Alsop Louie Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in growth capital and early stage investments. It seeks to invest in Security, Analytics, Consumer Technology, Fintech, Disruptive Technology, cybersecurity, technology, cloud, infrastructure, digital media, enterprise software, and mobile sectors.
It seeks to invest between $0.5 million and $1.5 million in its portfolio companies. Alsop Louie Partners was founded in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California. It was founded by Gilman Louie and Stewart Alsop.
Alsop Louie Partners is an early-stage, risk-oriented technology venture capital firm. It was founded on December 1, 2006.
Alsop Louie Partners is a partnership between Stewart Alsop and Gilman Louie designed to provide venture capital to promising entrepreneurs. It is structured as a traditional limited partnership, where the partnership between Stewart and Gilman manages the investments of the firm and the investors are the limited partners.
Alsop Louie Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in growth capital and early-stage investments in the Fintech Sector. It seeks to invest in Security, Analytics, Consumer Technology, Disruptive Technology, cybersecurity, technology, cloud, infrastructure, digital media, enterprise software, and mobile sectors. It seeks to invest between $0.5 million and $1.5 million in its portfolio companies.
Alsop Louie Partners has made over 70 investments. A notable investment was on Aug 1, 2018, when they invested in Remedy. Alsop Louie Partners has had 20 exits. Notable exits include Twitch, Sapho, and CleverSafe. The firm has raised a total of $273.6M across 4 funds, one of them being Alsop Louie Capital IV. Alsop Louie Partners has $12.2M in revenue annually.
Timeline
$2,400,000
SEED FUND
$6,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A
$8,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
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$26,300,000
SEED FUND
$17,200,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES B)
$14,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES B)
$22,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES B)
UNDISCLOSED FUNDING
$10,000,000
SEED FUND
Funded Companies
A telecommunications and security company that builds secure communication tools, such as a messaging application. It was founded in 2012 and is located in San Francisco, California.
A manufacturing company that specializes in producing solutions for microsatellite operations. It was founded in 2015 and is located in Berthoud, Colorado.
Next Big Sound provides a dashboard, charts, and reports to monitor popularity, activity, and metrics for musicians, albums, authors and books across social media, sales and events.
Twitch provides a live streaming video platform and community for gamers. Amazon acquired Twitch in 2014.
Ascent Technologies is a company that provides financial services
Justin.tv is a San Francisco-based company founded by Justin Kan, Michael Seibel, Kyle Vogt and Emmett Shear.
Karmic Labs is a San Francisco-based company founded by Garrett Blythe, Ryan Weidenmiller and Chris Agerton.
Lookingglass Cyber Solutions is a Reston, Virginia-based security company founded in 2000.
Resilient Network Systems is a San Francisco-based company founded by Ethan Ayer.
Aerospike is a Mountain View, California-based company founded in 2009.
Smith & Tinker is a Bellevue, Washington-based company founded by Jordan Weisman, Jeremy Bornstein and Joe Lawandus.
RunSafe Security is a McLean, Virginia-based company.
Zephyr Technology is an Annapolis, Maryland-based healthcare company.
Associated investment funds
People
Bill Coleman
Venture Partner
Bill Crowell
Partner
Corey Reese
Venture Partner
Ernestine Fu
Venture Partner
Gilman Louie
Partner
Jared Zoneraich
Associate
Jim Ward
Venture Partner
Jim Whims
Partner
Joe Addiego
Partner
Joe Alsop
Venture Partner
Josh Khalili
Associate
Mark Fields
Partner
Mina Fahmi
Associate
Nancy Lee
Partner
Shawn Ahdout
Associate
Stephen Mendel
Venture Partner
Stewart Alsop
Partner
Tom Kalinske
Venture Partner
Will Jack
Venture Partner
Further reading
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Stewart Alsop of Alsop Louie Partners (Part 1) | Sramana Mitra
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A fuss over 'fiffy'
Uday Bhatia
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A Tale Of Four Founders - And Four Companies | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
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After Twitch sale, Alsop Louie Partners looks to raise new $100M fund
DYLAN TWENEY
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Alsop Louie Partners - Alsop Louie Partners is a risk-oriented technology venture capital firm that offers financial services to early stage companies. | Startup Ranking
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Alsop Louie Partners | Games Business Review
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Alsop Louie Partners attempts to look hip, fails
Owen Thomas
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Alsop Louie Partners Investor Profile: Portfolio & Exits | PitchBook
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Alsop Louie Partners Led The Original Investment In Twitch | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
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Alsop Louie Partners Seeks $125M for Latest Venture Capital Fund |FinSMEs
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An Open Letter to the Secretary of Defense Nominee
GILMAN LOUIE
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Apple Versus Google, Not Samsung | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
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Apple's Secret Handshake: iCloud | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
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Ascent Technologies Raises $6M in Series A Financing |FinSMEs
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Ascent Technologies scores $6 mln Series A - PE Hub
Iris Dorbian
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Cybersecurity: Time for Action
GILMAN LOUIE
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Ernestine Fu: Silicon Valley's Youngest VC Now Teaching Class at Stanford | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
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For Mobile Operators, LTE Might Be The Kiss Of Death | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
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Gilman Louie: The DoD is About to Undergo its Biggest Transition Since WWII | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
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How Framehawk Redefined Virtualization For Mobile Devices | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
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How Long Will Macintosh Be With Us? | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
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I 3D-Printed An AR-15 Assault Rifle -- And It Shoots Great! | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
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IVCA Feature: New Member Profile of Alsop Louie Partners
Pyne, Kathleen
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Documentaries, videos and podcasts
305th 1M/1M Roundtable May 5, 2016: With Stewart Alsop, Alsop Louie Ventures
May 6, 2016
Alsop Louie Partners' Gilman Louie - "Disrupting Gaming" - D.I.C.E. 2014 Summit
Feb 12, 2014
Disruption In Venture Capital: Government Strategic Investing | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
28 August 2014
Early-stage VC firm Alsop Louie closes second fund at $98.6M
8 October 2010
Entrepreneurship Through The Lens Of Venture Capital | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
17 March 2013
Entrepreneurship Through the Lens of Venture Capital: Gilman Louie, Alsop Louie Partners
Aug 18, 2014
Ernestine Fu: All You Need to Know About Venture Capital | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
13 June 2016
Gilman Louie (Alsop Louie Partners): Disrupting Gaming (DICE 2014)
Gilman Louie On Disrupting Gaming | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
14 February 2014
Gilman Louie: Blackstorm's EverWing on Instant Games | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
30 November 2016
Gilman Louie: Human Factors and Social Design of Disruptive Technologies | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
18 October 2016
Startup UCLA & CNSI Special Seminar: Stewart Alsop, Alsop Louie Partners
Nov 8, 2013
Stewart Alsop: 305th 1M/1M Roundtable | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
9 December 2016
Technology Projects and Entrepreneurs that Attract Venture Capitalists