Venture Fund Member Profile
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At Avansis, we recognize that emerging technology companies require more than just capital to reach the next level. In the dynamic marketplace of I.T., an infusion of guidance from a team of veteran entrepreneurs is often the difference between potential and success.
When Avansis invests in a promising young business, we invest our time and care to ensure its success. We develop an attentive, collaborative relationship to help your business identify opportunities and pitfalls and execute critical moves. With Avansis, your leadership can leverage a wealth of knowledge from battle-tested entrepreneurs with start-up experience in your field. You'll have access to people who understand the rigors and challenges that you currently face as well as those that await you. With your talent and ideas and our support, we can create the foundations for early-stage growth and success.
Not every company is a good fit for Avansis. We target select companies with specific technologies located within a defined geographic region. Through this maintained focus on our areas of influence and expertise, Avansis is able to deliver and add value to your emerging company.
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Laura Lukaczyk Founder & Managing General Partner Avansis Ventures |
Laura Lukaczyk is the Founder and Managing General Partner of Avansis Ventures, LLC. Avansis has invested in Cognio, Covega, Exent, iPhotonics (NYSE: SLR), Trust Digital, and Tucana Technologies Inc. Laura has over fifteen years of entrepreneurial and venture capital experience. She has participated in the startup of successful companies, and in all aspects of their growth and financing – both from the investing and operating sides of the business. Laura has a first hand understanding of the motivations and challenges experienced by new companies and their founders. Laura currently serves on the board of Tucana Technologies Inc. and Exent Technologies Ltd.
Prior to Avansis, Laura was a consultant for New Enterprise Associates ("NEA") in its Reston, Virginia office. At NEA she participated in investing nearly $85 million in companies such as DataCore, Exent, TeleGea and WNP (acquired by Nextlink).
Prior to NEA, she was the founding CFO at Denwa Communications and previous to this, the Director of Sales at International Communications Corp. ("ICC"), which grew to $100 million in annualized revenues within 14 months. Laura’s prior investment experience includes working as a manager of private equity placements for Multifinance Holding Corp., a family fund with $100 million under management. Her prior technical experience includes semiconductor engineering and manufacturing for the Delco Electronics Division of General Motors.
Laura is co-chair of the Centennial Celebration for the Chemical Engineering School of the University of Wisconsin. Laura also serves on the Incubator Advisory Board of the Reston Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the NVTC Private Equity Committee. She received her MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School and her BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Laura serves as a member of the Technical Advisory Board at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Engineering School.
Representative Investments
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Cognio, Inc. Wireless Spectrum management solution |
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Exent In-game advertising solutions |
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Trust Digital Wireless security solution |
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StoredIQ Enterprise Information Classification and Management |
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