Andrea Kalmans
Founder at Lontra Ventures LLC
Profile
Andrea Besikof Kalmans founded Lontra Ventures LLC in 2008.
Ms. Kalmans also currently works at Appbase, Inc., as Board Of Director from 2016, RackN, Inc., as Board Of Director from 2016, Molecula Corp., as Advisor from 2019, Unchained Capital, Inc., as Advisor from 2016, VitalFlo, Inc., as Advisor from 2020, Airtory, Inc., as Advisor from 2017, Joshin, Inc., as Advisor from 2019, ReturnSafe, Inc., as Advisor from 2020, Protopia AI, Inc., as Advisor from 2022, Niftory, Inc., as Advisor from 2022, and Dominant Strategies, Inc., as Advisor from 2022.
Ms. Kalmans also formerly worked at Infochimps, Inc., as Head-Business Development, Atlas Wearables, Inc., as Advisor from 2013 to 2020, Optimizely, Inc., as Advisor from 2014 to 2017, BalkanID, Inc., as Advisor, and 5x5 US LLC, as Advisor.
Ms. Kalmans received her Masters Business Admin degree in 2002 from McCombs School of Business and undergraduate degree in 1998 from Wisconsin School of Business.
Andrea Kalmans active positions
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RackN, Inc.
 RackN, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services RackN, Inc. develops software platform and provides governance for how hybrid information technology and develops tools work together in production. It offers open source software, converged infrastructure, DevOps and data center operations. The firm helps CIOs, CTOs, data center staff and software developers better collaborate and align on business, operational and technical priorities, frameworks and choices. The company was founded by Greg Althaus, Dan Choquette and Rob Hirschfeld in 2014 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Director/Board Member | 2016-08-31 |
Lontra Ventures LLC
 Lontra Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Lontra Ventures LLC (Lontra Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Walter C. Kalmans and Andrea Beskinof Kalmans in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | Founder | 2008-11-30 |
ReturnSafe, Inc.
 ReturnSafe, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ReturnSafe engages in the provision of biosecurity solutions. It offers screening and contact tracing technology to help businesses prepare, prevent, and rapidly respond to biological threats to keep people safe and maintain business continuity. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Consultant / Advisor | 2020-06-30 |
Joshin, Inc.
 Joshin, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Joshin, Inc. provide and operates an disabilities care application. The company was founded by Melissa Danielsen and Melanie Fountaine and is headquartered in Shoreview, MN. | Consultant / Advisor | 2019-04-30 |
Molecula Corp.
 Molecula Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Molecula Corp. develops software for storing data and indexing, querying and analyzing. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Consultant / Advisor | 2019-04-30 |
Airtory, Inc.
 Airtory, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Airtory, Inc. engages in the provision of creative management platform. It offers self serve plus, landing page builder, rich media display, interactive video, experiments, and trackers. The company was founded by Julian Frachtman and Ashwin Krishnakumar in January 2016 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Consultant / Advisor | 2017-08-31 |
Appbase, Inc.
 Appbase, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Appbase, Inc. provides data streams application program interface (API) for building modern apps. It offers solutions for geolocation queries, personalized feeds, and real-time search. The company was founded by Sagar Chandarana and Siddharth Kothari on January 26, 2015 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX. | Director/Board Member | 2016-02-29 |
Unchained Capital, Inc.
 Unchained Capital, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Unchained Capital, Inc. engages in the provision of financial services. It offers . The company was founded by Joseph C. Kelly and Dhruv Bansal in 2016 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Consultant / Advisor | 2016-12-30 |
Protopia AI, Inc.
 Protopia AI, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Protopia AI, Inc. is an ML/AI enablement company based in Austin, TX. The company provides a patented data-type agnostic solution that enables its customers to use AI/ML to extract insights from their real data without exposing sensitive information in identifiable form. Protopia AI's software-only solution is the industry's first that enables responsible AI at the data level, empowering responsible AI. The company was founded by Eiman Ebrahimi, CTO, and ex-NVIDIA scientist, who is the endowed chair professor of computer science at UCSD, and Hadi Esmaeilzadeh, CEO. Eiman Ebrahimi has been the CEO since incorporation. | Consultant / Advisor | 2022-11-30 |
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Training of Andrea Kalmans
| McCombs School of Business | Masters Business Admin |
| Wisconsin School of Business | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 17 |
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Infochimps, Inc.
 Infochimps, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Infochimps, Inc. engages in the provision of data indexing services. The company was founded by Nicholas F. Ducoff, Dhruv Bansal, Joseph Kelly, and Flip Kromer in 2009 and is headquartered in McLean, VA. | Technology Services |
RackN, Inc.
