About Aspen Street 

THE FUND

Aspen Street Venture Partners manages VC funds. The fund's adviser is a second generation family venture with a decades long tradition in alternative asset management.

The investments are varying widely in size and scope. The average investment ticket in our portfolio is about $3 million and the average company is 28 months old.

People create businesses

Our portfolio comprises teams with people from 45+ different nationalities. The youngest entrepreneur on our list is 19 years old, while the eldest one is 63. Our investment teams vary from 3 members to 160+ members with an average of 22. 

People are the most important ingredient in successful start-ups. We generally spend considerable time with scientists and entrepreneurs both before and after making investments, helping to develop and refine the business strategy, recruiting management, developing and helping to implement partnering strategies, securing laboratory and equipment financing, and establishing a firm financial base.

Investment size

Our initial investments may range from several hundred thousand dollars to $10 million or more, with substantial capital reserved for follow-on investments. For example, we might invest $250,000 to fund needed proof of concept work, $1.0 million in a first (“Series A”) investment round, with additional capital reserved for subsequent rounds. As a broad and sound investor base is critical to both a company’s success and to attractive investment returns, we expect to build an investment syndicate with other institutional investors early in each company’s development.

Areas of interest

Areas of particular interest: software as a service (SAAS), therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, research tools and services, materials, healthcare, healthcare services, clean technology, information technology including mobile and social web. We generally spend considerable time with entrepreneurs, scientists and managers both before and after making investments, developing and refining the business strategy, recruiting management, developing and helping to implement partnering strategies, securing laboratory and equipment financing, etc.