# George Pavlov

> George Pavlov is a Series B investor at Private Family Office backing Audio and Video. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Private Family Office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/private-family-office)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jun 2012
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/george-pavlov/3/950/b00

George Pavlov is a Series B investor at Private Family Office in San Francisco focused on Audio and Video. George Pavlov is CEO at Private Family Office. He attended Boston College.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Audio | 1 | 17% |
| Video | 1 | 17% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| Mobile Devices | 1 | 17% |
| Cloud Computing | 1 | 17% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |
| Series D | 1 | 17% |
| Series E | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Astute Networks | Astute is a provider of performance storage appliances for physical, virtual, and cloud computing environments. It is the developer of VMware Ready Certified ViSX branded Networked Performance Flash solutions for accelerating virtualized server, desktop, and cloud computing environments. The company’s patented DataPump Engine delivers a high levelof best-in-class iSCSI IOPS with 100% sustained random I/O performance to eliminate performance-robbing I/O bottlenecks that degrade virtual machine and application performance and limits user productivity. ViSX is available through an established network of solution providers. | $12M | Series B | Jun 18, 2012 |  |
| Astute Networks | Astute is a provider of performance storage appliances for physical, virtual, and cloud computing environments. It is the developer of VMware Ready Certified ViSX branded Networked Performance Flash solutions for accelerating virtualized server, desktop, and cloud computing environments. The company’s patented DataPump Engine delivers a high levelof best-in-class iSCSI IOPS with 100% sustained random I/O performance to eliminate performance-robbing I/O bottlenecks that degrade virtual machine and application performance and limits user productivity. ViSX is available through an established network of solution providers. | $12M | Series B | Jun 18, 2012 |  |
| Audience | Audience, Inc provides engineering talent focused on audio processing solutions for mobile devices.Audience, Inc. provides voice and audio solutions for mobile devices in South Korea, China, the United States, and internationally. Its platform consists of proprietary, purpose-built digital signal processors and audio codecs, analog and mixedsignal circuits, and algorithms for voice isolation and noise suppression. | $15M | Series E | Mar 02, 2010 |  |
| Audience | Audience, Inc provides engineering talent focused on audio processing solutions for mobile devices.Audience, Inc. provides voice and audio solutions for mobile devices in South Korea, China, the United States, and internationally. Its platform consists of proprietary, purpose-built digital signal processors and audio codecs, analog and mixedsignal circuits, and algorithms for voice isolation and noise suppression. | $15M | Series D | Mar 26, 2009 |  |
| Astute Networks | Astute is a provider of performance storage appliances for physical, virtual, and cloud computing environments. It is the developer of VMware Ready Certified ViSX branded Networked Performance Flash solutions for accelerating virtualized server, desktop, and cloud computing environments. The company’s patented DataPump Engine delivers a high levelof best-in-class iSCSI IOPS with 100% sustained random I/O performance to eliminate performance-robbing I/O bottlenecks that degrade virtual machine and application performance and limits user productivity. ViSX is available through an established network of solution providers. | $7.9M | Series C | Oct 22, 2008 |  |
| Astute Networks | Astute is a provider of performance storage appliances for physical, virtual, and cloud computing environments. It is the developer of VMware Ready Certified ViSX branded Networked Performance Flash solutions for accelerating virtualized server, desktop, and cloud computing environments. The company’s patented DataPump Engine delivers a high levelof best-in-class iSCSI IOPS with 100% sustained random I/O performance to eliminate performance-robbing I/O bottlenecks that degrade virtual machine and application performance and limits user productivity. ViSX is available through an established network of solution providers. | $25M | Series B | Dec 12, 2005 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ayala](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ayala-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ICCP Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iccp-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Samsung Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsung-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sevin Rosen Funds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sevin-rosen-funds) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [VentureTech Alliance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturetech-alliance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Narra Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/narra-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Private Family Office

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Private Family Office.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| George Pavlov | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-pavlov |

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## FAQ

### What does George Pavlov invest in?

George Pavlov invests primarily in Audio, Video and Mobile startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 6 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 George Pavlov last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for George Pavlov closed in Jun 2012. Shizune tracks 6 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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