# AV Labs

> AV Labs is a VC fund in Austin backing Software, Enterprise Software and Information Technology. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2003
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.avlabs.com

AV Labs is an early stage venture fund focused on seed and first round investments in Internet companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 67% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 67% |
| Legal | 1 | 33% |
| Analytics | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Troux Technologies | Troux Technologies, Inc. provides strategic information technology (IT) planning and control software for enterprises and government agencies in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. The company offers strategic IT planning and control solutions for supporting strategic transformation initiatives; and enterprise architecture solutions forinformation aggregation and data-quality management, enterprise metadata management, collaborative information modeling environment and decision-making, visual modeling of as-is and to-be environments for business process analysis and scenario decision-making, and role-specific reporting, analytics, workflow, and compliance controls. Its products include Troux 8 to address cost restructuring and business changes; Troux Alignment to uncover and fix business/IT disconnects; Troux Optimization to identify and remove redundant IT spending. It offers solutions for business and IT executives, portfolio and IT planners, enterprise architects, and IT and governance stakeholders. The company has strategic partnerships with Accenture, EDS, and Teradata. Troux Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Austin, Texas. The company has locations in Arlington, Virginia; Slough, the United Kingdom; München, Germany; Tolvsrød, Norway; and Auckland, New Zealand. | $3.5M | Series A | Feb 11, 2003 | http://www.troux.com |
| Newgistics | Newgistics (www.newgistics.com) combines industry-leading processes and technology, personalized service, and the unrivaled convenience of the USPS to offer the most comprehensive set of delivery and returns services available to residential shippers. The result is improved service, end-to-end visibility, reduced costs, and happier customers. Theyknow shipping, backward and forward. | $16.5M | Series B | Jul 18, 2001 | http://www.newgistics.com |
| Lane15 Software | Lane15 Software offers software for the development, testing, and deployment of InfiniBand Architecture in corporate networks.Lane15 Software offers enterprise data centers with Lane15 Fabric Manager, a fabric management software solution. It also offers Lane15 Application Enabler, a software solution that enables its users to run their existingdatabase applications over an InfiniBand subnet.Lane15 Software was acquired by InfiniSwitch Corporation in March 2003.Lane15 Software was founded in 2000 and is based in Austin, Texas. |  |  | Jan 24, 2001 | http://www.lane15.com/ |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Austin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Compaq](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/compaq) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RR Donnelley & Sons](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rr-donnelley) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does AV Labs invest in?

AV Labs invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 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 AV Labs last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for AV Labs closed in Feb 2003. Shizune tracks 3 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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