# Andre Turenne

> Andre Turenne is a Series B investor at D. E. Shaw & Co. backing Software and Mobile. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [D. E. Shaw & Co.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d-e-shaw-co)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreturenne

Andre Turenne is a Series B investor at D. E. Shaw & Co. in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Software and Mobile. Andre Turenne is based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts and served as Vice President of Investments of National Grid Partners (NGP). Andre previously worked at Matchpoint Therapeutics as President and CEO. The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 19% |
| Mobile | 2 | 8% |
| Cyber Security | 2 | 8% |
| Infrastructure | 2 | 8% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 8% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 19% |
| Series C | 5 | 19% |
| Series D | 4 | 15% |
| Series A | 3 | 12% |
| Series E | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 35% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AiDASH | AiDASH is making critical infrastructure industries climate resilient and sustainable. Using our satellite-first platform for grid inspection and monitoring, our AI applications enable electric and gas utilities and landowners to transform how they manage and maintain their assets. Our customers deliver ROI in their first year of deployment withreduced costs, improved reliability, and advancements in sustainability goals. AiDASH exists to safeguard critical infrastructure and secure the future of humanAIty™. Learn more at www.aidash.com. | $58.5M | Series C | Jan 23, 2024 |  |
| APERIO | APERIO Systems is a group of multidisciplinary researchers, engineers, thinkers and hackers. They are hands-on technologists who think fast and brainstorm original solutions whenever they are needed. Each member of their team has proven accomplishments in their domain of expertise, be it software engineering, machine learning, signal processingor cybersecurity. | $9M | Series A | Aug 24, 2023 |  |
| Dragos | Dragos is an industrial cybersecurity company on a mission to safeguard civilization by protecting the world’s critical infrastructure. Dragos codifies the knowledge of our cybersecurity experts into an integrated software platform that provides customers critical visibility into ICS and OT networks so that threats are identified and can beaddressed before they become significant events. Our solutions protect organizations across a range of industries, including power and water utilities, energy, and manufacturing, and are optimized for emerging applications like the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT). Dragos is privately held and headquartered in the Washington, DC area with a regional presence around the world, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and the Middle East. | $200M | Series D | Oct 28, 2021 |  |
| Cogniac | Cogniac enables enterprise customers to extract information from ever-increasing streams of video and image data. Using modern advances in deep learning, their products achieve better-than-human performance at many highly-focused observation tasks. | $20M | Series B | Oct 27, 2021 |  |
| AiDASH | AiDASH is making critical infrastructure industries climate resilient and sustainable. Using our satellite-first platform for grid inspection and monitoring, our AI applications enable electric and gas utilities and landowners to transform how they manage and maintain their assets. Our customers deliver ROI in their first year of deployment withreduced costs, improved reliability, and advancements in sustainability goals. AiDASH exists to safeguard critical infrastructure and secure the future of humanAIty™. Learn more at www.aidash.com. | $27M | Series B | Oct 14, 2021 |  |
| Dragos | Dragos is an industrial cybersecurity company on a mission to safeguard civilization by protecting the world’s critical infrastructure. Dragos codifies the knowledge of our cybersecurity experts into an integrated software platform that provides customers critical visibility into ICS and OT networks so that threats are identified and can beaddressed before they become significant events. Our solutions protect organizations across a range of industries, including power and water utilities, energy, and manufacturing, and are optimized for emerging applications like the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT). Dragos is privately held and headquartered in the Washington, DC area with a regional presence around the world, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and the Middle East. | $110M | Series C | Dec 08, 2020 |  |
| APERIO | APERIO Systems is a group of multidisciplinary researchers, engineers, thinkers and hackers. They are hands-on technologists who think fast and brainstorm original solutions whenever they are needed. Each member of their team has proven accomplishments in their domain of expertise, be it software engineering, machine learning, signal processingor cybersecurity. | $8.5M | Series A | Oct 29, 2020 |  |
| AiDASH | AiDASH is making critical infrastructure industries climate resilient and sustainable. Using our satellite-first platform for grid inspection and monitoring, our AI applications enable electric and gas utilities and landowners to transform how they manage and maintain their assets. Our customers deliver ROI in their first year of deployment withreduced costs, improved reliability, and advancements in sustainability goals. AiDASH exists to safeguard critical infrastructure and secure the future of humanAIty™. Learn more at www.aidash.com. | $6M | Series A | Oct 22, 2020 |  |
| Dragos | Dragos is an industrial cybersecurity company on a mission to safeguard civilization by protecting the world’s critical infrastructure. Dragos codifies the knowledge of our cybersecurity experts into an integrated software platform that provides customers critical visibility into ICS and OT networks so that threats are identified and can beaddressed before they become significant events. Our solutions protect organizations across a range of industries, including power and water utilities, energy, and manufacturing, and are optimized for emerging applications like the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT). Dragos is privately held and headquartered in the Washington, DC area with a regional presence around the world, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and the Middle East. | $37M | Series B | Nov 14, 2018 |  |
| Meru Networks | Meru Networks develops and markets wireless LAN infrastructure solutions that use virtualization to deliver pervasive, high-fidelity wireless service for business-critical voice, video and data applications. The company first introduced its award-winning virtual cell wireless architecture in 2003, and Meru products embody a complete departure fromtypical hub-based WLAN approaches, offering a wireless solution with levels of performance, reliability, security and cost-effectiveness previously found only in wired networking environments. | $57M | Series E | Aug 07, 2009 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Clearstone Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clearstone-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [BlueStream Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluestream-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Monitor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monitor-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [D. E. Shaw & Co.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d-e-shaw-co) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Evercore Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evercore-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Benhamou Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benhamou-global-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About D. E. Shaw & Co.

VC Fund · New York, United States

D. E. Shaw & Co. is a global investment and technology development firm. The firm invests in both public and private markets, leveraging technology in its investment strategies.

5 contacts available at D. E. Shaw & Co..

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Edwin Jager | Managing Director & Head of Fundamental Equities | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edwin-jager-20db |
| Andre Turenne | Senior Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andre-turenne |
| Bryan Martin | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-martin-2 |
| Charles Ardai | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-ardai |
| Charlie Tang | Vice President - Machine Learning Research | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlie-tang |

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## FAQ

### What does Andre Turenne invest in?

Andre Turenne invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Cyber Security startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 26 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 Andre Turenne last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andre Turenne closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 26 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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