Armando Pauker
Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Tensility Venture Partners
Chicago, United States
Armando Pauker is a seed investor at Tensility Venture Partners in Chicago focused on Software and SaaS. Armando is a general partner with an investment focus in enterprise infrastructure (hardware, software, security) and cleantech. Prior to joining Apex, Armando served as Vice President of Networking Products for Cybernet Systems Corporation, a Linux-based software start-up. Previously, he was a senior product manager for Electronics for Imaging, a developer of high performance digital imaging servers. Armando also served as a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton, where he worked with clients in technology industries. Prior to Booz, Armando was a senior engineering manager at Tandem Computers, Inc., where he led product strategy, and hardware and software development in computer subsystems. Armando holds an MBA with High Distinction from the University of Michigan, and he received his BS in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Armando led Apex's investment in Illumitex and Suniva. He previously served on the boards of BrightCloud (acquired by Webroot), Initiate Systems (acquired by IBM), Informative (acquired by Satmetrix), Integrated Chipware (acquired by Serena), EVS (acquired by First American), and SiliconBlue (acquired by Lattice Semiconductor).
- Total investments:
- 17
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 18%
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Industries Armando Pauker invests in
Stages Armando Pauker invests in
Countries Armando Pauker invests in
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Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $900k–$4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (24%)
- SaaS 3 (18%)
- Health Care 2 (12%)
- Open Source 2 (12%)
- Collaboration 2 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (47%)
- Angel 1 (6%)
- Series A 1 (6%)
- Series C 1 (6%)
- Funding Round 1 (6%)
Country
- United States 10 (59%)
- Canada 1 (6%)
Investments
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| Polymer is a data governance and privacy platform for third-party SaaS applications such as Slack, Dropbox, Gdrive, Zendesk, Zapier, and many others. This protects against data loss and cyber breaches. The solution provides a single pane of glass to configure, permission, and track usage of sensitive data across the organization to become PII,PHI,HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA compliant. | $4M / Seed / Dec 13, 2021 | ||
| Mosaic is the AI-Powered workforce management software that is radically changing how companies are managed. Reinventing Resource Management, we give visibility into what everyone is working on to manage people resources, together. Mosaic's AI resource management platform provides the tools you need for resource planning, resource allocation,capacity planning, and workforce intelligence. | $4M / Seed / Jun 03, 2021 | ||
| Polymer is a data governance and privacy platform for third-party SaaS applications such as Slack, Dropbox, Gdrive, Zendesk, Zapier, and many others. This protects against data loss and cyber breaches. The solution provides a single pane of glass to configure, permission, and track usage of sensitive data across the organization to become PII,PHI,HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA compliant. | $1M / Seed / Mar 30, 2021 | ||
| Polymer is a data governance and privacy platform for third-party SaaS applications such as Slack, Dropbox, Gdrive, Zendesk, Zapier, and many others. This protects against data loss and cyber breaches. The solution provides a single pane of glass to configure, permission, and track usage of sensitive data across the organization to become PII,PHI,HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA compliant. | $900K / Seed / Nov 10, 2020 | ||
| BrainCheck is a mobile interactive test for cognitive health. BrainCheck allows users to track their brain health for significant changes and share results with clinicians.BrainCheck is the result of 20 years of research conducted at the Eagleman Laboratory for Perception and Action at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. David Eagleman has beenstudying and creating reliable, noninvasive ways to understand the inner workings of the brain and assess brain function with innovative neurocognitive testing.BrainCheck’s goal is to help people understand what’s happening in their brains. When using one of their products, they can log their cognitive health data and track changes in their performance over time. They can also compare data to the general population’s results whatever their concern—after a concussion, at the onset of dementia, or other conditions that impair cognitive performance. BrainCheck encourages its user to use their data to have productive conversations with their physician about their brain health.BrainCheck empowers everyday people with data and empowers scientists to innovate. | $8M / Series A / Oct 09, 2019 | ||
