Onward! #innovation #disruptivetechnologies #software #startups #entrepreneur #investments #venturecapital Almost 32 years ago John Hummer and I co-founded Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. While I am proud of the firm I helped build, I am even prouder that the firm with its newest fund has now successfully transitioned to the next generation of leadership. I'm confident that Lars Leckie and Steve Kishi, who both have helped build many of our successful investments over the last decade, will go on to have even more success as they continue to fund early stage enterprise software companies and drive innovation in the software industry under the new banner of Aspenwood Ventures www.aspenwoodvc.com . While no longer an active investor, I remain an advisor committed to their future success.
Aspenwood Ventures
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
San Francisco, California 366 followers
From first institutional capital through the long haul, we help forward thinkers realize their visions.
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Aspenwood Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that leads pre-seed to Series A investments in B2B software companies. Lars Leckie and Steve Kishi are the firm's general partners, and spent over a decade each at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners prior to founding Aspenwood Ventures.
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🎙️ Host of Next Unicorn Podcast: The Next Great Tech Startups & Founders; Stanford Master's Thesis Research: "How to Invest in the Next Unicorn: Venture Capital Investment Selection..."🚀; former U.S. Fulbright Fellow
🤯 Discover the secrets to building successful enterprise software startups & AI startups! Read below👇 🦄 🎙️ Check out the latest episode of Next Unicorn Podcast — an interview with Lars Leckie, Managing Director at Aspenwood Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in early-stage enterprise software startups. 🌳 Aspenwood Ventures was rebranded from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, the first venture capital firm focused exclusively on software. Founded in 1989, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners was incredibly successful from its first fund and operated for over 30 years as a pioneer in the enterprise software space. 💻 🚀 In this episode, we dive into: - Winning strategies in a saturated enterprise software market - Best opportunities for AI startups - AI startups Aspenwood Ventures is betting on - Key success factors in Lars’ most profitable investments - Being non-consensus and right vs. timing your market entry - How to maximize runway & time your market entry for success - How to win large customers as an unknown early-stage startup - Lars' method of finding the best early-stage startups, founders & ideas - Best way to think about an enterprise software market map - Lessons Lars has learned about how to be a great venture capital investor -And much more! 👉 Listen now: 🎥 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gvi6u7ax 🎙️ Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gtgWTBDH 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/g2UuQMZq #startups #founders #venturecapital #vc #entrepreneurship #innovation #startup #founder #AI #artificialintelligence #software #SaaS #B2B #podcast
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Aspenwood Ventures reposted this
🎙️ Host of Next Unicorn Podcast: The Next Great Tech Startups & Founders; Stanford Master's Thesis Research: "How to Invest in the Next Unicorn: Venture Capital Investment Selection..."🚀; former U.S. Fulbright Fellow
🤯 🚀 Unlock the secrets to building successful enterprise software startups! Check out the latest episode of 🦄 Next Unicorn Podcast — an interview with Lars Leckie, Managing Director at Aspenwood Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in early-stage enterprise software startups. Aspenwood Ventures was rebranded from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, the first venture capital firm focused exclusively on software. Founded in 1989, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners was incredibly successful from its first fund and operated for over 30 years as a pioneer in the enterprise software space.🚀 In this episode, we dive into: - What makes Aspenwood Ventures unique among VC firms - Success stories: Aspenwood Ventures investments - The Aspenwood Ventures investment thesis - Market inflection points leading to startup successes - AI & opportunities for startups - AI startups Aspenwood Ventures is betting on - Winning strategies in a saturated enterprise software market - Key success factors in Lars’ most profitable investments - Being non-consensus and right & timing your market entry - How to maximize runway and time your market entry - How to win large customers as an early-stage startup - Finding the best early-stage startups, founders & ideas - How best to think about an enterprise software market map - Lessons Lars has learned about how to be a great venture capital investor 👉 Listen now: 🎥 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gE-hD89Z 🎙️ Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gb3NgEqA 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/g2UuQMZq Aspenwood / Hummer Winblad investments discussed in this interview include: MuleSoft, Five9, Vidoso, Klue, Ethyca, and more. #startups #founders #venturecapital #vc #entrepreneurship #innovation #startup #AI #artificialintelligence #software #enterprisesoftware #SaaS #B2B
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