Travis Oliphant
CEO, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Quansight Initiate
Austin, United States
Travis Oliphant is a seed investor at Quansight Initiate in Austin focused on Big Data and Information Technology. Travis Oliphant is the founder of OpenTeams. He previously worked at Anaconda as a Chief Data Scientist and Co-Founder. He holds an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Brigham Young University.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries Travis Oliphant invests in
Stages Travis Oliphant invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Big Data 2 (40%)
- Information Technology 2 (40%)
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- Mobile 1 (20%)
- FinTech 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (80%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (20%)
Investments
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| It's difficult for financial institutions to predict what tech and features their customer base is going to resonate with. ASA doesn't give you a one size fits all app, but rather links you to a marketplace of innovation and endless possibilities. ASA makes it possible for banks and credit unions to offer mobile tech solutions forbudgeting, saving, investing, managing a business, and so much more! Your banking customers will always have access to the most cutting edge technology, with new tools coming out as fast as the growing crowd of independent developers can make them. Every customer can choose the fintech they feel best fits their needs. More choice and control for your customers, less risk and expense of building out tech yourself. win-win. | Seed / Jul 25, 2023 | ||
| Polygraf creates AI-powered tools to combat fake & malicious digital content. Organizations using the Polygraf Trust Engine benefit from real-time authentication, analytics and insights that power growth. Polygraf is set to address the growing challenges posed by human and AI-generated misinformation head-on. Polygraf’s multilayer AI protocolcan be used to authenticate any kind of digital text, audio & video content for consumers, businesses and government organizations. The protocol is now capable of detecting and authenticating both AI and human-generated content and determining its trustworthiness in real-time, as is showcased in the Polygraf browser extension. The company was ranked as the Top Analytics Startup to Watch Globally by Dealroom, and listed on Top Startups in Austin by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, and SXSW/Established Startup Of The Year 2023 Top 10. | $1.7M / Seed / Feb 01, 2023 | ||
| Polygraf creates AI-powered tools to combat fake & malicious digital content. Organizations using the Polygraf Trust Engine benefit from real-time authentication, analytics and insights that power growth. Polygraf is set to address the growing challenges posed by human and AI-generated misinformation head-on. Polygraf’s multilayer AI protocolcan be used to authenticate any kind of digital text, audio & video content for consumers, businesses and government organizations. The protocol is now capable of detecting and authenticating both AI and human-generated content and determining its trustworthiness in real-time, as is showcased in the Polygraf browser extension. The company was ranked as the Top Analytics Startup to Watch Globally by Dealroom, and listed on Top Startups in Austin by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, and SXSW/Established Startup Of The Year 2023 Top 10. | $1.7M / Pre-Seed / Feb 01, 2023 | ||
| Datum Technologies is an IT company leveraging digital signals for mobile marketing. The company organizes and applies mobile data with precision allowing its customers to solve their unique problems. | $950K / Seed / May 04, 2020 | ||
| Fieldbook is the fastest and easiest way to create custom information tools. It’s as easy to get started with as a spreadsheet, but gives you all the power of a database-driven business application. Teams use it to track projects and clients, implement data collection workflows, and create custom content management systems.Our long-term visionis to unlock the long tail of enterprise applications. | $725K / Seed / Nov 14, 2014 |
Co-Investors
About Quansight Initiate
Quansight Initiate is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in startups that rely significantly on open-source technology and have a particular interest in technologies around education, IoT, data management, data science, machine learning and AI across any market segment.
Quansight Initiate Contacts
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Bradden Blair
Managing Director and Partner
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What does Travis Oliphant invest in?
Travis Oliphant invests primarily in Big Data, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Travis Oliphant closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 5 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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