# Andrew Intrater

> Andrew Intrater is a Series A investor at Columbus Nova backing PaaS, SaaS and Sales. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Columbus Nova](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/columbus-nova)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2016
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-intrater-3821a9104

Andrew Intrater is a Series A investor at Columbus Nova focused on PaaS and SaaS. Mr. Intrater has been the Chief Executive Officer of Columbus Nova since January 2000. He is a former Director and current Member of the Executive Board of Renova Management, a global leader in energy, base metals and mining industries. In 1985 he founded ATI, the predecessor of Oryx Technology Corp. Mr. Intrater served Oryx as President and Chiefoperating Officer until 1999 as it grew into a leading manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment. While at Oryx he led its 1994 IPO and oversaw two strategic acquisitions, including the purchase of Zenith’s power converter division. He also introduced a transportable, secondary ion mass spectrometer to QA groups in the hard disk and magnetic read/write head markets.Mr. Intrater holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University and performed graduate studies in Materials Science at Columbia University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PaaS | 1 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Sales | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DRIVIN | DRIVIN is disrupting the used-car industry by providing dealers with a premier service that sources, acquires, delivers and markets the right used vehicles for their lot. Powered by data, our team has access to over 2M quality used-car VINs nationwide. We use data and technology to find the vehicles that meet our dealer partners' qualitystandards, present them and purchase on their behalf, handling paperwork, titling and transport. Additionally, we can market our dealer partners' aged inventory to our network of over 23,000 dealers nationwide. As a result, we have the ability to help our dealer partners increase profitability per vehicle, decrease resources spent and improve overall lot performance. | $7.5M | Series A | May 27, 2016 |  |
| Eccentex Corporation | Eccentex AppBase is a low-code platform for digital apps. Its flexible, cloud-architected software empowers people to rapidly deploy and easily extend and change applications to meet strategic business needs. Over its history, Eccentex has delivered award-winning capabilities in case management and business process automation (BPM) powered byrobotics and advanced document management, to help the world’s leading brands and governments achieve breakthrough results. | $8.1M | Private Equity | Mar 02, 2012 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightbank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Columbus Nova

VC Fund · New York, United States

Columbus Nova ("CN") is an investment management firm with over $2.5 billion of assets under management. Founded in 2000, CN has offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Charlotte.CN has a broad investment mandate which allows us to invest across all levels of the capital structure, from senior secured debt to common equity. We take avalue-oriented, long-term view to investing and seek consistent returns with an emphasis on capital preservation.

2 contacts available at Columbus Nova.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Intrater | Managing Director,CEO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-intrater-2 |
| Paul Lipari | senior managing partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-lipari-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Andrew Intrater invest in?

Andrew Intrater invests primarily in PaaS, SaaS and Sales startups, most often at Series A and Private Equity stage. Most of the 2 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 Andrew Intrater last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andrew Intrater closed in May 2016. Shizune tracks 2 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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