ABOUT
Investing in the future of AI
Tensility Venture Partners offers seed-stage venture capital for mission-based entrepreneurs. We invest in early-stage enterprise AI applications where accuracy and proprietary data are critical.
Wayne and Armando started in venture in June 2000.
We're the VCs who roll up our sleeves and get things done. We've been in the trenches with entrepreneurs during the highest of highs and the lowest of lows for over two decades.
Our journey through the Dotcom crash and the 2008 recession equips us with a steady hand in building companies with the goal of achieving profitable exits. We're actively seeking founders who possess an insatiable hunger, a gritty determination, and an unyielding drive to emerge victorious.
We specialize in backing AI companies with novel approaches to vital problems. Our primary focus lies in AI-driven innovations poised to revolutionize the following sectors:
Security
Digital health
Vertical industry applications
Infrastructure
As a diverse management team, we share the same resilience and desire for success as our founders and CEOs. Based on our collective experience, we've observed that diverse founding teams never give up; they are driven to kick ass and possess an unwavering determination to succeed and prove themselves. For us, diversity is strongly linked to resilience, and it is a core value that motivates us all.
Diverse Leadership
Wayne Boulais
Cofounder
Focus on Application Software and Services
General Partner and Co-Founder at Tensility Venture Partners (2016 to present)
General Partner at Apex Venture Partners (2000 to 2016)
Operating roles at Mercer Management Consulting, Raytheon Corporation
Marathon runner, ran Boston, running rest of Six World Majors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA
Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, BSEE, MSEE
Armando Pauker
Cofounder
Focus on Infrastructure Software and Security
General Partner and Co-Founder at Tensility Venture Partners (2016 to present)
General Partner at Apex Venture Partners (2000 to 2016)
Operating roles at Booz Allen & Hamilton, Tandem Computers, EFI, and Cybernet Systems
Physical fitness and martial arts enthusiast
University of Michigan, MBA
California Institute of Technology, BSEE
Team of Advisors
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Fabrice Braunrot
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TJ Chung
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Nancy Corrie
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Thomas Ebling
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Joydeep Ghosh
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Steven Guggenheimer
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Rada Mihalcea
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Leland Putterman
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Jeffrey Rodek
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Tuomas Sandholm
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Peggy Thompson
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Thomas Waechter
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Alan Warms
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Larry Washow
