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16.06.2025 | Theresia Gouw se torna a primeira bilionária do venture capital nos EUA | Theresia Gouw tornou-se a primeira mulher bilionária do venture capital nos Estados Unidos. O patrimônio estimado em US$ 1,2 bilhão (R$ 6,68 bilhões) tem origem nos 15 anos em que atuou na Accel, gestora responsável por aportes iniciais no ... |
13.03.2024 | IVF uncertainty aside, startups rush to offer fertility care amid rising demand | AI tools, egg freezing, surrogacy, IUI, donorship, oncofertility, genetic analysis, loans, and more
In the aftermath of the Roe v. Wade overturn, U.S. fertility clinics (and patients alongside them) are battling an unlikely complication in ... |
12.08.2020 | Eden Health Lands $25M to Bring On-Site and Virtual Care To Employers, Commercial Real-Estate | What You Should Know:
– Eden Health raises $25M to give employers and commercial real estate owners and operators the ability to offer medical care on-site, near-site, and virtually.
– Eden’s membership model makes high-quality healthcare a... |
12.08.2020 | Eden Health raises $25M to provide holistic primary care | The company works with employers to offer virtual and in-person care
If you've ever had a long-term illness, or known someone who has, then you know that the healthcare system, as its currently set up, does not work. It doesn't provide a ho... |
18.12.2019 | Theresia Gouw’s ‘multigenerational’ new firm, Acrew, just closed a $250 million debut fund | Four months after the news broke that veteran VCs Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad were going separate ways after forming their own venture firm in 2014, Gouw says her new firm, Acrew Capital, has closed its debut fund with an impressive ... |
16.09.2019 | Aspect Ventures, founded by Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, is splitting up | Aspect Ventures, an early-stage, San Francisco-based venture firm founded five years ago very notably by two veteran VCs who happen to be women, is splitting up. Co-founders Jennifer Fonstad, formerly of DFJ, and Theresia Gouw, formerly of ... |
12.08.2019 | Announcing the Disrupt SF 2019 agenda | Disrupt SF 2019 is set to be the biggest and best Disrupt yet. We’ve got a little something for everyone, including space chats with Lockheed Martin’s Marillyn Hewson and Blue Origin’s Bob Smith, a word from Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, a firesid... |
24.05.2019 | Business author Julian Guthrie on the biggest difference between ‘alpha’ men and women | If you’ve been out and about in Silicon Valley in the last month or so, chances are you’ve heard of “Alpha Girls,” a new book written by journalist Julian Guthrie about four people who’ve made a big impact on the world of startup investing.... |
31.10.2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, October 31 | THE CHALLENGER
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A reader named Peter wrote in and said, “If I had $100k, I’d be investing in Monzo right now — one of the most exciting c... |
18.10.2018 | Future Family lands $10M Series A to make fertility financing easy and affordable | Founder Claire Tomkins believes the number of babies born with IVF could soon grow to 10% in U.S.
Filling in gaps in America’s health insurance and helping tens of thousands of men and women become parents, Future Family has announced scori... |
17.10.2018 | Investors see an opportunity framed in Lensabl’s prescription lens fulfillment business | Lensabl, the company that has built a business putting prescription lenses into any style of glasses frame, has raised $3.7 million in a new round of funding.
Lensabl makes it easy to put new lenses in a favorite pair of shades or glasses
B... |
31.08.2018 | Tesla’s drama, China-based companies are listing in the US and SurveyMonkey is (finally) going public | Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
This week, we were a man down, with the excellent Alex Wilhelm of Crunchbase News on a vacation that someone se... |
25.04.2018 | Aspect Venture’s Jennifer Fonstad on Hot Areas of Tech, Diversity, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Jennifer Fonstad and Theresia Gouw launched Aspect Ventures with their own money in February 2014—and have hardly looked back. “We closed our first investment that first week,... |
29.03.2018 | How big money can drive diversity in venture capital | Sharon Wienbar Contributor
Sharon Wienbar is a public/private board director and a venture partner at Scale Venture Partners.
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23.01.2018 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, January 23 | LPs WAKE UP
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In a new feature, my colleague Michal Lev-Ram delves into the inner-workings of Aspect Ventures, a rare gender-balanced VC firm. “O... |
23.01.2018 | Aspect Ventures Closes Second Venture Capital Fund, at $181M | Aspect Ventures, a Palo Alto, CA-based early stage venture capital firm, closed its second institutional venture fund, at $181m.
