# David Bergeron

> David Bergeron is a seed investor at Rev1 Ventures backing Manufacturing and Biotechnology. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Rev1 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techcolumbus-2)
- Location: San Diego, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Oct 2019
- Lead investor: 85%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-bergeron-3a47324

David Bergeron is a seed investor at Rev1 Ventures in San Diego focused on Manufacturing and Biotechnology. David Bergeron is the Senior Vice President Venture Development of Rev1 Ventures. He attended Georgetown University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 31% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 23% |
| Software | 2 | 15% |
| Analytics | 2 | 15% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 62% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 31% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Agile Ultrasonics Corporation | Agile Ultrasonics specializes in the development, design and manufacture of cutting-edge robotic end effectors used in mission-critical polymer composite joining applications. Our technology is deployed in tier-one aerospace, US Air Force and NASA programs. Applications include continuous ultrasonic welding (CUW), shaping and compacting ofhigh-performance carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (TP) composites for terrestrial and space applications.INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY / USE OF FUNDS Agile Ultrasonics is backed by Ohio based angel investors and venture capital firms Rev1 Ventures and JumpStart Ventures and has raised $1M to date. We have an open round and term sheet offering preferred equity available and are actively seeking capital to fund the expansion of our engineering and business development efforts.GO TO MARKET / PRODUCT Agile Ultrasonics’ go-to-market strategy includes welding system sales, in-house manufacturing as a service and intellectual property (IP) licensing. Our modular approach to system design supports a dual-use suite of products that are marketed across diverse manufacturing sectors. Agile’s product offering is a robot agnostic head or end effector that can be easily adapted to diverse manufacturing environments. Sales and integration occur in collaboration with robotic industry partners and the customer’s in-house engineering and robotic systems support team.APPLICATIONS & MATERIALS Application areas include in-situ welding, consolidating, shaping, sealing, cutting or compacting along with 3D print applications for lightening and strengthening. Carbon fiber, nylon or glass reinforced composites across nearly all TPc matrixes represent potential use cases. Applicable resin matrixes high-performance resin systems such as PEEK, LM PAEK, PEKK, PEI and commodity resin systems such as PC, ABS and PPV. Aerospace, automotive, industrial and consumer products and packaging are relevant market segments.WHY AGILE ULTRASONICS? At a high-level, aerospace and non-aero component makers need high-rate composite materials and joining solutions that eliminate adhesives, fasteners, rivets and labor to enable lighter, stronger, more versatile materials usage. The reason that Agile Ultrasonics’ approach to joining and shaping TPs is gaining traction is based on scientific research in collaboration with tier-one aerospace, NASA and US Air Force programs that have demonstrated distinct advantages of Agile’s technology over laser, induction, resistance and other methods of ultrasonic welding. Agile’s approach stands apart from mainstream ultrasonic industry OEMs such as Branson, Telsonic, Herrmann or Dukane. These companies prefer to sell plastic welding systems from a catalog of tried and proven products. The problem is that component makers want to use TP composite materials in formats such as unidirectional tape, woven braid and preformed components that mainstream OEM systems cannot support. Agile’s focus is to develop ultrasonic systems capable of delivering solutions customers need to join the materials they want to use.One key differentiator is Agile’s patent pending process for continuously welding carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) composites without the use of energy directors, film resin layers or other types of inserts. This aspect is a prime enabler of high-rate, low-cost automated composite welding, shaping or compacting solutions that provide our customers with greater flexibility in materials selection, component design and process outcome. This is just one example of the company’s growing portfolio of intellectual property, in-house expertise and trade secrets that provide a competitive advantage for Agile and its customers.USE CASE EXAMPLES Continuous welding of fully formed flat or curvilinear skins to ribs • Compacting or debulking of composite tape or braid for stamp forming operations • Sealing of films for composite bagging and consolidation applications • Strengthening and lightening 3D print applications • Applicable to aerospace, automotive, industrial and consumer productsRECENT HISTORY Agile first gained revenue traction with NASA and in tier-one commercial aerospace in 2021. This helped lay the groundwork for multiple successes including commercialization of our first robotic end effector in tier-one aerospace in 2024. The company currently has significant traction