AV8 Ventures

AV8 Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage and seed startups, targeting companies in healthcare, intelligent enterprise, financial technology and services, and other technically challenging sectors. It seeks investments across Europe, the United Kingdom, Israel, the United States and Canada, with its headquarters in Palo Alto and an office in London. The firm emphasizes a hands-on approach, drawing on deep technical and venture experience to help portfolio companies succeed. Its network spans health, machine learning, enterprise technology, mobility, robotics, hard sciences and biology, enabling support as companies scale from inception to growth.

Baris Aksoy

General Partner

Amir Kabir

Partner

Miles Kirby

Founder and Managing Partner

Serpil Kuyucak

Operating Partner

Ruchita Sinha

General Partner

George Ugras

Managing Director

Aaron Yang

Investor

George Ugras Ph.D

Founder, Managing Director and General Partner

44 past transactions

Ole Insurance Group

Series B in 2025
Ole Insurance Group focuses on offering protection and well-being products and services through technology. Ole Insurance Group was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Puerto Rico.

Hydrolix

Series B in 2024
Hydrolix is a data lake platform that aims to enhance the cost efficiency of log data management for organizations dealing with large volumes of data. The company specializes in providing high-performance, scalable data storage solutions that cater to both structured and unstructured data. Its technology features high-density compression and scale-to-zero controls, allowing clients to perform sub-second interactive queries while minimizing costs related to data ingestion, querying, and storage. With a focus on real-time analytics, Hydrolix addresses the challenges of data management, ensuring consistent performance as data volumes grow. Their platform is designed to adapt to the evolving data needs of enterprises, making it a valuable asset for organizations looking to optimize their data handling capabilities.

CoverTree

Series A in 2024
CoverTree is an insurance technology firm delivering digital insurance services for manufactured home residents. It specializes in digital distribution, automated underwriting, and data-driven pricing to support specialty personal lines of insurance for manufactured homes. Its product is available in multiple states including Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Illinois, and Tennessee. The company is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.

One Model

Venture Round in 2023
One Model Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with additional offices in London and Brisbane, specializes in developing a people analytics platform tailored for the human resources industry. The company's primary offering, One Model, utilizes data management and predictive modeling to extract, normalize, and analyze workforce data from various sources. This process provides HR professionals with actionable insights through tools like One AI. Additionally, One Model offers People Data Cloud™, a transparent platform that ensures high levels of security and privacy while simplifying data extraction, cleansing, modeling, analytics, and reporting for enterprise workforce data. The company's innovative approach to people data orchestration and visualizations helps organizations make informed talent decisions at all levels.

Embrace

Venture Round in 2023
Embrace is a developer of a unified observability and error monitoring platform that enables engineers to effectively manage the complexities of mobile applications. The platform provides comprehensive insights by allowing users to access detailed behavioral and technical context, helping teams identify and prioritize issues instantly. Embrace empowers engineers to track user sessions, monitor activities, and analyze data related to app performance, including every view, tap, network request, and memory usage. By eliminating fragmented solutions and guesswork, Embrace enhances the ability of companies to resolve issues quickly and optimize mobile experiences, ultimately fostering the development of better and more impactful mobile applications.

DataGalaxy

Seed Round in 2023
DataGalaxy is a pioneering company that offers a Data Knowledge Catalog designed to help organizations comprehend and manage their data assets effectively. As a leader in Europe with an expanding global presence, DataGalaxy provides a user-friendly platform focused on metadata mapping, active metadata management, and knowledge sharing. The company serves over 120 prominent brands, including Dior, Sephora, and TotalEnergies, enabling businesses of all sizes to gain control over their data and enhance decision-making through improved data governance. By facilitating rapid deployment and compliance, DataGalaxy's agile platform optimizes data team performance and fosters a unified understanding of business processes, ultimately allowing organizations to derive greater value from their data.

Yuvo Health

Series A in 2023
Yuvo Health is a provider of healthcare services focused on supporting federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). The company offers administrative and managed-care contracting services that enable these health centers to unlock new revenue streams through value-based care. By doing so, Yuvo Health empowers both health centers and their patients to benefit from value-based care initiatives while minimizing risks, reducing staff burnout, and simplifying data management. Through its services, Yuvo Health aims to enhance the operational efficiency of community health centers and improve patient outcomes.

