# Amar Varma

> Amar Varma is a seed investor at Autonomic backing Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Autonomic
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/amar-varma/0/1b9/804
- Website: https://x.com/avarma

Amar Varma is a seed investor at Autonomic in Toronto focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Amar Varma is the co-founder and CEO at Mantle.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |
| Life Science | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shopistry | Shopistry enables today's fastest growing brands with a complete toolkit to embrace headless commerce without the typical costs of development or need to re-platform. Deliver tailored customer shopping experiences that grow sales across channels on an architecture with full flexibility and control as you grow. | $2M | Seed | Aug 16, 2021 |  |
| ODAIA | ODAIA has innovated the first AI-powered Customer Data Platform (CDP) that pioneered the combination of process mining, customer journey mapping and AI to deliver goal-driven commercial insights and process automation as a SaaS for the Life Sciences industry. | $1.3M | Seed | Sep 23, 2019 |  |
| Beacon Software | Beacon Software acquires and supports software businesses, focusing on companies that serve established market niches and have demonstrated customer retention and operational stability. The company operates as a long-term holding organization, providing portfolio companies with operational support across areas such as engineering, artificialintelligence, sales, marketing, fintech, and business operations. Its model emphasizes maintaining the existing culture, customer relationships, and day-to-day autonomy of the businesses it acquires while helping them improve processes and scale sustainably. Beacon also offers shared resources, advisory expertise, and operational partners who work closely with management teams to address technical and organizational challenges. Through its platform, the company seeks to help software businesses strengthen their operations, develop products, and pursue long-term growth. |  | Series B |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Raiven Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raiven-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [StandUp Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/standup-ventures-i) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BDC Capital’s Women in Technology Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-capital-s-women-in-technology-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Creative Destruction Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creative-destruction-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [D1 Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d1-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Garage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garage-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Autonomic

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Advances in cloud computing, connectivity, embedded hardware, security and artificial intelligence are culminating in the biggest disruption in transportation since the advent of the automobile. Autonomic aims to accelerate this transformation.

5 contacts available at Autonomic.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amar Varma | Co-Founder & COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amar-varma |
| Caleb Welton | Co-Founder and SVP of Technology; Co-founder & VP of Engineering | — |
| Julie Davies | COO and General Counsel | — |
| Manish Mishra | Chief Product Officer | — |
| Nithin Rao | Co-Founder and VP Product | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Amar Varma invest in?

Amar Varma invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Amar Varma's check size?

Amar Varma typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$2M 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 Amar Varma participates in.

### How do I contact Amar Varma?

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### When did Amar Varma last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Amar Varma closed in Aug 2021. 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?

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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