with the USAF, developing high-rate end of arm tool systems that support continuous ultrasonic welding needed in CCA and AAM vehicle applications. Air Force, NASA and multiple tier-one aerospace component makers currently support Agile programmatic development of thermoplastic composite welding for terrestrial and in space applications. In January 2025, Agile received an Air Force award to advance EVTOL propeller manufacturing capabilities under their Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) initiative. Agile systems will be used to compact TP composite braid to near-net shape. Thousands of propellers will be needed to support DoD and commercial EVTOL vehicle needs. Additional structural welding programs for Air Force under its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) initiative are in the planning stages.TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION / METHODOLOGY Agile’s approach is to understand the customer’s composite material needs then develop and optimize the ultrasonic system for their intended use. We are the only company in North America focused on developing solutions in this way.IN HOUSE CAPABILITIES • IP, know and trade secret development • Design and build of weld systems and process parameters from inception to deployment • Manufacture of unique and customized components and toolingThe science of Agile’s continuous ultrasonic welding (CUW) methodology is based on applying intense highly controlled ultrasonic energy, termed “power ultrasonics,” through a robotic effector’s tip or sonotrode. The sonotrode, typically made of steel or titanium, makes physical contact with the material being processed (welded, shaped, compacted, sealed, cut etc.). In high-performance composite applications this contact occurs at 20Khz or 20,000 times per second. The steel tip impacting the TP composite causes the resin molecules (polymer chains) in the TP matrix to bump into each other and heat the material through thickness. This is referred to as viscoelastic heating and occurs almost instantaneously. Precise control of the system’s parameters can heat the resin material above its Tg (glass transition temperature). At Tg polymer (resin) changes from a hard state to a soft rubbery state or vice versa. Above Tg, the polymer chains are mobile and can flow and interconnect with adjacent particles. When the part cools, the resin returns to the hard state and the polymers become locked in, i.e, a weld is formed. Adjusting system parameters allows for varying degrees of welding, shaping, tacking, compacting, or debulking across diverse materials and varied Tg’s. Agile Ultrasonics’ systems are optimized for customer specific applications so that the complex processes required to achieve an intended outcome can be closely controlled and scaled to support high-rate advanced materials TP component production needs. Agile’s novel end effector robotically aligns with the intended weld area. • Sonotrode makes physical contact with material • Wave interaction generates viscoelastic heating within polymer • Through thickness heating supports multi-layer welding • Precise energy per unit area is controlled based on application needsSUMMARY Thermoplastic composites are fast becoming the material of choice across broad commercial, defense and space sectors. These are materials that the world wants to use. Agile is leading the development of ultrasonic systems needed to combine the materials these markets want to use. Agile Ultrasonics is becoming an essential member of the composite materials supply chain. Our strategy is to be opportunistic and agile in the marketplace as we grow. For investment inquiries please contact Jim Stratton, President / CEO. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 30, 2019 |  |
| NeuVanta | NeuVanta provides online education courses and certificate programs for professionals. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 27, 2018 |  |
| Med-Compliance IQ | Med-Compliance IQ develops software solutions for healthcare industry. Since the company's launch in November of 2015, Med-Compliance IQ is actively focused on developing smart compliance software for health care companies, starting first with the commercialization of patent-pending WoundWise IQ. |  | Seed | Jul 13, 2018 |  |
| AwareAbility Technolgies | AwareAbility Technologies enables businesses gain new insights from analytics on data from almost anywhere in the physical world. They overcome barriers to gathering and processing data in austere environments through three core technologies: Radiological power technologies, Internet of Things -style data collection and Machine Learning analytics. |  | Seed | Jul 02, 2018 |  |
| Med-Compliance IQ | Med-Compliance IQ develops software solutions for healthcare industry. Since the company's launch in November of 2015, Med-Compliance IQ is actively focused on developing smart compliance software for health care companies, starting first with the commercialization of patent-pending WoundWise IQ. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 22, 2017 |  |
| AwareAbility Technolgies | AwareAbility Technologies enables businesses gain new insights from analytics on data from almost anywhere in the physical world. They overcome barriers to gathering and processing data in austere environments through three core technologies: Radiological power technologies, Internet of Things -style data collection and Machine Learning analytics. | $150K | Pre-Seed | Nov 27, 2017 |  |
