# Engage

> Engage is a VC fund in Atlanta backing Software and SaaS. See 62 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Atlanta, United States
- Total investments: 62
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 6%
- Fund size: $18M
- Last fund: Apr 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/engagevc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/engagevc
- Website: https://engage.vc/

Engage is a venture fund and platform backed by 11 leading corporations, Georgia Tech, and Tech Square Ventures. The Engage partners contributing capital, expertise, time, and resources include AT&T, Chick-fil-A, Cox Enterprises, Delta Air Lines, Georgia-Pacific, Georgia Power Foundation, Inc., Georgia Tech, Goldman Sachs Group,Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Invesco Ltd., Tech Square Ventures, The Home Depot and UPS.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$9M |
| Series A | $5M–$26M |
| Series B | $15M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 17 | 27% |
| SaaS | 14 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 12 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 19% |
| Logistics | 8 | 13% |

103 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 32% |
| Series A | 19 | 31% |
| Series B | 6 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 46 | 74% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daley Ervin | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daley-ervin |
| Thiago Olson | Managing Director | 22 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thiago-olson |
| Thiago Olson | Managing Director | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thiago-olsen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adpipe | Adpipe is a motion-first marketing platform that personalize, humanize, and localize existing customers' brands. | $12M | Series A | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| Cerby | Cerby is the identity automation platform purpose-built to secure disconnected applications—those that fall outside the reach of traditional identity security tools. By integrating with existing IAM, IGA, and PAM systems, Cerby brings centralized access controls, automates manual security tasks, and extends governance across your entire applicationecosystem. IT and security teams gain complete visibility and control, reducing risk and operational overhead. Founded in 2020, Cerby is backed by leading investors and trusted by global enterprises. |  | Series B | Sep 24, 2025 |  |
| HeroWear | HeroWear is a workforce wearable company that is developing a suite of assistive clothing solutions that reduce fatigue and physical strain on workers. Their first product, the Apex, is the first exosuit built from the ground up for both men and women. It's a back-assist exosuit that is designed to reduce strain on the back while fitting likea comfortable piece of clothing. It features patent-pending dual-mode technology to make it easy to turn the back assistance on or off, allowing it to be used in nearly any work situation. The textile-based design is modular, allowing for over 50 possible combinations so that the fit and the amount of support provided are perfect for anyone in any job. | $5M | Series A | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| Aetos Imaging | Aetos leverages advanced 3D technology to give facility personnel the information they need to do the job. Our visual management platform captures and presents the institutional knowledge of your operations. Unlock the power of implementing virtual equipment databases, customized site-specific training, and remote collaboration. Consolidate andstreamline all of your operations into one visual platform with Aetos. | $4M | Seed | Feb 11, 2025 |  |
| Evolv AI | We believe that digital experiences are formed from hundreds of design choices in millions of combinations. Our AI-driven optimization and personalization platform continuously serves better experiences that connect with visitors and customers. This is why digital leaders rely on us to define their experimentation strategy, generate a constantsource of new ideas to be explored, and leverage our proprietary AI to progressively optimize their customer experience to find the best customer journey. | $13.3M |  | Nov 09, 2023 |  |
| Evolv AI | We believe that digital experiences are formed from hundreds of design choices in millions of combinations. Our AI-driven optimization and personalization platform continuously serves better experiences that connect with visitors and customers. This is why digital leaders rely on us to define their experimentation strategy, generate a constantsource of new ideas to be explored, and leverage our proprietary AI to progressively optimize their customer experience to find the best customer journey. | $13.3M | Convertible Note | Nov 09, 2023 |  |
| Canvs AI | Canvs AI is the easiest, fastest, and most accurate insights platform for analyzing open-ended text from virtually any source, including surveys, customer reviews and social media. Canvs is used by some of the world’s most admired brands, research agencies, and media & entertainment companies to accelerate time-to-insights, reduce cost, anddeepen the understanding of consumers. For more information or to request a customized demo, please visit https://canvs.ai/ or email sales@canvs.ai. | $15M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 27, 2023 |  |
| Optera | Optera is a leading enterprise carbon emissions management software platform spanning all emissions categories, specializing in scope 3 and supply chain emissions management. Their AI-driven platform, database of over +10,000 suppliers, and expert team enable sustainability professionals to deliver real value to their businesses efficiently, fromregulatory compliance to deep decarbonization. We make sustainability data simpler to get, trusted to share, and ready to act on. | $12M | Series A | Sep 11, 2023 |  |
| CIRT | All-in-one stack for sustainable packaging |  |  | Mar 27, 2023 |  |
| Call Simulator Inc. | Call Simulator is an AI-powered, emergency call training software that fully integrates with ProQA Discovery. It is used by 911 call centers around the nation, allowing trainees to improve their Active Listening skills while gaining experience operating within the ProQA platform. This augmented-training software reduces the need for expensive humanrole-playing while decreasing overall costs associated with training center contact agents. | $250K | Seed | Jan 23, 2023 |  |

10 of 62 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Tech Square Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tech-square-ventures) — VC Fund, 27 deals together
- [Atlanta Seed Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlanta-seed-company) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [High Alpha](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-alpha-llc) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rise-of-the-rest) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Good Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [IrishAngels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/irishangels) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Engage invest in?

Engage invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 62 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 Engage's check size?

Engage typically joins rounds of $1M–$9M at Seed, $5M–$26M at Series A and $15M–$30M 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 Engage participates in.

### How do I contact Engage?

Public channels for Engage include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Engage?

The team at Engage includes Daley Ervin (Managing Director), Thiago Olson (Managing Director) and Thiago Olson (Managing Director). 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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