| We created 2DA with the vision to help commodity supply & trading organizations unlock their true potential. Our company was inspired by the realization that while the oil, gas & petrochemical industry was amassing huge amounts of data, it lacked the tools to properly harness it.With this in mind, we began working with forward-thinkingorganizations in downstream oil, crafting a solution around their biggest data challenges. The result is BAYZYEN - the world’s first cloud-based operational planning & optimization app built specifically and solely for oil value chains. | $810.5K / Convertible Note / Jul 01, 2019 | ||
| BrainCheck is a mobile interactive test for cognitive health. BrainCheck allows users to track their brain health for significant changes and share results with clinicians.BrainCheck is the result of 20 years of research conducted at the Eagleman Laboratory for Perception and Action at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. David Eagleman has beenstudying and creating reliable, noninvasive ways to understand the inner workings of the brain and assess brain function with innovative neurocognitive testing.BrainCheck’s goal is to help people understand what’s happening in their brains. When using one of their products, they can log their cognitive health data and track changes in their performance over time. They can also compare data to the general population’s results whatever their concern—after a concussion, at the onset of dementia, or other conditions that impair cognitive performance. BrainCheck encourages its user to use their data to have productive conversations with their physician about their brain health.BrainCheck empowers everyday people with data and empowers scientists to innovate. | $1.5M / Seed / Dec 21, 2018 | ||
| We created 2DA with the vision to help commodity supply & trading organizations unlock their true potential. Our company was inspired by the realization that while the oil, gas & petrochemical industry was amassing huge amounts of data, it lacked the tools to properly harness it.With this in mind, we began working with forward-thinkingorganizations in downstream oil, crafting a solution around their biggest data challenges. The result is BAYZYEN - the world’s first cloud-based operational planning & optimization app built specifically and solely for oil value chains. | $1.1M / Convertible Note / Mar 09, 2017 | ||
| Illumitex is a manufacturer of precision LEDs, LED lights, LED grow lights, and digital horticulture solutions. It transforms traditional LED design and increases the functionality with the creation of an LED package that emits light in a uniform, highly-precise beam directly from the source. Its devices provide LED lights which are mainly based onoptics technology that predict, diagnose, monitor, and improve all aspects of operations that enable customers to improve the brightness and efficiency of flat-panel televisions, portable electronic devices, and digital projectors to be used for their vertical farms, greenhouses, and indoor gardening. | $16M / Series C / Aug 11, 2015 | ||
| InContext is an application which automatically organizes your digital life. InContext analyzes the data and relationships from your applications (e.g. mail, contacts, calendar, Evernote, Dropbox/Google drive, desktop folders), organizes it by topic and presents related items in one contextual view ‐ “InContext." Contexts are “virtualsmart folders” which are always up‐to‐date with all the most relevant items in your projects. Breaking down app silos, Contexts help you save time, be prepared, stay organized and find what you need in an instant. InContext organizes your data the way you naturally would – by topic. InContext is the natural way to interact with your digital device. Beyond personal productivity and organization, Contexts help with collaboration. Users will be able to share complete Contexts with co‐workers. | Seed / Jun 25, 2015 | ||
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Co-Investors
Tensility Venture Partners is a seed-stage firm that partners with mission-driven founders of early-stage enterprise AI startups in security, digital health, and novel, vertical-applications. The firm seeds and grows companies that will revolutionize business by delivering the promise of AI to the enterprise. It invests in cybersecurity, digitalhealth, and vertical industry applications.Founded in 2016, Tensility Venture Partners is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Tensility Venture Partners Contacts
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Jeffrey Rodek
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Nancy Corrie
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Wayne Boulais
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FAQ
What does Armando Pauker invest in?
Armando Pauker invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Armando Pauker invest in?
Armando Pauker typically joins rounds of $900k–$4M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Armando Pauker's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Armando Pauker took part in.
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When did Armando Pauker last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Armando Pauker closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 17 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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