# Armando Pauker

> Armando Pauker is a seed investor at Tensility Venture Partners backing Software and SaaS. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tensility Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tensility-venture-partners)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/armando-pauker/11/b38/49b
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ArmandoPauker
- Website: https://x.com/ArmandoPauker

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, adeveloper 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).

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $900k–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 24% |
| SaaS | 3 | 18% |
| Health Care | 2 | 12% |
| Open Source | 2 | 12% |
| Collaboration | 2 | 12% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 47% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 59% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Polymer | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| 2DA Analytics | 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 | 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 |  |
| 2DA Analytics | 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 | 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 |  |
| Context Engines | 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 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Inspiration Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inspiration-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Morgan Creek Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morgan-creek-capital-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Motivate Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motivate-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mousse Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mousse-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Syngenta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syngenta-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Tensility Venture Partners

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

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.

4 contacts available at Tensility Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Armando Pauker | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/armando-pauker |
| Jeffrey Rodek | Executive Network Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mr-jeffrey-rodek |
| Nancy Corrie | Consulting CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nancy-corrie |
| Wayne Boulais | Co-Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/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 is Armando Pauker's check size?

Armando Pauker typically joins rounds of $900k–$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 Armando Pauker participates in.

### 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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