AV8 Ventures

AV8 Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, particularly in Series A rounds, targeting sectors such as healthcare, intelligent enterprise, and financial technology, among others. AV8 Ventures emphasizes a hands-on approach, leveraging extensive experience in technology and entrepreneurship to support startups in their growth journey. The firm's investment strategy spans across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Israel, aiming to back innovative companies that tackle technically challenging problems. Through a robust network of experts in various fields, including machine learning, mobility, and biology, AV8 Ventures strives to provide comprehensive support to its portfolio companies.

Baris Aksoy

General Partner

Brett Battles Ph.D

Venture Partner

Amir Kabir

General Partner

Serpil Kuyucak

Operating Partner

Ruchita Sinha

General Partner

N. George Ugras

Managing Director

Aaron Yang

Senior Associate

Past deals in Oregon

Hydrolix

Seed Round in 2021
Hydrolix is an early-stage startup with an ambition to change the economics of high density data. The company develops a query service technology intended to process petabyte-scale time series data. Hydrolix's cloud-based query service utilizes proprietary compression and indexing technology, allowing customers to process sub-second interactive queries at a fraction of the cost of other existing services.

Eclypsium

Series B in 2020
Eclypsium, Inc. develops a cloud-based device security platform for organizations. Its platform Eclypsium, an enterprise device security platform that offers security to the unprotected firmware and hardware layer of the enterprise including laptops, servers, and networking infrastructure. Eclypsium, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Portland, Oregon.