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Andrea Kalmans

Founder of Lontra Ventures

Austin, Texas

Overview 

Andrea Kalmans is the Founder of Lontra Ventures in Austin, Texas, specializing in investing, building, and championing startups, with a focus on sectors like Web3/Crypto and Web3/Blockchain. With an MBA from Texas McCombs School of Business and a BBA from Wisconsin School of Business, Andrea has successfully invested in and advised various companies, including Contoro Robotics and Protopia AI, showcasing a strong track record in strategic partnerships, entrepreneurship, and product management.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder

    2008 - Current

    Investing, advising and championing startups

  • Investor

    2024

    Robotics for food delivery

  • Investor

    2024

    Making Analysis of Complex Data Simple For Everyone

  • Investor

    2024

    Redefining the foundations of ai infrastructure.

  • Investor

    2024

    Harnessing the power of radioisotopes for energy

  • Investor

    2024

    Developing counter-drone robotic gun systems.

Allen Control Systems is a defense technology firm for a new era of drone warfare.

Raised $12,000,000.00 from Craft Ventures, Rally Ventures and Forum Ventures.

  • Investor & Advisor

    2023

    Solving labor problems in previously impossible applications by combining AI and human intelligence with teleoperation.

Contoro Robotics combines AI and human intelligence with teleoperation.

Raised $8,500,000.00 from Kakao Ventures, The University of Texas at Austin, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, SV Investment Corp, FuturePlay, CJ Investment, Bass Investment and KB Investment.

  • Investor & Advisor

    2022

    Building a decentralized mobile network over a carrier-grade blockchain.

  • Investor & Advisor

    2022

    Harnessing the power of data transformation for every data type and every ML application.

  • Investor

    2022

    Computer vision robot to improve sustainability, profitability and freshness of the fishing industry.

Shinkei Systems is an automation agency that provides automation for fish harvesting.

Raised $6,000,000.00 from Cantos, Red & Blue Ventures, 8VC, Ravelin Capital, Undeterred Capital, Humba Ventures, Impatient Ventures, Carya Venture Partners, Y Combinator and Carya Venture Partners.

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