# Adrian Fortino

> Adrian Fortino is a Series A investor at FlockTAG (Detroit) backing Software and Machine Learning. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FlockTAG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flocktag)
- Location: Detroit, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianfortino

Adrian Fortino is a Series A investor at FlockTAG in Detroit focused on Software and Machine Learning. Adrian Fortino is the Managing Director at Mercury Fund.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 29% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 21% |
| Oil and Gas | 2 | 14% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 14% |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 14% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 50% |
| Series B | 2 | 14% |
| Series C | 2 | 14% |
| Series D | 1 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KODE Health | KODE Health is an on-demand medical coding solution for maximum flexibility, quality, and control for systems and Koders alike. KODE is a health-tech company seeking to break the traditional model of medical coding and created the first and only on-demand platform that connects healthcare providers and coders in real time. Its headquarters islocated in Holland, Michigan. | $27M | Series B | Jan 30, 2025 |  |
| Voze | The Interactive Sales Platform! Voze is a simple and enjoyable tool that field sales reps love to use, giving everyone insights to grow the business. | $12M | Series A | Oct 28, 2024 |  |
| ArborXR | ArborXR puts you in command of XR device management. Confidently manage VR & AR devices at scale, remotely deploy content, and control what users can see and do. ArborXR is built with enterprise-level security and through working closely with dozens of Fortune 500 companies. Our mission is to help people live more meaningful lives through thepower of XR. Join companies in 60 countries already using ArborXR to manage their AR and VR fleets and learn more at ArborXR.com. | $18.1M | Series A | Aug 13, 2024 |  |
| Ambyint | Ambyint delivers an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Driven automation and analytics solution for artificial lift optimization that builds on traditional physics-based techniques. Built on 10+ years of domain expertise, Ambyint automates diagnosis, automatically adjusts operating parameters, and predicts failures, resulting in improved production andreduced LOE. Customers deploy the Ambyint Production Optimization Platform either with existing customer SCADA systems or with Ambyint’s High Resolution Adaptive Controllers, which enable higher resolution data acquisition and automated control for artificial lift systems. |  |  | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| Benson Hill | Benson Hill is a crop improvement company that unlocks the natural diversity of plants and empowers innovators with a revolutionary crop design platform to develop healthier and more sustainable food and ingredients.Benson Hill empowers innovators to develop more healthy, flavorful, and sustainable food by unlocking the natural genetic diversityof plants. Benson Hill’s CropOS™ platform combines machine learning and big data with breeding techniques and plant biology to drastically accelerate and simplify the product development process. | $150M | Series D | Oct 29, 2020 |  |
| Aclaimant | Aclaimant offers a risk reduction platform designed to save time and money on workplace incidents and insurance. It engages the employee, employer, and insurance carrier in making workplace incidents everyone’s responsibility. The Aclaimant system comes with three great tools that are easy to use in reporting and resolving workplace incidents.The company was founded in 2013 and based in Chicago, Illinois. | $10M | Series A | Jun 29, 2020 |  |
| Ambyint | Ambyint delivers an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Driven automation and analytics solution for artificial lift optimization that builds on traditional physics-based techniques. Built on 10+ years of domain expertise, Ambyint automates diagnosis, automatically adjusts operating parameters, and predicts failures, resulting in improved production andreduced LOE. Customers deploy the Ambyint Production Optimization Platform either with existing customer SCADA systems or with Ambyint’s High Resolution Adaptive Controllers, which enable higher resolution data acquisition and automated control for artificial lift systems. | $15M | Series B | Feb 04, 2020 |  |
| Benson Hill | Benson Hill is a crop improvement company that unlocks the natural diversity of plants and empowers innovators with a revolutionary crop design platform to develop healthier and more sustainable food and ingredients.Benson Hill empowers innovators to develop more healthy, flavorful, and sustainable food by unlocking the natural genetic diversityof plants. Benson Hill’s CropOS™ platform combines machine learning and big data with breeding techniques and plant biology to drastically accelerate and simplify the product development process. |  | Series C | Aug 02, 2019 |  |
| Sight Machine | Sight Machine specializes in manufacturing analytics and used by Global 500 companies to make better, faster decisions about their operations. Sight Machine's analytics platform, purpose-built for discrete and process manufacturing, uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced analytics to help address critical challenges inquality and productivity throughout the enterprise.The platform is powered by the industry’s only Plant Digital Twin, which enables real-time visibility and actionable insights for every machine, line, and plant throughout an enterprise.It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $29.4M | Series C | Apr 23, 2019 |  |
| Benson Hill | Benson Hill is a crop improvement company that unlocks the natural diversity of plants and empowers innovators with a revolutionary crop design platform to develop healthier and more sustainable food and ingredients.Benson Hill empowers innovators to develop more healthy, flavorful, and sustainable food by unlocking the natural genetic diversityof plants. Benson Hill’s CropOS™ platform combines machine learning and big data with breeding techniques and plant biology to drastically accelerate and simplify the product development process. | $65M | Series C | Sep 10, 2018 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Montrose Lane](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cottonwood-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [iSelect Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iselectfund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Lewis & Clark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lewis---clark-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Prelude Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prelude-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Fall Line Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fall-line-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About FlockTAG

VC Fund · Ann Arbor, United States

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1 contacts available at FlockTAG.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adrian Fortino | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-fortino |

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## FAQ

### What does Adrian Fortino invest in?

Adrian Fortino invests primarily in Software, Machine Learning and Oil and Gas startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Adrian Fortino last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Adrian Fortino closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 14 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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