| MavenView | MavenView is a software company founded in 2015 to advance research out from the lab and into commercialization more quickly and efficiently by mapping science and technology related IP to potential commercialization partners. Since then the MavenView platform has evolved into a decision and strategic support system that informs multiple use casesincluding:The MavenView platform gives business strategists, researchers and IP professionals insight into the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in a particular technology space by identifying trends, top organizations, experts, funding and patenting activity, so that they are able to strategically plan, predict, and execute with confidence. | $835K | Seed | Oct 24, 2017 |  |
| Innovate IP | We turn Innovation into Impact. Innovate IP is web-based platform that provides life-cycle management for Intellectual Property assets. Our solution manages the creation, protection and disposition of patents, trademarks, copyrights and know-how. We help our customers manage their own internal processes as well as interactions with third partiesto market, transfer and license its assets in an efficient and effective manner. | $330K | Seed | Oct 11, 2017 |  |
| ZeoVation | ZeoVation produces and supplies zeolite materials to the sun/skin care, home care, healthcare, coatings, water and gas purification markets.Our ready-to-use zeolite products include nanozeolites and hierarchical zeolites.We are dedicated to providing assistance to the research and corporate R&D community to develop productsrelevant to their interests using the unique features of our featured zeolites. | $300K | Seed | May 23, 2017 |  |
| 3Bar Biologics | 3Bar Biologics is a bioscience company based in Columbus, OH. The firm is dedicated to applying disruptive technologies to create ecologically sound products that sustainably increase yields and protect farmer’s investments in land and seed.3Bar’s first product is Bio-YIELD, an all-natural, sustainable microbe inoculant system. Bio-YIELD wasfirst introduced to the market in 2014 serving eastern Corn Belt growers. We will broaden to the global market as we generate supporting data for additional markets.Scientists at The Ohio State University invested more than 15 years of research to produce the discovery process that identified the unique beneficial bacteria that are the foundation of this organic solution for increasing yields in corn, soybean, wheat, and other crops. | $2M | Seed | Apr 13, 2017 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ohio TechAngels Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ohio-techangels-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Carmen Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carmen-innovations) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maumee Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maumee-ventures1) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OhioHealth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ohiohealth) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Queen City Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/queen-city-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SVG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/svg-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Rev1 Ventures

VC Fund · Columbus, United States

Rev1 Ventures is an investor startup studio that combines capital and strategic services to help startups scale and corporates innovate. Based in the Midwest, and in a top city for scaling startups, Rev1 aligns innovators and founders with corporate and research partners to access customers and markets, helping entrepreneurs build great companies.With a proven track record of identifying, guiding, and investing in high potential startups, Rev1 helps companies solve real problems for markets in need of real solutions. Rev1 has $100MM+ in capital under management, providing a capital continuum from corporate and community partners, as well as Ohio Third Frontier. Rev1 has been named among the Most Active VCs in the Great Lakes Region for the past three years in a row according to PitchBook. For more information, visit www.rev1ventures.com.

5 contacts available at Rev1 Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bethany George | Sr. Director - Investment Funds | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bethany-george |
| Bob Wiggins | Senior Vice President Venture Acceleration | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-wiggins-cb80 |
| David Bergeron | Senior Vice President Venture Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-bergeron-2 |
| David Dillman | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-dillman |
| Kristy Campbell | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristy-campbell |

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## FAQ

### What does David Bergeron invest in?

David Bergeron invests primarily in Manufacturing, Biotechnology and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 13 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 David Bergeron last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Bergeron closed in Oct 2019. Shizune tracks 13 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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