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Augment Ventures

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Augment Ventures invests in early-stage companies at the intersection of digitization and data that are transforming traditional industries.

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founded date

01.01.2011

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Private

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The venture capital firm, founded in 2011 and based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, prefers to invest in companies operating in software, smart hardware, software-enabled hardware, physical and material science innovation sectors across North America. Augment Ventures seeks mission-driven founders with diverse teams that bring intellectual rigor to solving big, real-world problems. The firm's focus is on investing in early-stage companies across North America, with a particular emphasis on Michigan and the Midwest.
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Sonali Vijayavargiya
Sonali Vijayavargiya

Sonali Vijayavargiya

Sonali is an entrepreneur, investor, mentor, technologist, curious traveler and a mom. She is the founder of Augment Ventures. She invests in exceptional teams transforming the way we live and work using software and smart hardware to impact energy, sustainability and health and wellness. Over the last 20 years Sonali has worked with entrepreneurs, technologists and CEOs to build new businesses, mentor cross functional teams and accelerate new technology adoption across sectors and geographies. Sonali serves on the Boards of Mercatus, Lumenetix, RayVio, Iteros, Geotix, Flume and Crowdz. She is a past board member of LLamasoft and advisor to the Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund at the University of Michigan Ross Business School. Augment was recognized by Michigan Venture Capital Association in 2017 for the Capital Event of the year for its investment in LLamasoft. She holds a BS in Statistics from Ferguson College and MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Management both from Pune, India. She lives in Ann Arbor with her husband, two kids and the most adorable dog.

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Jeff Kontulis

Jeff Kontulis

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Sonali Vijayavargiya

Sonali Vijayavargiya

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Nic Wetzler

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Nikhil Bahadur

Nikhil Bahadur

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David Armstrong

David Armstrong

CFO

Amit Roy

Amit Roy

Managing Director

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