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Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
San Francisco, United States
Countries of investment
  • USA
Investment stages
  • Pre-Seed
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
Industries
  • Enterprise AI
  • Blockchain
  • Cybersecurity
About
Aspenwood Ventures is a San Francisco–based venture capital firm, originally founded in 1989 (formerly known as Hummer Winblad Venture Partners), that specializes in early‑stage enterprise software investments, typically from pre‑seed through Series A/B rounds. With a lean team of experienced partners—including Lars Leckie and Steve Kishi, both former Hummer Winblad veterans—Aspenwood positions itself as the first institutional capital partner to technically sophisticated founding teams building infrastructure-level solutions in areas such as SaaS, AI, blockchain, data privacy, and network security.
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$2M
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$5M
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Investment Thesis

Aspenwood Ventures, founded in 1989 and headquartered in San Francisco, is a dedicated early‑stage venture firm investing exclusively in enterprise software companies—from pre‑seed through Series A/B rounds. With a legacy evolving from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Aspenwood provides the first institutional capital to visionary, technically deep founding teams tackling complex B2B software challenges across domains like AI, blockchain, SaaS, and infrastructure platforms
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Team

Lars Leckie - Managing Director

Steve Kishi - Managing Director

Maria Mulcahy - CFO

Haley Etter - Executive Assistant

Portfolio

Airgap

Amberdata

Aria Systems

Arkose Labs

Aspire

Blissfully

CloseFactor

CTD

DefectDojo

DreamTeamOS

Ethyca

Hopin

Jamm

Klue

MobileForce

NeuVector

nfinite

Oomnitza

ScreenMeet

Sonatype

Stackery

StepFunction

Symbium

TidalScale

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