# Albert Azout

> Albert Azout is a seed investor at Level Ventures backing Internet and News. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Level Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/level-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/albertazout
- Website: https://www.cotacapital.com/

Albert Azout is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Level Ventures as well as a Partner of Cota Capital and a Managing Director in Cota Ventures II. Albert has a B.A. in Finance and Economics from Babson College.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 50% |
| News | 1 | 25% |
| Automotive | 1 | 25% |
| Publishing | 1 | 25% |
| Advertising | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DeepScale | DeepScale is a technology company that develops perceptual systems for semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles. It help automakers use industry-standard low-wattage processors to power more accurate perception. Alongside sensors, mapping, planning and control systems, perception, (sometimes referenced as “computer vision”) enables vehicles to makesense of what’s going on around them in real time. | $3M | Seed | Mar 21, 2017 |  |
| WaveOne | WaveOne is building the next generation of digital media compression. They are leveraging the latest advancements in machine learning and deep learning to create custom-tailored, context-dependent solutions. | $2.5M | Seed | Nov 21, 2016 |  |
| WaveOne | WaveOne is building the next generation of digital media compression. They are leveraging the latest advancements in machine learning and deep learning to create custom-tailored, context-dependent solutions. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Nov 21, 2016 |  |
| Qwiki | Qwiki is an industry leader in automated video production. Most recently, Qwiki released an iPhone app that automatically turns the pictures and videos from a user camera roll into brief, beautiful movies to share. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 10, 2010 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Autotech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autotech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bowery Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bowery-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Playground Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/playground-global) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Level Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Level.VC invests in disruptive startups in Silicon Valley, NYC, and Israel that are directly developing machine learning, robot learning, and computer vision-powered solutions or are developing products & services powered by these technologies.

3 contacts available at Level Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Albert Azout | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/albert-azout |
| Jake Kupperman | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jake-kupperman |
| Sari Azout | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sari-azout |

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## FAQ

### What does Albert Azout invest in?

Albert Azout invests primarily in Internet, News and Automotive startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Albert Azout's check size?

Albert Azout typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Albert Azout participates in.

### How do I contact Albert Azout?

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### When did Albert Azout last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Albert Azout closed in Mar 2017. Shizune tracks 4 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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