Eric Engineer
General Partner @ S3 Ventures
Austin, United States
Eric Engineer is a seed investor at S3 Ventures in Austin focused on Software and Information Technology. Eric Engineer is based out of Austin, Texas, and is the General Partner of S3 Ventures. Eric previously worked at Sumatra as a Board Member. Eric Engineer attended the Harvard Business School.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 80%
Last updated:
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Industries Eric Engineer invests in
Stages Eric Engineer invests in
Countries Eric Engineer invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (40%)
- Information Technology 4 (27%)
- Internet 3 (20%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (13%)
- B2B 1 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (53%)
- Series A 2 (13%)
- Funding Round 2 (13%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Buzz Solutions
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Buzz Solutions provides a software platform powered by Artificial Intelligence, Actionable Insights, and Predictive Analytics for faults and anomaly detection for the power line inspection process for power utilities. The company's platform automates the process of storing and organizing visual data (captured in the field through drones andhelicopters), analyzing for faults using its AI algorithms, mapping the data and providing heat maps as well as predictive insights for when, where and what kind of faults are happening on power line and assets. Using its solutions, power utilities save over 50% of cost and time to analyze data which makes condition-based maintenance efforts easier and time-efficient, thus, preventing wildfires, power outages, and other climate change effects on the physical infrastructure of the grid. | $20M / Series A / Aug 04, 2026 | |
Arpio
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Arpio protects and eliminates downtime for AWS applications by making it easy to recover from any outage in just a few minutes. Founded by Doug Neumann and Shaw Terwilliger in 2018 and is based in Durham, North Carolina, United States. | $15M / Series A / Jun 03, 2026 | |
MontyCloud
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MontyCloud helps customers manage and monitor their cloud services, automate maintenance tasks, and manage governance, compliance, and provisioning. | $11.5M / Series B / Jan 13, 2026 | |
Opine
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Opine helps to automate the pre-sales efforts for enterprise software transaction by removing the hassle of managing POCs. | $5M / Seed / Dec 09, 2025 | |
Mavvrik
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DigitalEx is an AI-driven hybrid cloud cost management solutions startup that specialises in delivering unique solutions that allow businesses to monitor, analyze, and optimise their cloud expenses and usage. | Seed / Feb 19, 2025 | |
Mavvrik
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Mavvrik is the financial control center for modern IT, providing enterprises with complete visibility, automation, and governance across cloud, AI, SaaS, and on-prem infrastructure. Built for CFOs, FinOps, and IT leaders, Mavvrik eliminates financial blind spots, enforces accountability, and transforms IT costs into strategic investments. Withreal-time cost tracking, automated chargebacks, and predictive budget controls, Mavvrik helps enterprises reduce waste, optimize AI and hybrid cloud spend, and maintain financial precision at scale. | $6.2M / Seed / Feb 19, 2025 | |
ControlRooms.ai
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Controlrooms.ai develops a monitor system designed for industrial mission control rooms. It provides immediate time to benefit and exhibit intuitive functionality to help advance the quality of life on Earth, enabling companies by providing earth's monitoring services. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $10M / Series A / Aug 29, 2023 | |
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Arpio
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Arpio protects and eliminates downtime for AWS applications by making it easy to recover from any outage in just a few minutes. Founded by Doug Neumann and Shaw Terwilliger in 2018 and is based in Durham, North Carolina, United States. | Aug 14, 2023 | |
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Arpio
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Arpio protects and eliminates downtime for AWS applications by making it easy to recover from any outage in just a few minutes. Founded by Doug Neumann and Shaw Terwilliger in 2018 and is based in Durham, North Carolina, United States. | $8.2M / Seed / Aug 14, 2023 | |
Sumatra
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Sumatra helps in making decision by automating ideas to reality, from its performance data-enrichment platform and end-to-end services. | $1.5M / Seed / Jul 13, 2022 | |
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Co-Investors
About S3 Ventures
S3 Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs in building high-impact companies. The company provides patient capital and substantial resources to visionary entrepreneurs, enabling them to nurture exceptional, high-impact businesses in the fields of business technology, digital experiences, and healthcare technology.
S3 Ventures Contacts
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Aaron Perman
General Partner
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Alex Marty
Associate
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Charlie Plauche
General Partner
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Cole Bonner
Senior Associate
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Eric Engineer
General Partner
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What does Eric Engineer invest in?
Eric Engineer invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 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 Eric Engineer last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Eric Engineer closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 15 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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