Aspenwood Ventures
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.
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.
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
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
Vendia
Vidoso