Aligned Partners operates as a venture capital firm. The Company offers investment management, advisory, and other related services. Aligned Partners serves customers in the United States.
Aligned Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage, startup, and growth capital investments. Aligned invests in early-stage information technology companies. They prefer to invest in mobile and cloud-delivered software and services that are oriented toward the enterprise rather than the consumer.

Aligned Partners was founded in 2011 by Jodi Sherman Jahic together with Susan Mason and is based in Menlo Park, California. With over $100 million in capital across three funds, Aligned works with companies and entrepreneurs. Aligned Partners is a venture capital investment firm that invests in the technology sector.
Aligned Partners invests in early-stage information technology companies that have demonstrated both initial product traction and capital-efficiency. Aligned typically serves as the lead investor. The firm prefers to invest in mobile- and cloud-delivered software and services that are enterprise-oriented.
The firm does not invest in seed rounds. It primarily seeks to invest in Series A opportunities where they are the first institutional investor. It seeks to invest in information technology with a focus on B2B, mobile, and cloud-delivered software and services that are oriented toward the enterprise rather than the consumer.
It seeks to invest between $1 million and $3 million dollars in an initial round and between $2 million and $5 million over the life cycle of a portfolio company. It invests less than $10 million in total investment prior to exit. The firm typically serves as the lead investor in companies.
Aligned Partners has made over 10 investments. One notable investment was on Sep 12, 2018, $3.2M in Accrualify, Inc. Aligned Partners has had 1 exit, which was BrightPoint Security.Aligned has raised a total of over $100M across 3 funds and has $11.7M in revenue annually.
Timeline
Series A - Accrualify, Inc.
$3.2M
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Series A - Quivers Inc.
$1.4M
Seed VC
$2.7M
Series B - CloudLex Inc.
$4M
Series A - Twine
$4.5M
Series A - CloudLex Inc.
$3.7M
Series B - Full Circle Insights
$4.7M
$50M
Series B - Zumigo
$6M
Funded Companies
CloudLex developed software called Legal Cloud for operation management in personal injury legal practice.
Associated investment funds
People
Jodi Sherman Jahic
Managing Partner
Susan Mason
Managing Partner
Further reading
#NYCtech Week in Review - AlleyWatch
ALLEYWATCH
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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Susan Mason of Aligned Partners (Part 1) | Sramana Mitra
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Aligned Partners closes second early-stage fund at $50 mln - PE Hub
Iris Dorbian
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Aligned Partners Closes Second Fund at $50M |FinSMEs
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Aligned Partners customer references of First Republic Bank
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Aligned Partners eyes $50m for third VC fund | AltAssets Private Equity News
Jordan Williams
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Aligned Partners, a VC Firm That Does Not Chase Unicorns
Deborah Gage
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eWeek.com Welcome Page
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Joining the Kauffman Fellows Board - Feld Thoughts
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Unitive Closes Bridge Loan Financing With Aligned Partners
Unitive
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Documentaries, videos and podcasts
282nd 1M/1M Roundtable Oct 29 2015: Capital Efficiency with Susan Mason, Aligned Partner
Oct 30, 2015
Aligned Partners - First Republic Client Story
Aug 29, 2018
Fintech Silicon Valley 2017 Speakers & Pitches #fintechsv
Oct 6, 2017
VCChat: Venture Capital Challenges Aligned Partners, Ulu Ventures & SoGal Ventures
Video Interview with Susan Mason CoFounding Partner Aligned Partners #aifintech
Apr 13, 2018
Video Interview with Susan Mason CoFounding Partner Aligned Partners #aifintech | FinTech Silicon Valley
Video Interview with Susan Mason, Partner Aligned Partners
Jul 27, 2017
Video interview with Susan Mason. Partner Aligned Partners | FinTech Silicon Valley
Video interview with Susan Mason. Partner Aligned Partners on future of payments
Companies
Accrualify, Inc.
Bit Discovery
CloudLex Inc.
Full Circle Insights
Quivers Inc.
SA Ignite
Twine
Zumigo