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Aiden Aceves

Investor

Principal at Insight Partners · Board director at Basking Biosciences

San Diego, California

Writes $10M – $350M checks · typically $25M

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743 people in our graph share verified history with Aiden — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Andrew YingunlockedAiden: together at Insight Partners (2021–2025)
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×3Aiden: together at Caltech
Aiden: together at Vida Ventures

About

Aiden Aceves is a Principal, Investments at Insight Partners focused on AI and biotech. He holds a PhD in machine learning and has founded multiple companies in the life sciences sector before transitioning to venture capital.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Board director at Basking Biosciences

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Basking Biosciences's investors · 6

ARCH Venture PartnersChicago · $50K – $250M checks · since 2025Broadview VenturesBoston · since 2020Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2020Rev1 VenturesColumbus · since 2024RTW Investments L.P.New York · since 2024Solas BioVenturesChattanooga · since 2020

Co-founders at Basking Biosciences

SNShahid Nimjee
Shahid NimjeeCo-founder, Chief Scientific Officer and Stroke Clinical Lead
BS
Bruce SullengerCo-founder

Experience

  1. Insight PartnersPrincipal, Investmentscurrent2026 — present
  2. Insight PartnersVice President, Investmentscurrent2022 — present
  3. Insight PartnersSenior Associate - Investment Team2021 — 2022San Diego, California, United States
  4. University of TartuInvestment Committee Membercurrent2026 — present
  5. Chemify LimitedBoard Directorcurrent2025 — present
  6. Basking Biosciences IncBoard Directorcurrent2023 — present
  7. PhaseVBoard Observercurrent2026 — present
  8. Stealth Neuroscience CompanyBoard Directorcurrent2025 — present
  9. Syrna TherapeuticsBoard Directorcurrent2023 — present
  10. Cirsium BiosciencesBoard Directorcurrent2022 — present
  11. Profluent BioBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  12. Superluminal Medicines Inc.Board Observercurrent2023 — present
  13. 858 TherapeuticsBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
  14. DEM Biopharma, Inc.Board Observercurrent2022 — present
  15. Switch TherapeuticsBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  16. ArrePathBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  17. Primmune TherapeuticsCo-Founder, Business and Strategy Advisorcurrent2017 — present
  18. Capacity BioBoard Observer2022 — 2026
  19. ImmuneBridgeBoard Observer2022 — 2025
  20. Vida Ventures, LLCAssociate2020 — 2021Santa Monica, California, United States
  21. Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)Data Scientist2018La Jolla, California
  22. Evince BiosciencesCo-founder & Chief Technology Officer2015 — 2017

Skills & more

Machine Learning27Start-ups25Drug Discovery21Chemistry6Research8R&D3Project Management3Life Sciences3Statistical Data Analysis3Microsoft Office5Matlab4Microsoft Excel4
+8 moreMicrosoft PowerPointLeadershipManagementPublic SpeakingTeamworkComputational ChemistryHigh Performance ComputingCheminformatics
  • Venture Deals — Kauffman Fellows and Techstars

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Colleagues at Insight Partners

Aayush Setty
Analyst at Insight Partners
Abdi Adan
Investor at Insight Partners
Adam Berger
Managing Director at Insight Partners
Adam Domingoes
Senior Associate at Insight Partners
Adam Vartabedian
Investor at Insight Partners
Aidan Waldman
Investor at Insight Partners
AJ Malhotra
Managing Director at Insight Partners
Ajay Gandhi
Investor at Insight Partners

Network7

Jeff HoringScout
Co-founder & Managing Director at Insight Partners
George MathewScout
Managing Director at Insight Partners
Hagi SchwartzScout
LP Advisory Board at Fusion VC
Aayush Setty
Analyst at Insight Partners
Abdi Adan
Investor at Insight Partners
Adam Berger
Managing Director at Insight Partners
Adam Domingoes
Senior Associate at Insight Partners

