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George Ugras

Investor

General Partner at AV8 Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $500K – $5M checks · typically $2M

FoundedGlobal Weather & Climate SolutionsLocomation

About

George Ugras led IBM Ventures globally and builds creative startup–enterprise engagement models beyond equity, focusing on data infrastructure, machine learning and cloud-native delivery while advising non-technical founders on technical hiring.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechInsurTech

Experience

  1. AV8 VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2018 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  2. PlanetiQBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentDenver Metropolitan Area
  3. Alpha MedicalInvestorcurrent2018 — presentPalo Alto CA
  4. Phenomic AIInvestorcurrent2020 — presentGreater Toronto Area, Canada
  5. UCSF Health HubBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. LocomationBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentGreater Pittsburgh Region
  7. CyteGenCo-Foundercurrent2014 — present
  8. SWIFT SHIFTInvestorcurrent2018 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  9. Contract Wrangler, Inc.Directorcurrent2018 — present
  10. Caltech/JPLCommittee for Space Electronicscurrent2010 — presentPasadena
  11. Corporate Venture Capital Group of NVCABoard Member2016 — 2018
  12. Mindshare MedicalAdvisor2015 — 2018
  13. IBMManaging Director, IBM Ventures2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  14. HazelcastAdvisor2013 — 2016Palo Alto
  15. First Insight, Inc.Advisor2012 — 2016
  16. DynamicsAdvisor2009 — 2016Greater Pittsburgh Region
  17. Rafter, Inc.Director2009 — 2014
  18. TwelvefoldDirector2007 — 2014
  19. Luminescent Technologies (acquired by Synopsys)Director2006 — 2014
  20. Adams Capital ManagementGeneral Partner1999 — 2013

Education

  1. Yale UniversityPhD, Applied Physics1987 — 1993
  2. Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityBS, Physics1983 — 1987
  3. Robert College1979 — 1983

Skills & more

Venture Capital65Start-ups77Entrepreneurship46Corporate Development9Angel Investing6Product Management14Strategic Partnerships42Business Development13Mergers2Business Strategy31Product Marketing9SaaS9
+12 moreProduct DevelopmentMobile DevicesGo-to-market StrategyMobile ApplicationsCloud ComputingLaunching Start-upsMergers & AcquisitionsStrategyEnterprise SoftwareInvestmentsMarketing StrategyCompetitive Analysis

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Same school

Shared employers

Deals · 2

Global Weather & Climate SolutionsBoard seat

via AV8 Ventures · filed Sep 2022 · $3M raise

LocomationBoard seat

via AV8 Ventures · filed Jul 2018 · $5.5M raise

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Colleagues at AV8 Ventures

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