Hydrolix

Series A in 2023
Hydrolix is a data lake platform that aims to enhance the cost efficiency of log data management for organizations dealing with large volumes of data. The company specializes in providing high-performance, scalable data storage solutions that cater to both structured and unstructured data. Its technology features high-density compression and scale-to-zero controls, allowing clients to perform sub-second interactive queries while minimizing costs related to data ingestion, querying, and storage. With a focus on real-time analytics, Hydrolix addresses the challenges of data management, ensuring consistent performance as data volumes grow. Their platform is designed to adapt to the evolving data needs of enterprises, making it a valuable asset for organizations looking to optimize their data handling capabilities.

Ole Insurance Group

Series A in 2023
Ole Insurance Group focuses on offering protection and well-being products and services through technology. Ole Insurance Group was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Puerto Rico.

Clever Care Health Plan

Series C in 2023
Founded in 2019, Clever Care Health Plan specializes in Medicare Advantage plans that integrate Eastern and Western medicine. It offers culturally sensitive healthcare solutions, including acupuncture, herbal remedies, tai chi, qi gong, cupping, and moxibustion treatments. The company connects members to diverse networks of hospitals, doctors, brokers, and member advocates.

Shennon Biotechnologies

Seed Round in 2023
Shennon Biotechnologies focuses on the analysis and manipulation of immune cells at the single-cell level to enhance the development of treatments for human diseases, particularly cancer. Utilizing a proprietary single-cell platform, the company profiles millions of immune cells simultaneously, allowing for the identification of rare and difficult-to-find targets that are crucial for advancing immunotherapy. By addressing a significant bottleneck in the field of immunotherapy, Shennon Biotechnologies aims to enable the creation of more targeted and effective immunotherapies, thereby contributing to improved therapeutic outcomes in the medical industry.

CuraFi

Seed Round in 2023
CuraFi is a healthcare delivery and management company that specializes in providing specialty infusion services for patients with complex medical conditions. The company has developed an integrated specialty pharmacy and care delivery payment platform aimed at enhancing affordability and access to specialty medications. By aligning physicians and payers, CuraFi's platform helps manage patient costs and reduce medication expenses, while offering predictable payment structures on a per member per month basis. This approach enables healthcare centers to deliver life-saving medications and improve continuity of care, ultimately leading to better patient outcomes and new revenue opportunities for independent providers.

Glow

Series A in 2022
Glow is an innovative insurance company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2018. It focuses on transforming the insurance landscape to provide comprehensive protection for individuals in their work and personal lives. Glow has developed a unique insurance support platform that integrates workers' compensation and health insurance, ensuring coverage for a range of needs, including medical procedures, disability, and death events. This approach enables small businesses to secure appropriate insurance coverage at a lower cost, not only at the time of purchase but continuously throughout the year. By prioritizing holistic coverage, Glow aims to enhance the overall insurance experience for its clients.

CoverTree

Seed Round in 2022
CoverTree is an insurance technology firm delivering digital insurance services for manufactured home residents. It specializes in digital distribution, automated underwriting, and data-driven pricing to support specialty personal lines of insurance for manufactured homes. Its product is available in multiple states including Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Illinois, and Tennessee. The company is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.

Think Bioscience

Seed Round in 2022
Think Bioscience is a company focused on advancing synthetic biology to enhance the development of medicines. It employs innovative technology to encode complex molecular objectives within microbial hosts, facilitating the identification, construction, and evolution of small molecules. By leveraging living systems, Think Bioscience aims to transform the drug discovery process, providing medical researchers with powerful tools to create better therapeutic solutions. The company's approach represents a significant evolution in the field of synthetic biology, positioning it as a leader in the quest for improved medicinal outcomes.

Elucidate

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in Berlin, Germany in 2019, Elucidate develops a platform for managing financial crime risks. Its core product, the Elucidate FinCrime Index (EFI), uses probabilistic modeling and machine learning to assess risk levels for financial institutions.

Bluezone Insurance

Seed Round in 2022
Bluezone Insurance is an insurtech company focused on transforming life insurance for individuals with chronic illnesses. The agency provides tailored life insurance coverage specifically for conditions such as type two diabetes and heart diseases, utilizing a straightforward online signup process that allows for same-day coverage. In addition to insurance products, Bluezone offers a behavioral platform designed to assist patients in enhancing their health through manageable lifestyle changes, including dietary adjustments. By addressing the unique needs of patients with chronic diseases, Bluezone Insurance aims to improve their overall quality of life while ensuring they have access to necessary coverage.

