# Autodesk

> Autodesk is a VC fund in San Rafael backing Software and SaaS. See 69 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Rafael, United States
- Total investments: 69
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 26%
- Fund size: $100M
- Last fund: Oct 2014
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/autodesk
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/autodesk
- Website: http://www.autodesk.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/autodesk

Autodesk is a VC fund in San Rafael focused on Software and SaaS. Autodesk develops 3D design software for use in the architecture, engineering, construction, and media industries.It offers AutoCAD software, a computer-aided design application for professional design, drafting, detailing, and visualization; AutoCAD LT, a professional drafting and detailing software; Autodesk Building Design Suites to managevarious phases of design and construction; Autodesk Revit products that provide model-based design and documentation systems; Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suites; AutoCAD Civil 3D products for surveying, designing, analysis, and documentation; AutoCAD Map 3D software, which offers direct access to data needed for infrastructure planning, design, and management; Autodesk Product Design Suites for digital prototyping; Autodesk Inventor that allows manufacturers to go beyond 3D design to digital prototyping; AutoCAD Mechanical software to accelerate the mechanical design process; and Autodesk Moldflow family of injection molding simulation software; Autodesk Maya and Autodesk 3ds Max software products for 3D modeling, animation, effects, rendering, and compositing solutions as well as Autodesk Flame, Autodesk Smoke, and Autodesk Lustre software applications that offer editing, finishing, and visual effects design and color grading solutions.Autodesk, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Rafael, California.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.6M–$7M |
| Series A | $3.3M–$15M |
| Series B | $7M–$55M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 27 | 39% |
| SaaS | 15 | 22% |
| Manufacturing | 13 | 19% |
| Construction | 9 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 12% |

102 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 14 | 20% |
| Series A | 13 | 19% |
| Seed | 12 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 12% |
| Series C | 4 | 6% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 42 | 61% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 7% |
| Israel | 3 | 4% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jim Lynch | Senior Vice President & General Manager, Autodesk Construction Solutions | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-lynch-d7b1 |
| Mary McDowell | Member of Board of Directors | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mary-mcdowell |
| Shawn Gilmour | Director of PaaS Strategy Autodesk Cloud Platforms | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shawn-gilmour |
| Anthony Gooran | Principle User Experience Architect, Docs & Viewer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-gooran |
| Crawford Beveridge | Non-Executive Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crawford-w-beveridge |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| World Labs | World Labs is an AI startup that can analyze visual data with comprehension akin to a person's, a substantial advancement above existing capacities. | $1B | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| Qualis Flow | Qualis Flow is a construction technology company which helps contractors and major projects manage their social and environmental impact.Communicating with stakeholders and being able to respond to changes in our environment has never been more important in construction. Through automated data collection and analysis on our digital platform, wehelp contractors save time, reduce costs, and enhance their reputation within their local area.We are currently working with early adopters in our development phase. | $2.7M | Corporate Round | Feb 02, 2026 |  |
| Klutch.ai | Extracting client insights from clunky CRM systems is time consuming and tedious. Klutch analyses multiple data sources including email, CRM and calendar data to extract critical insights and best 'next action' suggestions to help after-sales teams turbo-charge productivity. | $8M | Seed | Jun 26, 2025 |  |
| Podium | The goal of Podium is to create useful, scalable software solutions that go against accepted business standards. | $15.1M | Series A | Nov 21, 2024 |  |
| GAMMA AR | GAMMA AR provides an augmented reality based construction management software that assists construction site managers and craftsman by intuitively overlaying 3D BIM Models accurately on the site, resulting in reduced errors, as well as speedy and unambiguous communication and progress monitoring, ultimately saving time and money. The applicationuses the data contained in Building Information Models (BIM) to overlay the worksite using augmented reality using mobile devices. This allows different stakeholders involved in the building process such as construction site managers and craftsmen to surveil and closely monitor the construction site as the construction progresses. Errors on the site (e.g. missing openings in walls for the piping) as well as errors in the 3D BIM model can easily be detected and prevented from happening at early stages of the building process. For this, GAMMA AR provides users the functionality to mark errors and make text/photo/voice annotations. These annotations are visible to all involved stakeholders in the app as well as in a central web service. This way the usual manual communication between different stakeholders that occurs at different stages of the construction process is automated and much more efficient. Finding construction errors early is crucial, as costs and time to fix errors can drastically increase if the errors remain undetected, causing need for many expensive adjustments. GAMMA AR therefore yields in not only reduced construction costs but also time savings. Furthermore, GAMMA AR extends its usability even after construction has finished as it helps facility managers in maintaining buildings by providing visualization and communication infrastructure (e.g. visualize cables inside a wall for electricians). Planners and Project Managers can access the data from GAMMA AR in realtime using the GAMMA BIM PORTAL. Here users can manage their projects, distribute files and manage tasks with assignments, due dates and revision states and connect with other solutions |  | Corporate Round | Nov 11, 2024 |  |
| Humanoid Robot Club Purdue | Building humanoid robots for space! | $200K | Grant | Oct 01, 2024 |  |
| Sloyd | A platform where users can easily generate, customize, and stylize 3D for game developers and metaverse creators. | $3.3M | Seed | Jun 06, 2024 |  |
| Sloyd | A platform where users can easily generate, customize, and stylize 3D for game developers and metaverse creators. | $3.3M | Pre-Seed | Jun 06, 2024 |  |
| VAPAR | VAPAR is a developer of an engineering software intended for pipe asset management. The company's software speeds up the repair and maintenance of water pipes by automating pipe fault detection and infrastructure mapping using AI and GIS integration, saving clients time and money in repair and maintenance work. | $3.3M | Series A | Jan 22, 2024 |  |
| KOPE | Our software platform KOPE, is a connected offsite construction platform with embedded, standardized processes and algorithms that bridges the gap between design, manufacturing and construction. | $7M | Seed | Jan 16, 2024 |  |

10 of 69 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Autodesk invest in?

Autodesk invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 69 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 Autodesk's check size?

Autodesk typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$7M at Seed, $3.3M–$15M at Series A and $7M–$55M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Autodesk participates in.

### How do I contact Autodesk?

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### Who are the partners at Autodesk?

The team at Autodesk includes Jim Lynch (Senior Vice President & General Manager, Autodesk Construction Solutions), Mary McDowell (Member of Board of Directors) and Shawn Gilmour (Director of PaaS Strategy Autodesk Cloud Platforms), among 15 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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