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Tensility Venture Partners

Tensility Venture Partners

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Tensility Venture Partners LLC is a Chicago early-stage venture capital manager focused on AI-first software and services. Its co-founders and general partners Wayne Boulais and Armando Pauker describe Tensility roles beginning in2016, following their earlier careers at Apex Venture Partners. The current public directory lists the two founders and14 advisors. The firm targets security, digital health, vertical industry applications and infrastructure, with current interests including agentic and physical AI, quantum, space and dual-use technologies. Its own portfolio separates TensilityI, II and III investments; the older portfolio and predecessor experience are distinct from the current legal manager. The SEC identifies the manager as CRD285242, an exempt reporting adviser, and lists its FundII and BrainCheck/ConverseNow co-investment vehicles. Reported regulatory asset values are not treated as fund closes or portfolio checks. A2026 TensilityIII filing reports USD2.205M sold against the same total offering, rather than an undisclosed larger flagship fund size.

Founded
2016
Type
Venture capital

Funds5

  • Tensility III LLC$2M

    Delaware vehicle formed2026. Its July15,2026 official FormD reports USD2,205,000 sold against the same total offering, zero remaining and15 investors, with first sale July1,2026. This is the actual fully sold disclosed offering, not proof of a larger flagship FundIII corpus. Wayne Boulais, Armando Pauker and Justin Strausbaugh are named managers/directors; Nancy Lynn Corrie is an executive officer. Matching founders/address plus the firm’s current TensilityIII portfolio group establish affiliation.

  • Tensility Venture Fund II LP—

    Official March27,2026 FormADV identifies this Delaware vehicle managed by Tensility Venture FundII GP LLC and advised by Tensility Venture Partners LLC. Placement adviser Brighton House Associates announced its final closing on June30 in a July22,2019 release. Closed corpus is not disclosed in the reviewed primary release. The ADV reports USD23,667,181 gross asset value, not final fund commitments; structured amount remains unknown.

  • Tensility BrainCheck Co-Invest LLC—

    Delaware private co-investment vehicle identified by official March2026 FormADV, private-fund ID805-7438007167, managed and advised by Tensility Venture Partners LLC. USD729,458 reported gross asset value is not a fund close or BrainCheck cash check. Exact committed corpus, close date and allocation to a particular BrainCheck financing remain undisclosed.

  • Tensility ConverseNow Co-Invest LLC—

    Delaware private co-investment vehicle identified by official March2026 FormADV, private-fund ID805-4680221015, managed and advised by Tensility Venture Partners LLC. USD954,463 gross asset value is not final commitments or the amount of a ConverseNow check. Committed corpus, closing date and issuer-round allocation are not established.

  • Tensility I (historical portfolio)—

    The manager’s own current portfolio identifies a TensilityI investment cohort and a placement-advisor release describes predecessor portfolio returns. This is a source-qualified historical portfolio vehicle; exact legal suffix, capital corpus and closing date are not established. Do not equate earlier Apex/co-founder investing experience with newly raised cash at the2016 legal manager.

Team

Operations and support

Alan WarmsAlan WarmsAdvisor
Armando PaukerArmando PaukerCo-Founder and General Partner
Fabrice BraunrotFabrice BraunrotAdvisor
Jeffrey RodekJeffrey RodekAdvisor
Joydeep GhoshJoydeep GhoshAdvisor
Justin StrausbaughJustin StrausbaughManager of Tensility III LLC
Larry WashowLarry WashowAdvisor
Leland PuttermanLeland PuttermanAdvisor
Nancy CorrieNancy CorrieAdvisor · Executive Officer of Tensility III LLC
Peggy ThompsonPeggy ThompsonAdvisor
Rada MihalceaRada MihalceaAdvisor
Steven GuggenheimerSteven GuggenheimerAdvisor
Thomas EblingThomas EblingAdvisor
Thomas WaechterThomas WaechterAdvisor
TJ ChungTJ ChungAdvisor
Tuomas SandholmTuomas SandholmAdvisor
Wayne BoulaisWayne BoulaisCo-Founder and General Partner

Co-investing

S3 Ventures
True Wealth Ventures
Nueterra Capital
Next Coast Ventures
UPMC Enterprises

Investments