Among others, Melinda Gates is a Fund II institutional investor.
With the new fund, the firm will continue to i... |
23.01.2018 | Aspect Ventures raises $181 million fund | Aspect Ventures has finalized its second fund. The team led by Jennifer Fonstad and Theresia Gouw has closed $181 million, up from $150 million it raised at its inception three years ago.
An SEC filing last year alerted us that the team was... |
19.12.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, December 19 | WHY NOT MORE?
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Lemonade, a New York-based peer-to-peer insurance company powered by artificial intelligence, raised $120 million in Series C... |
19.12.2017 | Aspect Ventures promotes Lauren Kolodny to partner | Aspect Ventures has another lady atop its female-led venture investment team.
Lauren Kolodny has been promoted to partner after spending 3.5 years at Aspect. She joined shortly after the firm started.
In her role as principal, Kolodny led o... |
05.12.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday December 5 | NO BUBBLES TO SEE HERE
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‘DEFINITELY NOT A BUBBLE:’ China’s digital revolution was bankrolled with dollars, and it has emerged as th... |
19.09.2017 | TalkIQ raises $14 million Series A to give enterprises AI insights into voice communication | There’s no shortage of startups building their brands around AI for enterprise. And within the enterprise, few spaces are as competitive as AI-powered voice analytics. TalkIQ is the latest company in the space to carry home a large round of... |
06.09.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, September 6 | SHOPPING SPREE
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The deal, which is pending approval from the NBA Board of Governors, began in July. Fertitta who has been a lifelon... |
30.08.2017 | E-commerce vets raise $1.5M from top VCs and NFL players for sports jersey rental startup | Rep The Squad CEO Brian Watkins (far left) and his team. Photo via Rep the Squad.
A new Seattle startup backed by top venture capital investors and NFL stars is looking to change the way sports fans pay for jerseys with an e-commerce rental... |
23.06.2017 | Why you shouldn’t be afraid to ask when it comes to networking | Jennifer Fonstad, cofounder of Aspect Ventures and a seasoned venture capitalist, admits she’s more of an introvert than an extrovert. But when it comes to networking with Silicon Valley insiders, she’s a pro. Her advice: Don’t be afraid to... |
23.06.2017 | Why you shouldn’t be afraid to ask when it comes to networking | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Jennifer Fonstad, cofounder of Aspect Ventures an... |
20.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, June 20 | “I GOT A FEELING I’M OFF SCRIPT”
NEW MONEY + NEW PRODUCT: Managed by Q, a New York City-based on-demand office services startup, has launched a marketplace for its office management products, offering self-service cleaning, plumbing, electr... |
19.06.2017 | Aspect Ventures is raising its second fund | Aspect Ventures, the San Francisco-based early-stage venture firm founded in 2014 by longtime VCs Jennifer Fonstad and Theresia Gouw, has begun raising its second fund, and the outfit is looking to raise up to $175 million, shows an SEC fil... |
04.04.2017 | Amino raises $25 million to match patients with doctors best qualified to help them | Find-a-doctor site Amino has raised $25 million in a Series C round of venture funding, according to CEO and co-founder David Vivero. Highland Capital led the investment joined by Accel, Aspect Ventures, CRV, Northwestern Mutual Future Vent... |
04.04.2017 | With $25M fundraise, Amino launches price transparency services for employers, providers | Highland Capital Management led the round. Other investors that took included Accel, Aspect Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Pilot Wall Group, among others.
“This phase of financing is about buildin... |
09.03.2017 | Astro raises an $8 million Series A for its AI-powered email solution for teams | On the surface, Astro, launching its public beta today, is a nifty but not completely necessary email client that combines machine intelligence and a bot interface to improve workflows and increase the signal to noise ratio of mail for powe... |
16.09.2016 | The competitive advantage of diversity | Jennifer Fonstad Contributor
Jennifer Fonstad is a co-founder and managing partner of Aspect Ventures.
The word “diversity” — derived from the Old French diversité, meaning “unique” — has been part of the English language for almost 1,000 y... |
24.08.2016 | SelfScore raises $7.1 million to help international students get credit in the U.S. | A startup called SelfScore has raised $7.1 million in new venture funding to help bring much-needed financial services to international students at U.S. colleges and universities.
