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…
Women in Tech Leadership In honor of Women’s History Month, Augment is highlighting women in leadership at our portfolio companies. Check out some notable women leaders below! Marisa Weidner | MBA Intern | Augment VenturesMarisa is a second-year MBA student…
Founder’s Corner: Toby Brzoznowski, Co-Founder LLamasoft Toby is one of the co-founders of LLamasoft. Over the last decade, he has helped bring Supply Chain Design into the corporate mainstream as a key business process and competitive weapon. LLamasoft, a Fund…
Happy New Year! We wish you and yours a happy and healthy 2021! The Augment team is excited to partner with entrepreneurs to build and grow new businesses that transform how we live, work, and play across the world. Spotlight:…
Happy Holidays! Wishing Augment community Happy Holidays!We have stood together (Six Feet Apart), We have conquered fear (One Mask at a time),and We have hope (One Vaccine at a time)! Together we can and we will craft a brighter and…
Feeling Thankful This year has been like no other year that we have experienced in our lifetime.One the eve of Thanksgiving, I want to draw our attention to how we have come together as people of the world. Multilateral global…
