Aspenwood
San Francisco Β· SeedβSeries A Β· 5 people tracked
Investment thesis
Aspenwood invests in exceptional founding teams with demonstrated track records of success who are building world-class enterprise software companies through disruptive innovation. The firm seeks technically deep, opinionated visionaries willing to overcome barriers to success, providing active board-level support and ecosystem access. Aspenwood focuses on software companies genuinely changing the technology landscape by orders of magnitude, working intensively with a select portfolio to maximize long-term value creation and market potential.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 20, 2026.
Team Β· 5 people
from the firm's websiteTeam member recognized for supporting portfolio founders through disruptive periods and providing consistent backing and guidance.
What they invest in
from 12 of 49 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software Γ9SaaS Γ6AI & Machine Learning Γ5Cybersecurity Γ4Cloud Computing Γ3Developer Tools Γ3IoT Γ2Marketing Tech Γ2
HQs:United StatesΓ8
Investments Β· 49 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathNetwork security platform providing universal network segmentation with zero agents and zero trust policy framework
End-to-end recurring revenue management and billing platform for subscription business models
Aria provides a cloud-based billing and monetization platform that enables businesses to automate complex billing processes and deliver enhanced customer experiences. The platform serves enterprises looking to modernize legacy billing systems and improve revenue growth through flexible, scalable billing solutions.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Brendan O'BrienEdward Sullivan
Fraud and abuse prevention platform combining real-time risk profiling, analytics, and adaptive challenges
Arkose Labs provides fraud and bot protection for enterprises including banks, gaming platforms, fintechs, and marketplaces. The company uses dynamic puzzles and risk-based profiling combined with AI agent classification to stop automated abuse while enabling legitimate automation.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Kevin Gosschalk(CEO)
Automated and secure SaaS management platform (acquired by Vendr in February 2022)
Vendia provides a platform for unified data integration that connects disparate data sources and enables secure data sharing across systems and warehouses. The platform serves organizations needing to consolidate and manage data across multiple systems without traditional integration complexity.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Enterprise analytics platform with longitudinal health and claims data linked across government and commercial sources
Account intelligence platform providing automated research and contextual insights for sales go-to-market teams
Early-stage professional relationship awareness and connections platform
Security vulnerability management platform automating assessments and centralizing risk mitigation
Engineering team hub platform consolidating information from underlying tools for coherent team operations
Data privacy compliance automation platform helping businesses build trust and protect user data
Zscaler provides agentless zero trust network segmentation for industrial and operational technology environments, isolating production lines and endpoints without requiring software agents or infrastructure changes. The solution replaces traditional firewalls and VLANs to prevent lateral movement and ransomware spread in manufacturing and critical infrastructure networks.
Advanced ManufacturingCybersecurityIoT
All-in-one live online events platform enabling attendees to learn, interact, and connect globally
RingCentral Events (formerly Hopin) is a platform for hosting and managing virtual and hybrid events that enables organizations to create live experiences, engage audiences remotely, and generate business outcomes through video conferencing and event management tools.
Marketing TechSaaS
AI-powered document processing platform using AI agents to scale efficiency beyond traditional automation
Informal communications platform for distributed teams (acquired by Hopin in February 2021)
Klue provides competitive intelligence software that automatically collects, curates, and distributes competitive insights to sales and marketing teams, while also capturing buyer feedback and win-loss analysis through human expert interviews and AI-powered tools.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
AI-powered competitive intelligence platform for product marketers and CI teams to collect and deliver actionable competitor insights.
Customer experience enablement software for sales and service teams reducing friction and improving win rates
SUSE Security is an open source, Zero Trust container security platform that provides runtime security, threat detection, and compliance scanning across the container lifecycle for DevOps teams and enterprises.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Container network security solution providing intelligent application and network firewall protection
Oomnitza provides an Enterprise Technology Management platform that automates key IT business processes by correlating data from existing solutions to manage users, endpoints, applications, and infrastructure. The platform serves IT organizations and enterprises across financial services, technology, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and other industries.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSSan Francisco, US
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Enterprise technology management platform consolidating asset data from disconnected endpoints, applications, and cloud systems
Enterprise remote support platform offering secure voice, video, screen sharing, and co-browsing integrated with CRM and ITSM tools
Sonatype provides software supply chain management and security solutions for managing open source software and AI dependencies. The company serves enterprise development teams by offering visibility, policy enforcement, and vulnerability management across the software development lifecycle.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFulton, US
Brian Fox(Chief Technology Officer and co-founder)
Open source governance and DevSecOps platform helping enterprises automatically control open source risk
Serverless application DevOps platform for secure development, delivery, and management at scale
Growth engineering platform providing actionable data to marketing and customer success teams for churn management and retention
Software-defined compute platform enabling flexible server scaling at lower cost than traditional infrastructure
Cloud and serverless-native data sharing platform delivering scalable and secure multi-cloud data exchange
Connect The Dots is a relationship intelligence platform that helps sales professionals and companies replace cold outreach with strategic network-based introductions. Built by Salesforce veterans, it enables users to leverage their professional networks for warmer, faster sales deals.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Drew Sechrist(CEO & Co-founder)Ian Swinson(Head of Design & Marketing, Co-founder)Luka Trikic(COO, Head of Engineering, Co-founder)
Smart Access provides an AI-powered platform that helps operations leaders monitor and enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs) across multi-location distribution, retail, and logistics operations. The platform uses real-time observations and AI-driven insights to identify performance gaps, drive SOP adherence, and deliver measurable productivity gains at the frontline.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainAtlanta, US
WunderGraph Cosmo is an enterprise platform for building and running federated GraphQL supergraphs with governance, schema management, and real-time streaming capabilities. It serves platform teams and engineering organizations managing complex API ecosystems at scale.
Developer ToolsEnterprise Software
Board seats Β· per SEC filings Β· 3
what is this? β$7.5M raise Β· filed Feb 2025 Β· via Steve Kishi
$30M raise Β· filed May 2022 Β· via Lars Leckie
$3M raise Β· filed Jul 2020 Β· via Lars R Leckie
Inferred from directors named on each company's SEC Form D β public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Aspenwood invest at?
- Aspenwood invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Aspenwood focus on?
- Aspenwood focuses on Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, SaaS.
- Where is Aspenwood located?
- Aspenwood is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Aspenwood lead rounds?
- Yes, Aspenwood leads investment rounds.
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