Aligned Partners

What is Aligned Partners?

Aligned Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in the technology sector, with a focus on Software (including Web Marketplace and SaaS), Business Solutions, FinTech and Financial Services, HealthTech and Fitness, Web Security and Privacy, Cloud Services and Infrastructure, and Online Social businesses.

As an investor, Aligned Partners brings a substantial amount of experience to the table, with each partner having more than two decades of venture capital investment expertise.

Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, their investment approach emphasizes the alignment of interests between investors and entrepreneurs. They advocate for capital efficiency, encouraging startups to remain nimble by managing their capital requirements tightly.

This philosophy allows for greater founder and employee ownership and helps maintain strategic flexibility throughout the company's lifecycle.

With $125 million in capital across three funds, Aligned Partners is positioned to provide robust support to their portfolio companies while fostering lean growth. Their investment size typically ranges from $100,000 to $3,150,000, with a sweet spot around $400,000.

By offering world-class venture capital expertise, the firm aims to help founders from the initiation to the exit of their ventures. Aligned Partners’ commitment is underscored by the concentration, discipline, and focus that they bring to their portfolio company relationships.

What they say:

We are a venture capital firm that provides strategic expertise to our portfolio companies.

What we look for: We invest in software and incubators.