Happy Holidays! We wish you and your families a safe and joyous holiday season. We are so thankful for your support during another challenging year. Happy Holidays from the Augment Team! Supporting Food Gatherers Augment Ventures proudly supports Ann Arbor-based…
Portfolio Highlight: Cloud Agronomics Alex Zhuk, Co-founder & COO Momentum behind carbon markets and sustainability is undeniable. Every major corporation is committing to becoming carbon neutral but only a miniscule percentage of demand for carbon offsets is met today. Soil…
Entrepreneurship Tip #3: Measure Team Effectiveness We asked our Founder and Managing Partner, Sonali Vijayavargiya to share with us her best advice for entrepreneurs looking to measure team effectiveness as they build their young teams. What are characteristics of effective…
Launching Augment Ventures Fund III It is our pleasure to announce the launch of Augment Ventures Fund III. Anchored by a large Midwest-based state retirement system, Fund III has received additional equity investment from Bank of America and the vast…
Augment Ventures’ ClimateTech Portfolio Impact Currently, in order to monitor carbon levels and carbon sequestration in agricultural lands, the industry relies on laborious, in-field physical sampling. The problem of quantifying soil organic carbon (SOC) at scale remains the core focus…
Spotlight: Summer at Augment Ventures Jeff Kontulis is a rising second year MBA student at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. He has leveraged his concentration in entrepreneurship and BA from Princeton as well as his prior experiences as…
Mercatus Acquired by State Street Corporation Augment Ventures is pleased to announce that Mercatus, a premier front-and-middle-office solutions and data management provider for private market managers, will be acquired by State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT). Mercatus received Series A funding…
Portfolio Highlight: LARQ Founder’s Mission with Justin Wang, Co-Founder and CEO of LARQ My vision for LARQ started from my own personal struggles with reusable water bottles and wanting a more sustainable and design-forward option than what was available on…
Portfolio Highlight: Crowdz Empowering Small and Medium-sized Businesses Steven Lee, Co-Founder and CFO We believe that small businesses are the backbone of the US economy and the engine of job growth. Our mission is to make it easy for small…
Portfolio Highlight: Flume Joe Fazio, VP of Customer Success Hardware is hard. It’s hard to design, hard to build, and hard to sell. It’s no wonder why VCs notoriously shy away from backing hardware companies. That said, hardware is a…
