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Ashley Nowicki

Former Partner at Prime Movers Lab · Former Expert-In-Residence at First Round Capital

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

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About

Ashley Nowicki is the Managing Partner of Alpenglow Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on sales, scaling, and succession planning. She was previously a Partner at Prime Movers Lab, where she worked with early and growth-stage startups in scientific sectors including energy, transportation, aerospace, and agriculture, and an Expert-In-Residence at First Round Capital advising Pre-Seed through Series A founders. Her background includes recruiting and operations work for companies such as Instagram, Meta Connectivity, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, GOAT Group, Leap Motion, and Bolt Financial.

Experience

  1. Alpenglow VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2026 — present
  2. Prime Movers LabPartner2021 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. First Round CapitalExpert-In-Residence2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Leap Motion (inactive account - see Ultraleap)Head of People and Operations2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Various - Startups to Fortune 500Recruiting and Operations2012 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Angel Investing1Startup Development1Investor Relations1Executive Search1Recruiting19Technical Recruiting5Talent Pipelining6Concept Development8Talent Management4Social Media55Venture Capital1People Operations1
+4 moreAdvertisingHuman Resources (HR)Executive RecruitingEarly-Stage Startups

Languages Spanish

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Who is Ashley Nowicki?
Ashley Nowicki is the Managing Partner of Alpenglow Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on sales, scaling, and succession planning. She was previously a Partner at Prime Movers Lab, where she worked with early and growth-stage startups in scientific sectors including energy, transportation, aerospace, and agriculture, and an Expert-In-Residence at First Round Capital advising Pre-Seed through Series A founders. Her background includes recruiting and operations work for companies such as Instagram, Meta Connectivity, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, GOAT Group, Leap Motion, and Bolt Financial.
Where did Ashley Nowicki go to school?
Ashley Nowicki studied at University of Colorado Boulder (Bachelors of Science).

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