SelfScore co-founder and CEO Kalpesh Kapadia grew up in Indi... |
27.06.2016 | Resin.io Raises $9 Million from GE Ventures | Resin.io, provider of a modern DevOps management platform for connected devices, today announced that it has secured $9 million in funding from DFJ, GE Ventures,Ericsson, and Aspect Ventures. Resin.io was founded in 2013 with a mission to u... |
04.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 4, 2016 | Lamudi raised $31.4M; Sonatype completed $30M funding round; Zendrive secured $13.5M funding
Zendrive raised $13.5 million in funding for its service to make transportation safer. The investment was led by Sherpa Capital and will be used to... |
01.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 1, 2016 | Creandum landed $197M; Federated Wireless raised $22M; Atom Tickets $50M funding
4G Clinical, a Boston, MA-based randomization and trial supply management company, secured $2.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Boston-based ... |
05.01.2016 | In A Crowded Market, A VC Uses Its Office As A Hook | You might be hearing talk of depressed valuations, but that message certainly isn’t reaching commercial real estate owners in the Bay Area. The median price per square foot to rent office space in the city has shot up 33.7 percent in just t... |
27.10.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
27.10.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Chicago-based startup Uptake raises $45M, reaches ‘unicorn’ valuation
Data analytics startup Uptake announced today that it ... |
27.10.2015 | Cato Networks Secures $20M in Series A Funding | Cato Networks, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based network security company, secured $20m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Steve Krausz, a general partner at U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), and Theresia Gouw, founder of Aspect Ventures.
The com... |
02.07.2015 | Organizations are making an impact by specifically supporting women in the world of entrepreneurship | Also on the list of capital raising organizations is Aspect Ventures, which is behind the success of NanoString Technologies, a provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics.
The Women’s St... |
14.05.2015 | Women-led Aspect Ventures raises $150m for debut fund | Aspect Ventures, a firm run by two female veteran venture capitalists, has raised $150m for its debut fund. San Francisc |
14.05.2015 | Aspect Ventures Closes Its First $150 Million Fund | Aspect Ventures, a fund started by Accel Partners’ Theresia Gouw and Draper Fisher Jurvetson’s Jennifer Fonstad, said today that it has closed its first $150 million fund.
Gouw spent 15 years at Accel Partners as a partner, while Fonstad sp... |
30.01.2015 | Fighting Sexism In Silicon Valley | Patricia Nakache Contributor
Patricia Nakache is a general partner at Trinity Ventures.
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28.10.2014 | New concierge service for chronic conditions gives access to live health coaches through smartphones | In a phone interview with Stephanie Tilenius, the founder and CEO of Vida, she said Vida will be able to cut down on the number of times people see their primary care physician.
“We really believe that in the future healthcare will be much ... |
10.06.2014 | Exabeam Raises $10M in Series A Funding Round | Exabeam, a San Mateo, California-based big data security analytics company, raised $10m in Series A funding round.
The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from Aspect Ventures and angel investor Shlomo Kramer. In c... |
05.02.2014 | Accel’s Theresia Gouw And DFJ’s Jennifer Fonstad Partner To Launch Mobile-Focused VC Firm Aspect Ventures | Big news in the venture world this morning–longtime VCs Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad are leaving their respective firms to start Aspect Ventures, a new firm focused on investing in the “emerging mobile marketplace.” Gouw, who was a pa... |
- | Organizations are making an impact by specifically supporting women in the world of entrepreneurship | This infographic, tweeted out by Plum Alley a few days ago, stood out as reminder of the success women entrepreneurs and investors are having right now. Although generally speaking, and definitely in healthcare, there are too few and far be... |
- | New concierge service for chronic conditions gives access to live health coaches through smartphones | Vida, a mobile health startup, has launched a 24/7 service that uses live interactions with physicians through text and video to steer people to make better health and fitness decisions. The move comes after eight months of Beta testing its... |
- | With $25M fundraise, Amino launches price transparency services for employers, providers | About 16 months ago, Amino became the first for-profit company to gain access to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services‘ vast database of Medicare claims. Now it’s not only expanding its price transparency services to self-insured e... |