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'''Aspect Ventures''' was an American venture capital firm active from 2014 to 2019, based in San Francisco.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Loizos |first=Connie |date=2019-09-17 |title=Aspect Ventures, founded by Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, is splitting up |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/16/aspect-ventures-founded-by-theresia-gouw-and-jennifer-fonstad-is-splitting-up/ |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Aspect Ventures''' was an American venture capital firm active from 2014 to 2019, based in San Francisco.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Loizos |first=Connie |date=2019-09-17 |title=Aspect Ventures, founded by Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, is splitting up |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/16/aspect-ventures-founded-by-theresia-gouw-and-jennifer-fonstad-is-splitting-up/ |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref>

Revision as of 23:15, 11 August 2023

Aspect Ventures was an American venture capital firm active from 2014 to 2019, based in San Francisco.[1]

History

Aspect Ventures was launched as an early stage venture capital firm by two women, Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad in 2014.[1][2]

Aspect secured $150 million for its debut fund[3] and followed it with a second fund of $181 million in early 2018.[1][4] They did 116 rounds of investments in 67 companies and had 13 exists.[5] Some of their notable investments included Silverfort,[6] Eden Health, Pie Insurance and PredictHQ.[5]

The founders decided to split in 2019 over clashing management styles.[1] Both founders ve started new venture capital firms. Fonstad started a new firm called Owl Capital[1] and Gouw along with some other Aspect Venture staff started aCrew Capital.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Loizos, Connie (2019-09-17). "Aspect Ventures, founded by Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, is splitting up". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  2. ^ Chernova, Yuliya. "Venture-Capital Firm Aspect Ventures Breaking Up". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  3. ^ Boorstin, Julia (2015-05-14). "Aspect Ventures, a woman-led VC, raises $150 million fund". CNBC. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  4. ^ Konrad, Alex. "Aspect Ventures Raises $181 Million Second Fund From Investors Including Melinda Gates". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  5. ^ a b "Aspect Ventures — 116 Investments, 13 Exits, 67 Portfolio companies". Unicorn Nest. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  6. ^ "Israeli cyber company Silverfort completes $30 million round led by Aspect Ventures". CTECH - www.calcalistech.com. 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  7. ^ "Cisco-Backed Acrew Capital Has $680 Million in New Venture Funds". Bloomberg.com. 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  8. ^ Loizos, Connie (2019-12-18). "Theresia Gouw's 'multigenerational' new firm, Acrew, just closed a $250 million debut fund". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-08-11.