Augment Ventures February 2020 Newsletter

Announcing: New Investment

Welcome, LARQ!

We’re excited to welcome LARQ into the Augment portfolio! The LARQ Bottle is the world’s first self-cleaning water bottle and water purification system. It uses UV-C LED light to eliminate up to 99.9% of bio-contaminants from your water and bottle.

Use discount code “augment20” to get 20% off your LARQ Bottle.

Company Spotlight

LLamasoft delivers the science behind supply chain’s biggest decisions. Today, over 750 of the world’s most innovative companies rely on LLamasoft to design operational strategies to achieve profitability and growth goals. Powered by AI and advanced analytics, LLamasoft’s decision platform enables business leaders to solve problems in new ways and make smarter decisions faster as their business and operating models change.

Its customers have identified more than $15.5B in value leveraging insights from LLamasoft’s solutions. To reach its goal to positively impact 100 million lives by 2022, LLamasoft is partnering with humanitarian organizations, government entities and the World Economic Forum to design and optimize health supply chains.

In the News

Crowdz | Crowdz CEO says blockchain invoice financing marketplace will go live by mid-year | Global Trade Review

Flume | Flume Smart Water Monitor review: Smarter than your average leak detector | TechHive

LARQ | This $118 water bottle is the best germ-free investment you’ll ever make | D’Marge

LLamasoft | Global High-tech Supply Chains Disrupted By The Coronavirus | Forbes

McKinsey Global Institute: Climate Risk and Response

In their January 2020 report, McKinsey shares how Earth’s changing climate will impact socioeconomic systems across the world, highlighting the inevitable transformation to take place over the next three decades.

View the report here.

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