Lontra Ventures

Lontra Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, United States. The firm was founded in 2008 and is dedicated to improving the performance of life science and technology companies. They provide consulting, advisory, and seed-stage investment services to their clients. Their approach is to embrace the long game, with high conviction, collaboration, and bold ambitions driving success. Lontra Ventures invests in companies in the life sciences and technology sectors. They have a portfolio of three companies. Andrea Besikof Kalmans is the founder of Lontra Ventures’ Technology portfolio. She partners with founders to tackle massive market opportunities and explosive growth rates primarily targeting enterprise sales. The portfolio is primarily targeted at AI/ML, developer tools, high-performance computing, IT infrastructure, security, and web optimization with delivery models ranging from SaaS and Enterprise Sales. Andrea’s strengths reside in identifying emerging trends and finding the best people to deliver that innovation. In her advising capacity, Andrea works side-by-side with founders in crafting messaging to best drive sales business development as well as to achieve product/market fit. Andrea spends her time at innovation hubs such as Techstars and Capital Factory.