# Altair

> Altair is a VC fund in Troy backing Software and Information Technology. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Troy, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/8323
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Altair_US?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
- Website: http://www.altair.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/altairengineering

Altair is a VC fund in Troy focused on Software and Information Technology. Altair Engineering, Inc. provides enterprise analytics, engineering, and on-demand computing software technologies. Its technology optimizes the analysis, management, and visualization of business and engineering information. The company's products include HyperWorks, an enterprise simulation solution for design exploration anddecision-making; and PBS GridWorks, a software environment for grid, cluster, and on-demand computing. It also provides product development consultancy services, business intelligence software solutions, and solid state lighting products, as well as develops and markets industrial design/styling software. The company serves automotive, aerospace, government and defense, heavy equipment, consumer products, life and earth sciences, oil and gas, and financial services industries. It sells its products through resellers and distributors in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Russia, Asia, and Australia. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan. It has regional offices and locations in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Russian Federation, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Altair. Shizune tracks 11 team members at Altair. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/altair-engineering?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 40% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 40% |
| Computer | 1 | 20% |
| Consulting | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 40% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carlos Labra | Senior Manager, EDEM Business Development | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-labra |
| Dave Simon | Chief Administrative Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-simon-5bec |
| James E. Brancheau | CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-e-brancheau |
| James R. Scapa | Founder, Chairman & CEO | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-r-scapa |
| Jeffery Brennan | SVP & Global Healthcare Business | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffery-brennan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xscape Photonics | Xscape Photonics provides photonic chips for high-speed connections in high-performance computing systems and data centers. The company uses photonics to realize scalable, high-bandwidth, energy-sustainable, and cost-effective solutions that enable the next generation of AI, ML, and simulation hardware. | $44M | Series A | Oct 15, 2024 |  |
| Riverlane | Riverlane creates and engineers instruments. With the help of the manufacturers of quantum computers, they put them into practice. New hardware and software tools are needed to regulate intrinsically unstable qubits and completely fix system defects ten billion times or more per second in order to unlock the entire range of quantum computingapplications. | $75M | Series C | Aug 06, 2024 |  |
| Immersive Fox | Immersive Fox develops a text-to-video B2B service to generate video content for companies remotely. It also creates AI-generated microlearning videos from any text for learning management systems and corporate communication. | $3.6M | Seed | Jul 04, 2023 |  |
| Riverlane | Riverlane creates and engineers instruments. With the help of the manufacturers of quantum computers, they put them into practice. New hardware and software tools are needed to regulate intrinsically unstable qubits and completely fix system defects ten billion times or more per second in order to unlock the entire range of quantum computingapplications. | $18.8M | Series B | Apr 24, 2023 |  |
| Xscape Photonics | Xscape Photonics provides photonic chips for high-speed connections in high-performance computing systems and data centers. The company uses photonics to realize scalable, high-bandwidth, energy-sustainable, and cost-effective solutions that enable the next generation of AI, ML, and simulation hardware. | $10M | Seed | Dec 20, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cambridge Innovation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cambridge-innovation-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [National Security Strategic Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/national-security-strategic-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cisco Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Molten Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-esprit) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EDBI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edbi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Altair invest in?

Altair invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Altair?

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### Who are the partners at Altair?

The team at Altair includes Carlos Labra (Senior Manager, EDEM Business Development), Dave Simon (Chief Administrative Officer) and James E. Brancheau (CTO), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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