DataGalaxy

Seed Round in 2022
DataGalaxy is a pioneering company that offers a Data Knowledge Catalog designed to help organizations comprehend and manage their data assets effectively. As a leader in Europe with an expanding global presence, DataGalaxy provides a user-friendly platform focused on metadata mapping, active metadata management, and knowledge sharing. The company serves over 120 prominent brands, including Dior, Sephora, and TotalEnergies, enabling businesses of all sizes to gain control over their data and enhance decision-making through improved data governance. By facilitating rapid deployment and compliance, DataGalaxy's agile platform optimizes data team performance and fosters a unified understanding of business processes, ultimately allowing organizations to derive greater value from their data.

SoterAI

Series A in 2022
Soter Analytics PTY LTD focuses on preventing musculoskeletal injuries in industrial workplaces through its innovative Soter Spine system, which combines wearable sensors and advanced analytics. The company provides devices that continuously monitor human movement, capturing health and locational data to identify at-risk movements and alert workers accordingly. By partnering with large industrial organizations, Soter integrates additional sensors, such as those for temperature and heart rate, to enhance safety and productivity. The company also offers an application that tracks long-term impacts and provides actionable recommendations for injury prevention. Founded in 2015 and based in Perth, Australia, Soter Analytics aims to set a new standard in workplace safety and ergonomics by leveraging AI-powered insights to foster a culture of safety and efficiency among workers.

Yuvo Health

Seed Round in 2022
Yuvo Health is a provider of healthcare services focused on supporting federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). The company offers administrative and managed-care contracting services that enable these health centers to unlock new revenue streams through value-based care. By doing so, Yuvo Health empowers both health centers and their patients to benefit from value-based care initiatives while minimizing risks, reducing staff burnout, and simplifying data management. Through its services, Yuvo Health aims to enhance the operational efficiency of community health centers and improve patient outcomes.

SimBioSys

Series A in 2021
SimBioSys is focused on advancing cancer care through its innovative Computational Microscope, which merges advanced simulation techniques with a wide array of experimental datasets. This technology enables researchers to gain insights into the cancer microenvironment, allowing them to observe tumor behavior, including cell phenotypes and interactions with surrounding tissues. By creating personalized virtual tumors from comprehensive diagnostic data, SimBioSys facilitates computational scenario analysis that enhances doctors' understanding of individual cases. This approach aims to improve decision-making and patient experiences in the realm of oncology, ultimately transforming cancer treatment.

Clever Care Health Plan

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2019, Clever Care Health Plan specializes in Medicare Advantage plans that integrate Eastern and Western medicine. It offers culturally sensitive healthcare solutions, including acupuncture, herbal remedies, tai chi, qi gong, cupping, and moxibustion treatments. The company connects members to diverse networks of hospitals, doctors, brokers, and member advocates.

Alpha Medical

Series B in 2021
Alpha Medical is building a platform that is the first stop for women's healthcare needs. By providing Affordable, accessible, asynchronous primary care we empower women to take control of their health. Our wonderful clinical team of NP's, RN's and Physicians are all trained in women's health and we currently treat 60+ conditions (including mental health) and have tens of thousands of active patients. Our values: We are mission-driven. We put patients first. One Team, One Dream. Diversity is at our core. We are data-driven. We are Proactive and Positive.

Measured Analytics and Insurance

Venture Round in 2021
Measured Analytics and Insurance provides a data-driven approach to cyber insurance, quantifying specific exposure to ransomware attacks. Measured Insurance is bridging the gap between technology and insurance by using AI-powered analytics to create smarter insurance products by tracking individual exposure in real time. Every policy is tailored to the specific client, clearly identifying pre-event exposure in seven key areas and customizing post-event loss mitigation services with real experts, real people, and real help if needed. Measured Analytics and Insurance, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, was founded in 2018.

Uizard

Series A in 2021
Uizard, established in 2017 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, specializes in AI-driven design tools. Its flagship product, launched in 2018, empowers users to create and prototype user interfaces for web and mobile applications using an intuitive drag-and-drop editor. Uizard's AI capabilities extend to converting text prompts into UI designs, transforming hand-drawn sketches into wireframes, and even generating editable designs from screenshots. The platform offers a vast library of pre-made design templates and UI components, fostering rapid and collaborative design processes.

