Investing Profile

Austin Walne

Frontier Tech & Applied AI

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University of Tennessee-Knoxville Network

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Current Investing Position

Investment Range

$500K - $10.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Austin Walne's Investments On Record (4)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Luminate	Series AJan 2026$21M Series AMay 2024$15M	$73M
Co-investors: Tod Francis (Shasta Ventures), David Krane (GV (Google Ventures)), Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Gideon Yu (formation\|8), Maynard Webb (Webb Investment Network), Ron Conway (Angel Investors LP Funds), Saad Khan (Garage Technology Ventures), Paul Asel (NGP Capital), Sofia Santos (Faber), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Alan Merriman (PwC), Edward Lando (Biowear), Ronald Conway Sr. (NewCo)
Valarian Technologies	SeedMay 2025$7M	$60M
Co-investors: Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), John Taysom (Privitar), Henrik Wetter Sanchez (Playfair Capital)
Second Front Systems	Series CSep 2024$70M SeedJul 2020$6M	$120M
Co-investors: Aaron Jacobson (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Michael Brown (Battery Ventures), Baron Cannon (Sand Hill Angels), Robert Keith (Salesforce Ventures), Aaron Peterman
Locus Biosciences	Series BMay 2022$35M Series ANov 2017$19M	$54M
Co-investors: Stuart Peterson (Artis Ventures (AV)), Kyle Kurpinski (Tencent Holdings)

Austin Walne's Experience

Board Observer Second Front Systems2020 - Present

Board Observer Locus Biosciences, Inc.2017 - Present

Senior Partner ARTIS Ventures2015 - Present

Co-Organizer SF Agile Marketing2012 - Present

Senior Partner ArtisPresent

Board Member LuminatePresent

Board Observer Second FrontPresent

Board Member Locus Biosciences, Inc.Present

Registered Representative FNEXPresent

Austin Walne's Education

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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