builds an AI-driven threat hunting platform that correlates threat intelligence with organizational context across endpoint, identity, cloud, network, and SaaS, focusing on attacker behavior and TTPs rather than indicators of compromise.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Damien Lewke(Founder)in
Co-investorsDecibel PartnersFirstMark CapitalBain Capital Ventures
Nimble is developing AI agents to address a problem in the cybersecurity market.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
Nira provides visibility and control over external access to company documents, allowing organizations to identify, manage, and automate the removal of external account access across shared documents and folders.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Marie Prokopets(Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesDecibel PartnersEarl Grey CapitalEnergize Capital
Nucleus Security offers a unified exposure management platform that consolidates security data from 200+ sources, prioritizes vulnerabilities with threat intelligence, and automates remediation workflows.
CybersecurityGovTechSaaSSarasota, US
SCOTT KUFFER(Director)inSteve Carter(Co-founder & CEO)inScott Kuffer(Founder)inNICHOLAS FLEMING(Director)MICHAEL NIXON(Director)
BoardRYAN KRUIZENGA(Director)in
Co-investorsArthur VenturesDcode CapitalDelta-v CapitalLead Edge Capital
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareEvergreen, US
Dan Burns(Director)Peter Morgan(Director)Aaron M. Bray(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRenny McPherson(Director)Patrick Heim(Director)
Co-investorsAtlassian VenturesBallistic VenturesService Provider CapitalClearSkyFirst InSixThirty Ventures+1 more
Platformr provides a CloudOps platform for AWS environments, offering organizational governance, workload deployment, and observability tools to centralize and manage cloud operations.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSBend, US
Bill Stock(Founder)inRyan Comingdeer(Chief Executive Officer)in
BoardPreston Callicott(Director)Jim Gochee(Director)in
Co-investorsLong Way VenturesOregon Venture FundCascade Seed FundLookout Ventures
Proaction is a fleet management platform that consolidates maintenance, repairs, rentals, tolls, fuel, compliance, and claims into one configurable system for fleet operations teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaSPhoenix, US
Drake BauerinColin KnudseninJamie Rotbertin
Protect AI develops security solutions for artificial intelligence systems.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US
Ian Swanson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inBadar Ahmed(Director)inDaryan Dehghanpisheh(Director)
BoardRichard Seewald(Director)inMark Kraynak(Director)inEd Sim(Director)in
Co-investors01 AdvisorsAcrew Capitalboldstart venturesEvolution Equity PartnersSamsung NextSpire Capital Partners+4 more
Quandri builds an AI-powered renewal intelligence platform that automates repetitive, manual work in the policy renewal process for insurance brokerages.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaSVancouver, CA
Jackson Fregeau(Co-founder)inJamieson Fregeau(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsFramework Venture PartnersFUSEGood News VenturesRebellion VenturesTeam Ignite VenturesEntrepreneur First+1 more
RiskProfiler is a platform that automates the detection, validation, and execution of takedown workflows for digital abuse and brand threats across domains, hosting providers, social platforms, and marketplaces.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Setu Parimi(Founder)in
Co-investorsLytical Ventures
RunWhen builds AI-powered tools and workflows for engineers to automate incident response, infrastructure management, and operational tasks across diverse technology stacks including cloud platforms, Kubernetes, databases, and mainframes.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Kyle Forster(Founder)in
SELECT is a cost and performance management platform for cloud data warehouses including Snowflake, Databricks, and BigQuery, using automation and analytics to help organizations optimize spending and usage.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS
SGNL provides privileged identity management and access control solutions for enterprises, helping CISOs manage and secure access to sensitive information across human and non-human identities.
CybersecurityEnterprise Software
Scott Kriz(Co-founder & CEO/CPO)inErik Gustavson(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsBrightmindCisco InvestmentsFikaMoonshots CapitalResolute VenturesCostanoa Ventures
Sondera is a governance and observability control plane for AI agents, tracing agent actions across tools and APIs in real time, enforcing policy-as-code rules to block unsafe actions, and generating audit trails for compliance reviews such as ISO 42001 and SOC 2.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Scott Boss(Founder)in
SpecterOps is a cybersecurity platform focused on identity attack path management, built by the creators of BloodHound.
CybersecurityEdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAlexandria, US
David McGuire(Chief Executive Officer)inJared Atkinson(Chief Technology Officer)inKELLY COFFMAN(Executive Officer)JASON FRANK(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardKEVIN MANDIA(Director)inJON SAKODA(Director)in
Co-investorsAnsa CapitalBallistic VenturesCisco InvestmentsDecibel PartnersInsight PartnersM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Sublime Security is an AI-powered, programmable email security platform that detects, triages and adapts defenses against email attacks.
Josh Kamdjou(Founder)in
Co-investors01 AdvisorsAvenir Growth CapitalDecibel PartnersIndex VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Slow Ventures+3 more
SURF is an enterprise browser security platform that provides Zero Trust controls on the endpoint to secure generative AI usage, web threats, and remote access.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Moty Jacob(Founder)in
Co-investors11.2 CapitalCoinbase VenturesMango CapitalPantera Capital
Tracel develops compiler tools and collaborative platforms to make AI model development more efficient and portable across different hardware platforms, addressing fragmentation in the AI ecosystem.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Nathaniel Simard(Chief Executive Officer (CEO))inLouis Fortier-Dubois(Chief Computing Officer (CCO))in
Co-investorsBoxOne VenturesOSS Capital
Co-investorsCathexis Ventures
Veracode provides an application security platform for scanning, identifying, and remediating software flaws across the software development lifecycle and supply chain.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBurlington, US
Christopher Wysopal(Director, Executive Officer)Edward Goldfinger(Executive Officer)Dean J. Breda(Executive Officer)inRobert Brennan(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRobert D. Ward(Director)Maria Cirino(Director)in
Co-investors.406 VenturesAccompliceAtlassian VenturesBright Pixel CapitalCross Creek AdvisorsDot Capital+2 more
Vesal provides tools to help organizations distinguish bot-generated data from genuine human interactions and protect against automated, AI-powered threats.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
Scott Schwan(Founder)in
Co-investorsGaruda Ventures
VulnCheck operates a cyber threat intelligence platform that provides exploit and vulnerability intelligence, helping security teams prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities based on the threat landscape.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureSaaSLexington, US
Anthony Bettini(CEO and Founder)Jacob Baines(Chief Technology Officer)inMike Price(Vice President, Product & Engineering)inDavid Munson(Vice President, InfoSec)Jay Wallace(Vice President, Sales)inCaitlin Condon(Vice President, Security Research)in
Co-investorsIn-Q-TelTen ElevenSorenson Ventures
Zerowatch AI provides change impact analysis for large enterprise systems, simulating proposed infrastructure changes across distributed services and dependencies to identify organizational blast radius before production deployment.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Rob Bird(Chief Executive Officer)Eddie Osmani(Chief Product Officer)Adam Leko(Chief Technology Officer)
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
KindoMergeBaseResourcelySURF SecurityTernion
Exits · 3
3 acquisitionsCursoracq. by Space XPhylumacq. by VeracodeVeracode, Inc.acq. by CA Technologies
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAuthentik · news.risky.biz · Sep 11, 2026

