# George Ugras

> George Ugras is a seed investor at AV8 Ventures (San Francisco) backing Medical and Analytics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [AV8 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/av8-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2019
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ugras

George Ugras is a seed investor at AV8 Ventures in San Francisco focused on Medical and Analytics. George is an investor, builder and repairman with over 16 years’ experience in the venture capital industry. He is the founder a life science company and is an advisor to several private companies in the big data and analytics space.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Health Diagnostics | 1 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PlanetIQ | The need for global atmospheric data has never been greater. The costs of natural disasters are soaring as extreme weather increases and population expands, putting more and more lives and property at risk. Meanwhile, smarter and more powerful weather and climate models are hungry for the data they need to produce more precise forecasts on timescales ranging from hourly to decadal.Yet the traditional model for government-funded satellite programs has not kept up with today’s technology and the rising demand for data. Aging spacecraft, budget constraints and schedule delays threaten critical gaps in data crucial to monitoring and predicting day-to-day weather, hurricanes and winter storms, floods and drought, space weather and climate change. | $18.7M | Series B | Jul 10, 2019 |  |
| Mindshare Medical | Mindshare Medical is focused on the development of evidence-based clinical decision support technology solutions. The company’s proprietary solution provides personalized diagnostics and guidance on the effectiveness of follow-up procedures and treatments. This approach is intended to improve quality of patient care and reduce financial liabilityfor healthcare organizations.Mindshare Medical was founded by Samir Chowdhury and Michael Calhoun in May 2014. |  | Seed | May 06, 2014 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Access Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/access-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hemisphere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hemisphere-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Moonshots Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moonshots-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Science Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-science-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Valo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Virginia Tech Carilion (VTC) Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/virginia-tech-carilion-vtc-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About AV8 Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

They bring decades of experience with a hands-on approach to working closely with start-ups. Their investment and support team leverages deep technical, entrepreneurial and venture experience to help their companies succeed. Their network includes some of the brightest minds in health, machine learning, enterprise technology, mobility, robotics,hard sciences and biology.

5 contacts available at AV8 Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aaron Yang | Sr. Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-yang-53e1 |
| Brett Battles | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-battles |
| George Ugras | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-ugras |
| Ruchita Sinha | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ruchita-sinha |
| Shawn Kung | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shawn-kung |

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## FAQ

### What does George Ugras invest in?

George Ugras invests primarily in Medical, Analytics and Health Diagnostics startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 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 Ugras last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for George Ugras closed in Jul 2019. Shizune tracks 2 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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