# Ahikam Kaufman

> Ahikam Kaufman is a seed investor at HQ (New York) backing Software and Machine Learning. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [HQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hq-346b)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahikam-kaufman-688310
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/AhikamKaufman1
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ahikam.kaufman

Ahikam Kaufman is a seed investor at HQ in New York focused on Software and Machine Learning. Ahikam brings over 16 years of experience in corporate finance and business operations, including sales operations, business analysis, M&A, financial reporting and financial systems. Prior to Pageonce, Ahikam served in an executive role in the sales operations organization in HP software. Before that, Ahikam spent 6 years in various leadershippositions in the Finance organization at Mercury Interactive. Prior to that, Ahikam served as the CFO of Conduct Software, a venture-backed start-up acquired by Mercury in 1999.Ahikam holds a bachelor degree in Economics and an LL.M. in Law from the Bar-Ilan University, Ahikam is also a certified public accountant.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 67% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Israel | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TestDynamics | TestDynamics provides health diagnostics, machine learning, computer vision, digital health, and medical imaging services. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in New York, United States. |  | Seed | Aug 22, 2022 |  |
| INCRMNTAL | INCRMNTAL is developing an innovative AI powered marketing insights platform. The software was built in a privacy first world requiring no user-level data. The platform is completely self-service and hands-free giving marketers control over recommended tests and actionable insights to get even more value out of their marketing spend. Integrationto the platform requires no code or SDK and works seamlessly alongside any marketing tools such as attribution, analytics, and CRM tools you may already be using. It is designed for privacy and does not require any device identifiers or cookies to function. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Oct 05, 2020 |  |
| Buildup | Buildup was designed with construction and development professionals in mind, providing an easy to use collaboration tool for task management, punch list and inspections. The mobile-first application allows users to document conditions, request action and communicate in the built environment. Used by owners, developers, GCs, subcontractors,architects/3rd party consultants and property managers, Buildup ensures that everyone is “on the same page” and projects are completed on-time. | $1.6M | Seed | Feb 01, 2015 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Silvertech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silvertech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [toDay.Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/today-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [UpWest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/upwest-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [World Trade Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/world-trade-ventures-wtv) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About HQ

VC Fund · Ogden, United States

HQ is a full-stack digital product agency: A mouthful that means they design and develop web/mobile applications and websites. Their love of building beautifully designed software. Since it's impossible to be an expert at everything, we only take on projects where we know they can do a great job. By concentrating their skill sets in a fewareas, they have avoided horizontal expansion. Clients can have confidence that if they choose to work with them, it will be because they know they can build an incredible product.

2 contacts available at HQ.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ahikam Kaufman | Board Member & CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahikam-kaufman |
| Roberto Arosemena Elizondo | Software Developer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roberto-arosemena-elizondo |

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## FAQ

### What does Ahikam Kaufman invest in?

Ahikam Kaufman invests primarily in Software, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Ahikam Kaufman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ahikam Kaufman closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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