Surf · wsbt.com · Sep 9, 2026

Cursor · tradingkey.com · Aug 18, 2026

RiskProfiler · passionateinmarketing.com · Aug 5, 2026

Veracode, Inc. · biometricupdate.com · Jul 16, 2026
Modern · prnewswire.com · Jul 15, 2026
Modern · prnewswire.com · Jul 15, 2026
Legacy · prnewswire.com · Jul 15, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Aviso Ventures made?
- Aviso Ventures has 52 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 8 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Aviso Ventures invest at?
- Aviso Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Aviso Ventures focus on?
- Aviso Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is Aviso Ventures located?
- Aviso Ventures is headquartered in Seattle, US.
- Who does Aviso Ventures co-invest with?
- Aviso Ventures most often shares deals with Decibel Partners, 8-Bit Capital, .406 Ventures, among 91 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the team31. Aviso Ventures Founding Partner & Investor Andrew Peterson on Evaluating Cybersecurity Vendors
The CEEATTLE Podcast by Cee Ng · Andrew Peterson
23. Aviso Ventures' Founding Partner Andrew Peterson on Best Practices in Conflict Resolution
The CEEATTLE Podcast by Cee Ng · Andrew Peterson
Andrew Peterson, Aviso Ventures – "Advising Founders with a Nerdy Twist" - Sound Investments | Acast
Andrew Peterson · shows.acast.com
Co-investors · 1
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