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Aiden Aceves?
Aiden Aceves is a Principal, Investments at Insight Partners focused on AI and biotech. He holds a PhD in machine learning and has founded multiple companies in the life sciences sector before transitioning to venture capital.
Where does Aiden Aceves work?
Aiden Aceves is Principal at Insight Partners and Board director at Basking Biosciences.
What check size does Aiden Aceves write?
Aiden Aceves typically writes checks of $10M – $350M.
Where did Aiden Aceves go to school?
Aiden Aceves studied at Caltech (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioengineering); University of California, Riverside (Bachelor’s Degree, Chemistry).

Founder mafias

Caltech mafia152

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Dario AmodeiProgress towards BSFounded AnthropicFei-Fei LiDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded World LabsBill GrossBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded X1 +5Chris VoigtPhDFounded Asimov +2Gil ElbazBSFounded TenOneTen Ventures +1Aditya RajagopalBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Esperto Medical +1

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University of California, Riverside mafia31

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Adam KhanNanotechnologyFounded Diamondquanta +1Vanessa SmallPh.DFounded Alcheme BioArjun PatelBachelor's of ScienceFounded WorkCloutKris DugganBachelor's degreeFounded BetterworksIsaac EspinozaB.S.Founded KettleDeepanshu MadanMaster's DegreeFounded Platypus

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Insight Partners mafia13

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Dean ShuDiligenceFounded Arphie +1Ali DastjerdiInvestorFounded Raylu +1Catrina WangInvestorFounded Portal VenturesShelley PerryOperating PartnerFounded BynderAdam BergerManaging DirectorFounded Digital RoomGeorge MathewManaging DirectorFounded Anaconda

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Vida Ventures mafia6

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Brian GoodmanManaging DirectorFounded Evelo Biosciences +1Arie BelldegrunManaging PartnerFounded Kite PharmaAlex ShenDirector of OperationsFounded Spinal SingularityJaideep DudaniFellowFounded Ouro MedicinesDr Arjun GoyalManaging DirectorFounded Affini-T Therapeutics

Chemify mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ansuman SatpathyBoard MemberFounded Santa Ana +4Daniel DelubacPresident, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Technology OfficerFounded iOrganBioLee CroninFounderFounded Chemify

Same school

Also attended Caltech231

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VCSusannah BarbeeVice President, Translational Immunology at Deerfield Management Company

+ 225 more

Also attended University of California, Riverside56

Mellissa GraySenior Scientist, Protein Sciences at Deerfield Management CompanyDr Jonathan AvesarScientific Lead at Lever VCBrett TeeleChief Financial Officer & Partner at Unusual VenturesLina ChongInvestor at HV CapitalVanessa SmallInvestor at DigitalDx VenturesBo ZhaoDirector of Commercialization at First Bight Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Insight Partners307

Molly AlterPartner at NorthzoneAnish AggarwalInvestor at LightbankScott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersBonnie LewisInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersAndrew YingInvestor at GreycroftMadeleine GoldbergInvestor at Lerer Hippeau

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Also worked at Syrna Therapeutics2

Jason GabrielManaging Director at Syngenta Group VenturesNick OlsenPrincipal at Innovation Endeavors

Also worked at Primmune Therapeutics4

Debora DumontManaging Partner at Bioqube VenturesJoris VanderlochtChief Scientific Director at Bioqube VenturesTom HeymanExecutive Partner at Bioqube VenturesPaulo RangelChief Business Officer and Cofounder at Primmune Therapeutics

Also worked at Vida Ventures, LLC28

Nicole FraenkelInvestor at Khosla VenturesMatt CohenManaging Director at Vida VenturesRajul JainManaging Director at Vida VenturesChris WeyrerPrincipal at Vida VenturesJill GoldsteinPrincipal at Vida VenturesMark SpringelPrincipal at Vida Ventures

+ 22 more