Year 2018

Augment Ventures December 2018 Newsletter

Award Season for Augment Portfolio Companies We are excited to announce that our portfolio company Mercatus is named “Portfolio Analytics Solution of year” 2018 by Capital Markets CIO Outlook. Mercatus is the platform-of-choice for managing alternative investments. Mercatus connects data,…

Augment Ventures November 2018 Newsletter

In our previous newsletter we showcased the latest investment, GeoTix, a Traverse City based company.   We also highlighted news from our portfolio companies LLamasoft, which was named to Detroit’s Best and brightest Companies to Work For List and Aperia…

Augment Ventures October 2018 Newsletter

In our previous newsletter we showcased the latest development from one of our health and hygiene startups, RayVio. The LARQ Bottle—a self-cleaning, water purifying water bottle — has begun shipping product to early backers from the kickstarter campaign.   This…

Augment Ventures August 2018 Newsletter

Last month, we featured Mercatus’s Global Advanced Energy Research ReportVolume 6, and Enel’s, Mercatus success story as a key partner in driving Digitial Transformation within Enel. This Month, we are featuring the beginning of RayVio delivery of the LARQ Water Bottle – an ultraviolet light disinfecting water…

Augment Ventures July 2018 Newsletter

Last month, we shared some fantastic news from Iteros, as the company was just named a Top 10 Smart Energy Solution Provider by Energy CIO Insights Magazine. This Month, we are sharing tremendous developments from Mercatus. Mercatus has recently released their Global Advanced Energy ResearchReport…

Augment Ventures June 2018 Newsletter

Last month, we highlighted Mercatus CEO Haresh Patel in CEO’s Corner, and Nic Wetzler’s appearance on The Syndicate Podcast. This month, we are sharing some fantastic news from Iteros. Iteros was just named a Top 10 Smart Energy Solution Provider by Energy CIO Insights Magazine!…

Augment Ventures May 2018 Newsletter

Last month, we highlighted LLamasoft, one of Augment’s outstanding companies from Fund I. CEO’s Corner. This month, we are introducing a new segment, which we intend to be a regular series, CEO’s Corner. CEO’s corner presents insights form the experience of…

Augment Ventures April 2018 Newsletter

Last month, we highlighted Aperia Technologies and Iteros. This month, we are highlighting LLamasoft, Augment’s most outstanding company from Fund I. LLamasoft continues to execute after last year’s substantial investment from TPG Capital which provided liquidity to Augment at more…

Augment Ventures March 2018 Newsletter

Last month, we highlighted RayVio, and Mercatus from our first fund. This month, we are highlighting Iteros from Fund II, and Aperia, Augment’s first ever investment. Aperia Technologies makes the Halo® automatic tire inflator to improve fuel economy and road safety…

Augment Ventures February 2018 Newsletter

Last month we shared some big news about our new fund, our new website, and our three new investments. This month, we are highlighting two portfolio companies from our first fund – RayVio, and Mercatus. RayVio makes Ultra Violet LED…