# Amir Husain

> Amir Husain is a seed investor at Avathon (Austin) backing Media and Entertainment and SaaS. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Avathon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sparkcognition)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirhusain
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/amirhusain_tx
- Website: http://www.amirhusain.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amirhusain

Amir Husain is a seed investor at Avathon in Austin focused on Media and Entertainment and SaaS. Amir Husain, recognized as Austin’s Top Technology Entrepreneur of the Year and Onalytica’s Top 100 global Artificial Intelligence influencers, is a serial entrepreneur and inventor based in Austin, Texas. He is the Founder & CEO of SparkCognition, Inc. an award-winning Machine Learning/AI driven Cognitive Analytics Company, a Member ofthe Board of Advisors for IBM Watson, a member of the Forbes Technology Council and a Member of the Board of Advisors for The University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Computer Science. In March, 2016, Amir was named by the Under40 organization to Austin’s 40 under 40, and secured the award for the Technology & Sciences category. In September, 2016, he was listed by the Austin Business Journal on their Best CEOs of 2016 list. Amir launched SparkCognition in April, 2014 with support from Michael Dell’s MSD Capital, L.P., TEF CA, Verizon Ventures, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Ventures and Alameda Ventures. In June, 2014, SparkCognition won the global InnovateApp 2014 competition for the most innovative application of 2014. Additionally, SparkCognition was the only US company to receive the Nokia Open Innovation Challenge 2015 (NOIC) award from hundreds of international innovators. While in Graduate School, in 1998, at the University of Texas at Austin, Amir developed the ideas that led to his first venture-funded startup, Kurion. After Kurion was acquired by iSyndicate, Amir started a systems management company that merged with PC Blade manufacturer ClearCube Technology. Amir was appointed ClearCube’s Chief Technology Officer and later to the Board of Directors of ClearCube’s holding company. In 2009, Amir became CEO of VDIworks, a Cloud Computing and Virtualization software vendor and grew the company successfully till his departure in early 2013.Amir is a prolific inventor with 22 awarded and over 40 pending US patent applications to his credit. In 2013, a low cost computing platform Amir invented was inducted into the collection of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, the world’s largest such institution. His work has also been published in IEEE conferences and in leading tech journals including Network World, Computer World and others. His companies have won numerous awards such as the 2015 Austin Chamber of Commerce A-List, the InnovateApp 2014 competition, the VMWORLD Gold award, Network World’s Hottest Products, CRN’s Innovation award and PC World’s best product award. Amir also serves as advisor and board member to Makerarm, uStudio, ClearCube Technology, S&BMK Foundation, Alif Laila Children’s Educational Society, and others.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Media and Entertainment | 2 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| EdTech | 1 | 25% |
| Gaming | 1 | 25% |
| Shipping | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 75% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Argon Mech | Articulated robotics manufacturer |  | Seed | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| LeyLine | A marketplace facilitated by a 3D genAI empowered producer tool nurturing remote collaboration among animation, VFX, and game studios |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Truckistan | Truckistan is developing a logistics platform to make shipping faster and cheaper. The company provides real-time tracking, a customer dashboard, account management, and guaranteed transit time, as well as SaaS tools for routing, vehicle loading, and RFID implementation throughout the supply chain. | $1M | Seed | Sep 19, 2023 |  |
| Subject | Provider of digital curriculum and learning intelligence solutions for grades 6–12 education. The company develops a technology platform that addresses challenges in learner engagement, equity, and educator workload. Its offerings include cinematic digital curriculum, multilingual AI, and teacher-of-record AI. The platform integrates learningintelligence, which adapts instruction to each learner, identifies challenges early, and provides timely support while delivering educators actionable insights without adding to their workload. | $4M | Seed | Apr 19, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AngelList Quant Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist-quant-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Karman Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karman-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mentors Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mentors-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Moneta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moneta-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Avathon

VC Fund · Austin, United States

SparkCognition is an artificial intelligence technology startup that builds AI technology solutions for industrial applications. A highly awarded company recognized for cutting-edge technology, SparkCognition develops AI-Powered cyber-physical software for the safety, security, and reliability of IT, OT, and the IoT. The company's technologyis capable of harnessing real-time sensor data and learning from it continuously, allowing for more accurate risk mitigation and prevention policies to intervene and avert disasters.SparkCognition’s cognitive software, DeepArmor, is utilized to prevent and detect malware with a high level of accuracy and efficacy by using advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence. They help customers analyze complex data, empower decision making, and transform human and industrial productivity with award-winning machine learning technology and expert teams focused on defense, IIoT, and finance.

5 contacts available at Avathon.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amir Husain | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amir-husain |
| Carlos Pazos | Manager, Product Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-pazos |
| Keith Moore | Director, Product Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keith-moore-8919 |
| Philippe Herve | VP Solutions | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philippe-herve |
| Stephen Gold | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-gold-4 |

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## FAQ

### What does Amir Husain invest in?

Amir Husain invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, SaaS and EdTech startups, most often at 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 Amir Husain's check size?

Amir Husain typically joins rounds of $1M–$4M 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 Amir Husain participates in.

### When did Amir Husain last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Amir Husain closed in Jul 2026. 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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