RackN, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services RackN, Inc. develops software platform and provides governance for how hybrid information technology and develops tools work together in production. It offers open source software, converged infrastructure, DevOps and data center operations. The firm helps CIOs, CTOs, data center staff and software developers better collaborate and align on business, operational and technical priorities, frameworks and choices. The company was founded by Greg Althaus, Dan Choquette and Rob Hirschfeld in 2014 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Technology Services |
Lontra Ventures LLC
Lontra Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Lontra Ventures LLC (Lontra Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Walter C. Kalmans and Andrea Beskinof Kalmans in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | Finance |
Balkanid, Inc.
 Balkanid, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services BalkanID, Inc. is a context-aware identity security platform that automates access onboarding, certification, and off-boarding activities. The company is based in Austin, TX. BalkanID leverages data science to provide visibility of risky entitlements and simplifies the access review & certification process across the SaaS and public cloud landscape. The company was founded in 2021 by Subbu Rama and Sameer Sait. Subbu Rama has been the CEO since 2021. | Technology Services |
5x5 US LLC
 5x5 US LLC Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services 5x5 US LLC provides data processing services. The company is based in Austin, TX. The company was founded by Nick Weldon, Brian Perks, Timothy Crown. Nick Weldon has been the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
ReturnSafe, Inc.
ReturnSafe, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ReturnSafe engages in the provision of biosecurity solutions. It offers screening and contact tracing technology to help businesses prepare, prevent, and rapidly respond to biological threats to keep people safe and maintain business continuity. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Technology Services |
Joshin, Inc.
Joshin, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Joshin, Inc. provide and operates an disabilities care application. The company was founded by Melissa Danielsen and Melanie Fountaine and is headquartered in Shoreview, MN. | Technology Services |
Molecula Corp.
Molecula Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Molecula Corp. develops software for storing data and indexing, querying and analyzing. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Technology Services |
Airtory, Inc.
Airtory, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Airtory, Inc. engages in the provision of creative management platform. It offers self serve plus, landing page builder, rich media display, interactive video, experiments, and trackers. The company was founded by Julian Frachtman and Ashwin Krishnakumar in January 2016 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Commercial Services |
Appbase, Inc.
Appbase, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Appbase, Inc. provides data streams application program interface (API) for building modern apps. It offers solutions for geolocation queries, personalized feeds, and real-time search. The company was founded by Sagar Chandarana and Siddharth Kothari on January 26, 2015 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX. | Technology Services |
Unchained Capital, Inc.
Unchained Capital, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Unchained Capital, Inc. engages in the provision of financial services. It offers . The company was founded by Joseph C. Kelly and Dhruv Bansal in 2016 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Finance |
Atlas Wearables, Inc.
 Atlas Wearables, Inc. Other Consumer SpecialtiesConsumer Durables Atlas Wearables, Inc. provides a fitness monitor and activity tracker that identifies exercises, counts reps and sets, calculates the calories burned, and evaluates the users form and offers data analytics services. The company was founded in 2013 by Michael Kasparian and Peter Li and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Consumer Durables |
Optimizely, Inc.
 Optimizely, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Optimizely, Inc. operates as a web optimization platform. Its solutions include marketing, engineering, retail, travel, and finance. The company was founded by Peter Koomen and Dan Siroker in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Protopia AI, Inc.
Protopia AI, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Protopia AI, Inc. is an ML/AI enablement company based in Austin, TX. The company provides a patented data-type agnostic solution that enables its customers to use AI/ML to extract insights from their real data without exposing sensitive information in identifiable form. Protopia AI's software-only solution is the industry's first that enables responsible AI at the data level, empowering responsible AI. The company was founded by Eiman Ebrahimi, CTO, and ex-NVIDIA scientist, who is the endowed chair professor of computer science at UCSD, and Hadi Esmaeilzadeh, CEO. Eiman Ebrahimi has been the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
VitalFlo, Inc.
 VitalFlo, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services VitalFlo, Inc.is a digital health company, which engages in the provision remote monitoring solutions for asthma management. It offers spirometer, air quality monitor, and companion app which allows doctors to monitor respiratory patients remotely and deliver preventative respiratory health insights. The company was founded by Luke Marshall in 2017 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC. | Technology Services |
Niftory, Inc.
 Niftory, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Niftory, Inc. develops a blockchain platform that facilitates the conversion of digital content into NFTs. | Technology Services |
Dominant Strategies, Inc.
 Dominant Strategies, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Dominant Strategies, Inc. is the creator of Quai Network, a set of EVM-compatible blockchains that prioritize reliability, security, and scalability. The company is based in Austin, TX. Quai Network is capable of scaling to over 50,000 transactions per second without sacrificing decentralization. | Technology Services |
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