George Ugras brings deep corporate venture experience from leading IBM Ventures globally, where he developed creative engagement models between startups and large enterprises beyond traditional equity investments. At AV8 Ventures, he focuses on the convergence of data infrastructure, machine learning, and cloud-native delivery across verticals, while providing practical guidance to help non-technical founders build and evaluate technical teams. George Ugras brings deep corporate venture experience from leading IBM Ventures globally, where he developed creative engagement models between startups and large enterprises beyond traditional equity investments. At AV8 Ventures, he focuses on the convergence of data infrastructure, machine learning, and cloud-native delivery across verticals, while providing practical guidance to help non-technical founders build and evaluate technical teams.