Tensility Venture Partners
Chicago-based seed-stage venture firm investing in mission-driven founders building AI-first software and services companies across North America.
Tensility Venture Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm backing mission-driven entrepreneurs building early-stage, AI-first software and services companies. The firm concentrates on pre-Series A opportunities, with technical domains spanning artificial intelligence, data and analytics, AI automation, agentic and human-AI systems, physical AI, cybersecurity and digital health. Its investment activity extends across vertical-industry applications, infrastructure and AI software and services.
The firm is based in Chicago and invests across North America. It targets companies with strong scaling potential and sound unit economics, and it works closely with founders and portfolio leaders, placing weight on practical support and candid feedback.
Co-founders Wayne Boulais and Armando Pauker bring decades of venture investing and technical experience drawn from multiple market cycles.