Andre Kovensky

CEO Octavia Investments | Investor | Board Member | Advisor

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 20 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2023
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7
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2
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1
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Portfolio

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Investor
Jan 2023
Qortex enables brands, publishers, and creators to optimize their video strategy for improved advertising, monetization, and engagement outcomes. With its proprietary AI technology, Qortex contextualizes video content, frame-by-frame, to assess its sentiment and provide the deepest level of understanding at scale. On the advertising front, Qortex offers On-Stream™, a captivating and non-interruptive in-video experience that captures engagement and incremental revenue. Filled through programmatic and direct demand, On-Stream™ ads are addressable down to the user and configured to the publishers preferred frequency and duration. Favored by audiences 9:1, On-Stream™ respects the viewer experience and is available for web and CTV environments. Above and beyond in-video advertising, Qortexs Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) engine parses through the internets growing inventory of video content. With an aggregate of millions of data points, IVA can be leveraged for predictive and statistical modeling, diagnostic analysis, and descriptive reports for enterprise clients. While IVA is best known for its analysis of content alignment, it can be utilized for a variety of performance outcomes. As pioneers in video content, Qortex has been named AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Player, The Drum’s Best Use of AI in Advertising, and is backed by GFT Ventures, Silicon Road Ventures, and Quake Capital. Qortex is headquartered in New York City, with teammates across the globe.
Investor
Dec 2018
Nara Logics uses synaptic intelligence to help companies make better decisions. Our cloud-based platform provides better recommendations — for personalization or decision support — with a brain-inspired approach that connects information for real-time contextual responses. Follow us on Twitter at @naralogics to see what were up to.
Board Member, Investor (Merged w/ Private REIT December 2021)
Dec 2014
Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Austin, TX, Visio Lending is the nation’s leader in rental loans. We help investors grow their rental portfolios with our laser-like focus, streamlined process, innovative technology, and outstanding team. A strong leadership team backed by decades of experience and a deep understanding of real estate, technology, and finance, led us to become the 100+ employee and 6,000+ loan success we are today. *All loans are originated by Visio Financial Services Inc. Visio Financial Services Inc. is licensed by the California Department of Business Oversight as a California Finance Lender, license number 60DBO-56345.
Investor
Nov 2013
Full Stack Automation and Orchestration Transform IT operations with Arganteals strategy-driven automation platform, offering unparalleled flexibility and efficiency for modern IT environments. One Methodology, Comprehensive IT Automation Solutions Simplify Automation Arganteal integrates applications and infrastructures, connecting all the languages, platforms, and tools you use into a single, user-friendly interface. Leverage Existing Solutions Turn established operational IP into dynamic, reusable workflows, streamlining even the most intricate processes. Seamless Operations Orchestration Modern operations require speed and simplicity. Achieve seamless orchestration and streamlined full-stack automation with reusable workflows and tailored automation solutions.
Board Member, Investor, CFO, Advisor (NASDAQ Listing June 2021)
Sep 2012
Origin is a technology company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials. Our innovations include PET caps and closures that bring recycling circularity and enhanced performance to a ~$65 billion market, specialty materials, and our patented biomass conversion platform that transforms carbon into sustainable materials for a wide range of end products.
Experience · 10 entries
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2023
Investor
Jan 2023
Qortex enables brands, publishers, and creators to optimize their video strategy for improved advertising, monetization, and engagement outcomes. With its proprietary AI technology, Qortex contextualizes video content, frame-by-frame, to assess its sentiment and provide the deepest level of understanding at scale. On the advertising front, Qortex offers On-Stream™, a captivating and non-interruptive in-video experience that captures engagement and incremental revenue. Filled through programmatic and direct demand, On-Stream™ ads are addressable down to the user and configured to the publishers preferred frequency and duration. Favored by audiences 9:1, On-Stream™ respects the viewer experience and is available for web and CTV environments. Above and beyond in-video advertising, Qortexs Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) engine parses through the internets growing inventory of video content. With an aggregate of millions of data points, IVA can be leveraged for predictive and statistical modeling, diagnostic analysis, and descriptive reports for enterprise clients. While IVA is best known for its analysis of content alignment, it can be utilized for a variety of performance outcomes. As pioneers in video content, Qortex has been named AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Player, The Drum’s Best Use of AI in Advertising, and is backed by GFT Ventures, Silicon Road Ventures, and Quake Capital. Qortex is headquartered in New York City, with teammates across the globe.
2019
Founder, CEO
Jun 2019
Intellefi is currently developing a Do It Yourself (DIY) financial planning application different from anything currently available on the market today. Please send us a note if you would like to be one of the first to try it when we launch our beta version.
2018
Investor
Dec 2018
Nara Logics uses synaptic intelligence to help companies make better decisions. Our cloud-based platform provides better recommendations — for personalization or decision support — with a brain-inspired approach that connects information for real-time contextual responses. Follow us on Twitter at @naralogics to see what were up to.
2014
Board Member, Investor (Merged w/ Private REIT December 2021)
Dec 2014
Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Austin, TX, Visio Lending is the nation’s leader in rental loans. We help investors grow their rental portfolios with our laser-like focus, streamlined process, innovative technology, and outstanding team. A strong leadership team backed by decades of experience and a deep understanding of real estate, technology, and finance, led us to become the 100+ employee and 6,000+ loan success we are today. *All loans are originated by Visio Financial Services Inc. Visio Financial Services Inc. is licensed by the California Department of Business Oversight as a California Finance Lender, license number 60DBO-56345.
2013
Investor
Nov 2013
Full Stack Automation and Orchestration Transform IT operations with Arganteals strategy-driven automation platform, offering unparalleled flexibility and efficiency for modern IT environments. One Methodology, Comprehensive IT Automation Solutions Simplify Automation Arganteal integrates applications and infrastructures, connecting all the languages, platforms, and tools you use into a single, user-friendly interface. Leverage Existing Solutions Turn established operational IP into dynamic, reusable workflows, streamlining even the most intricate processes. Seamless Operations Orchestration Modern operations require speed and simplicity. Achieve seamless orchestration and streamlined full-stack automation with reusable workflows and tailored automation solutions.
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