Locomation

Seed Round in 2021
Locomation develops an AI-driven trucking technology platform that combines autonomy with driver augmentation. Its Autonomous Relay Convoy system enables trucks to follow a lead vehicle autonomously, enhancing safety and efficiency while reducing operational costs.

Axuall

Series A in 2021
Axuall provides a digital platform for verifying identities, credentials, and authenticity across various sectors. It specializes in healthcare workforce intelligence, enabling healthcare systems, staffing firms, and telehealth providers to streamline onboarding processes and gain valuable data insights for network planning and analytics.

MQube

Seed Round in 2021
MQube is a technology-driven company focused on transforming the UK mortgage market by addressing the challenges faced by lenders, brokers, landlords, and home buyers. Established with a commitment to enhancing user experience, MQube launched its MPowered Mortgages and MPowered platform in 2021. The company utilizes artificial intelligence, unique document extraction technology, and smart data management to automate lending decisions, thereby providing borrowers with greater certainty and control over the mortgage process. Its platform ensures the accuracy of customer data and facilitates the retrieval of relevant data points from documents supplied by mortgage brokers. This innovation enables customers to secure mortgages more easily while allowing lenders to make quicker lending decisions and improve overall customer outcomes.

Hydrolix

Seed Round in 2021
Hydrolix is a data lake platform that aims to enhance the cost efficiency of log data management for organizations dealing with large volumes of data. The company specializes in providing high-performance, scalable data storage solutions that cater to both structured and unstructured data. Its technology features high-density compression and scale-to-zero controls, allowing clients to perform sub-second interactive queries while minimizing costs related to data ingestion, querying, and storage. With a focus on real-time analytics, Hydrolix addresses the challenges of data management, ensuring consistent performance as data volumes grow. Their platform is designed to adapt to the evolving data needs of enterprises, making it a valuable asset for organizations looking to optimize their data handling capabilities.

Phenomic AI

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2017, Phenomic AI is a Toronto-based company that develops artificial intelligence-driven drug discovery platforms. Its technology analyzes phenotypes in complex disease models like high-content co-culture and 3D assays, enabling pharmaceutical companies to discover drugs more efficiently.

Eclypsium

Series B in 2020
Eclypsium develops a cloud-based platform that secures the unprotected firmware and hardware layer of enterprises. Its solution safeguards laptops, servers, and networking infrastructure against threats originating below the operating system.

Rephrase.ai

Seed Round in 2020
Rephrase.ai develops AI-powered video creation technology. It transforms any given text into photorealistic videos of people speaking that content, enabling clients to produce training videos, personalized sales videos, AR/VR characters, and digital assistants.

Cerby

Seed Round in 2020
Cerby, Inc. is a cybersecurity company founded in 2020 and based in Alameda, California. It specializes in developing tools and applications aimed at managing access for disconnected applications and addressing the risks associated with Shadow IT. Cerby offers a comprehensive access management platform that leverages identity providers to automate security tasks and improve identity and access management processes. This platform eliminates the reliance on manual tools and compensating controls, streamlining tasks such as offboarding and two-factor authentication enrollment. With its patent-pending access orchestration engine, Cerby provides organizations with passwordless authentication capabilities and enhanced visibility over applications that do not conform to standard protocols. By automating these processes, Cerby enables identity teams to extend access, minimize security risks, and reduce operational costs while adhering to zero trust principles.

Locomation

Venture Round in 2020
Locomation develops an AI-driven trucking technology platform that combines autonomy with driver augmentation. Its Autonomous Relay Convoy system enables trucks to follow a lead vehicle autonomously, enhancing safety and efficiency while reducing operational costs.

Phenomic AI

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2017, Phenomic AI is a Toronto-based company that develops artificial intelligence-driven drug discovery platforms. Its technology analyzes phenotypes in complex disease models like high-content co-culture and 3D assays, enabling pharmaceutical companies to discover drugs more efficiently.

One Model

Series A in 2020
One Model Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with additional offices in London and Brisbane, specializes in developing a people analytics platform tailored for the human resources industry. The company's primary offering, One Model, utilizes data management and predictive modeling to extract, normalize, and analyze workforce data from various sources. This process provides HR professionals with actionable insights through tools like One AI. Additionally, One Model offers People Data Cloud™, a transparent platform that ensures high levels of security and privacy while simplifying data extraction, cleansing, modeling, analytics, and reporting for enterprise workforce data. The company's innovative approach to people data orchestration and visualizations helps organizations make informed talent decisions at all levels.

