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Transforming Foundational Industries

Early Partners to Builders

Our team of seasoned builders turned investors, turn deep sector know-how and strategic networks into repeatable, market-defining outcomes for AI-driven founders.

WHY FOUNDERS CHOOSE US

Backing Bold Builders

We’ve partnered with visionary founders by providing the trust, strategic edge, and capital that turn daring ideas into market-shaping companies. Our founder-first model delivers the resources and conviction entrepreneurs need to take transformative swings at the real economy’s toughest problems.

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Visionary founders backed

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Follow-on funding success rate

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Inc. Top Founder-Friendly Investor

How we invest

Investment Strategy

LOCATIONS

Menlo Park & Ann Arbor

Size of target portfolio companies

$5M - $50M Enterprise Value

Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500k - $1M

Geography

US-Based Companies

Sector Focus

AI in Foundational Industries

Our partnership roadmap

The Augment Approach

  1. 01

    Build

    Nail product-market fit and secure lighthouse customers

  2. 02

    Mentor

    Provide hands-on guidance, talent networks, and board-level strategy

  3. 03

    Disrupt

    Break industry inertia, scale fast, and capture market share

  4. 04

    Augment

    Amplify value with strategic capital and position for realized liquidity

Early partners to builders using AI to foundational industries.

Portfolio focus

Foundational by Design

Supply Chain & Logistics

Decision intelligence, freight, commerce and systems that move the physical economy.

Infrastructure

The software, data and deep technology layer rebuilding critical infrastructure.

Sustainability & Energy

Capital-efficient systems that turn resource constraints into durable advantage.

Industrial Tech

Tools that make frontline work safer, smarter and measurably more productive.