# Don Aquilano

> Don Aquilano is a seed investor at Allos Ventures (Indianapolis) backing Software and SaaS. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Allos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allos-ventures)
- Location: Indianapolis, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-aquilano-2327124/

Don Aquilano is a seed investor at Allos Ventures in Indianapolis focused on Software and SaaS. Don Aquilano has 3 current jobs including Co-Founder & Managing Director at Allos Ventures, Director at Scale Computing, and managing director at Koninklijke Gazelle. Additionally, Don Aquilano has had 7 past jobs including Director, Board of Directors at Authorhouse. He attended Harvard Business School and the University of Arizona.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 33% |
| SaaS | 3 | 17% |
| Enterprise Software | 3 | 17% |
| Geospatial | 2 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 11% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 17% |
| Series D | 2 | 11% |
| Series E | 2 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Traction | Traction provides farm management software that helps farmers plan, track, and analyze their operations. The company helps farmers manage their operations more efficiently, Traction Ag offers a range of tools designed to streamline various aspects of farm management. The software includes tools for tracking field operations such as planting,spraying, and harvesting. This helps farmers keep accurate records and make informed decisions based on real-time data. | $3M | Seed | Sep 02, 2022 |  |
| Woven | Woven is the first technical assessment that goes way beyond code so engineering leaders can confidently hire experienced engineers.There's a better way to hire software engineers than having them cram for an automated code quiz. And let's be honest, senior engineers will drop out of your pipeline if they're asked to take one. Ourscenario library is designed to assess skills that go way beyond code. | $8M | Series A | Jan 31, 2022 |  |
| SolSpec | Teren is a provider of data analytics to the energy and civil engineering markets.We have attracted some of the largest and highest-profile clients in the midstream oil and gas industry as customers. SolSpec’s solution utilizes high-throughput data processing and artificial intelligence algorithms to identify and predict project-based risk forpipeline right of ways (ROW), infrastructure construction and large land development projects. |  | Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Teren | Teren is an operator of a geospatial analytics company intended to transform data into solutions that create a safer and more sustainable planet.The company's assistance through data solutions allows firms to swiftly detect hazards to assets and prioritize and monitor environmental issues.Teren was established in 2021 bu Tobias Kraft inLakewood, Colorado. | $4M | Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Scale Computing | Scale Computing specializes in hyperconvergence for midsized organizations. Its HC3™ platform seamlessly integrates servers, virtualization, and storage into a single platform that is easy to use and highly scalable, dramatically lowering the barriers and costs involved in keeping applications running in a highly available and scalable manner. Bymaking complex infrastructure appear like a single server, it is the growing choice for hundreds of IT departments across a range of vertical markets. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. |  | Series F | Oct 25, 2018 |  |
| OneCause | BidPal has rebranded as OneCause. Raise more money and reach more donors with OneCause Fundraising Software and BidPal Mobile Bidding. Located in the technology hub of Indianapolis, OneCause has been recognized on the Inc. 500 list of Fastest Growing Companies and has received a Techpoint MIRA award for Mobile Technology Excellence &Innovation.The company’s fundraising technology includes: Mobile Bidding, Online Fundraising, Peer to Peer Fundraising, Event Software, Payment Processing, Online Ticketing, Mobile Donations, Text2Give, and Registration and Checkout software. |  |  | Sep 12, 2018 |  |
| OneCause | BidPal has rebranded as OneCause. Raise more money and reach more donors with OneCause Fundraising Software and BidPal Mobile Bidding. Located in the technology hub of Indianapolis, OneCause has been recognized on the Inc. 500 list of Fastest Growing Companies and has received a Techpoint MIRA award for Mobile Technology Excellence &Innovation.The company’s fundraising technology includes: Mobile Bidding, Online Fundraising, Peer to Peer Fundraising, Event Software, Payment Processing, Online Ticketing, Mobile Donations, Text2Give, and Registration and Checkout software. | $3.5M | Debt Financing | Dec 13, 2016 |  |
| OneCause | BidPal has rebranded as OneCause. Raise more money and reach more donors with OneCause Fundraising Software and BidPal Mobile Bidding. Located in the technology hub of Indianapolis, OneCause has been recognized on the Inc. 500 list of Fastest Growing Companies and has received a Techpoint MIRA award for Mobile Technology Excellence &Innovation.The company’s fundraising technology includes: Mobile Bidding, Online Fundraising, Peer to Peer Fundraising, Event Software, Payment Processing, Online Ticketing, Mobile Donations, Text2Give, and Registration and Checkout software. |  |  | Dec 13, 2016 |  |
| Octiv | Octiv helps innovative sales and marketing teams improve how sales assets are created, distributed, and tracked. Its sales productivity platform leverages data from back-office systems to create automated workflows and deliver valuable buyer behavior insights. | $4.8M | Series E | Sep 08, 2016 |  |
| Octiv | Octiv helps innovative sales and marketing teams improve how sales assets are created, distributed, and tracked. Its sales productivity platform leverages data from back-office systems to create automated workflows and deliver valuable buyer behavior insights. | $7M | Series D | Oct 19, 2015 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MK Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mk-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [High Alpha](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-alpha-llc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ascent Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascent-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elevate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevate-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ABS Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abs-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Allos Ventures

VC Fund · Carmel, United States

Allos Ventures invests in early-stage B2B software and business services companies in the Midwest. The firm invests in businesses and partners with entrepreneurs to help these companies accelerate growth and build value. Allos Ventures was formed in early 2010 and is based in Carmel, Indiana, United States.

5 contacts available at Allos Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Kerr | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-kerr-2 |
| John McIlwraith | Co-founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-c-mcilwraith |
| Don Aquilano | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-aquilano |
| Julie Whitehead | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julie-whitehead |
| Victoria Bills | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/victoria-bills-3798 |

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## FAQ

### What does Don Aquilano invest in?

Don Aquilano invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed and Series D stage. Most of the 18 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 Don Aquilano last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Don Aquilano closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 18 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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