Pulse

Series A in 2020
Pulse Q&A Inc. is an innovative company specializing in an artificial intelligence-based platform that delivers crowdsourced data aimed at technology executives. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company enables users, particularly Chief Information Officers, to gather insights by creating questions and sharing them with peers, customers, or prospects. This process allows users to test messaging and positioning in real time before launching new products or refreshing existing messages. By providing access to relevant conversations and data, Pulse Q&A empowers decision-makers to make informed choices that drive meaningful outcomes in innovation and spending.

Embrace

Series A in 2019
Embrace is a developer of a unified observability and error monitoring platform that enables engineers to effectively manage the complexities of mobile applications. The platform provides comprehensive insights by allowing users to access detailed behavioral and technical context, helping teams identify and prioritize issues instantly. Embrace empowers engineers to track user sessions, monitor activities, and analyze data related to app performance, including every view, tap, network request, and memory usage. By eliminating fragmented solutions and guesswork, Embrace enhances the ability of companies to resolve issues quickly and optimize mobile experiences, ultimately fostering the development of better and more impactful mobile applications.

MQube

Seed Round in 2019
MQube is a technology-driven company focused on transforming the UK mortgage market by addressing the challenges faced by lenders, brokers, landlords, and home buyers. Established with a commitment to enhancing user experience, MQube launched its MPowered Mortgages and MPowered platform in 2021. The company utilizes artificial intelligence, unique document extraction technology, and smart data management to automate lending decisions, thereby providing borrowers with greater certainty and control over the mortgage process. Its platform ensures the accuracy of customer data and facilitates the retrieval of relevant data points from documents supplied by mortgage brokers. This innovation enables customers to secure mortgages more easily while allowing lenders to make quicker lending decisions and improve overall customer outcomes.

Uizard

Seed Round in 2019
Uizard, established in 2017 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, specializes in AI-driven design tools. Its flagship product, launched in 2018, empowers users to create and prototype user interfaces for web and mobile applications using an intuitive drag-and-drop editor. Uizard's AI capabilities extend to converting text prompts into UI designs, transforming hand-drawn sketches into wireframes, and even generating editable designs from screenshots. The platform offers a vast library of pre-made design templates and UI components, fostering rapid and collaborative design processes.

Delfi Diagnostics

Venture Round in 2019
Delfi Diagnostics, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Baltimore, Maryland, focused on the early detection of cancer through innovative blood tests. Founded in 2018, the company employs artificial intelligence and genome sequencing to identify unique patterns of DNA fragmentation in the blood, enabling the detection of previously unrecognized cancer-associated cell-free DNA fragments. By utilizing machine learning, Delfi Diagnostics aims to develop high-precision, non-invasive blood tests that allow healthcare professionals to detect cancer at its most curable stage, thereby facilitating timely and effective treatment options for patients.

PlanetiQ

Series B in 2019
PlanetiQ LLC, founded in 2012 and based in Bethesda, Maryland, specializes in launching satellites designed to enhance weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and space weather prediction. The company leverages commercial satellite constellations to deliver critical weather data, addressing the increasing demand for precise forecasts amidst rising natural disaster costs and expanding populations. Traditional government-funded satellite programs have struggled to adapt to modern technological needs, resulting in aging spacecraft and budget constraints that jeopardize essential data collection. PlanetiQ aims to fill these gaps by providing timely and accurate data, which is vital for monitoring day-to-day weather events such as hurricanes, floods, and droughts, as well as long-term climate trends. Their services are intended to improve safety, reduce weather-related risks, and support decision-making across various sectors.

Hometree

Series A in 2018
Hometree is a home energy services company focused on facilitating the transition to low-carbon living for homeowners. It provides a range of services including the installation, repair, and financing of renewable energy technologies and energy-efficient heating systems. Hometree aims to simplify the process of adopting sustainable home improvements by offering comprehensive home emergency insurance and maintenance coverage through convenient online subscription plans. This approach allows homeowners in the United Kingdom to manage their energy consumption effectively while ensuring that the entire lifecycle of energy solutions—from installation to ongoing maintenance—is comprehensively supported.

Locomation

Seed Round in 2018
Locomation develops an AI-driven trucking technology platform that combines autonomy with driver augmentation. Its Autonomous Relay Convoy system enables trucks to follow a lead vehicle autonomously, enhancing safety and efficiency while reducing operational costs.
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