Company Overview
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.
History
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.
Investments
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
RunSafe Security
$2,400,000
SEED FUND
Ascent Technologies
$6,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A
Drop
$8,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Alsop Louie Capital IV
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Lookingglass
$26,300,000
SEED FUND
Karmic
$17,200,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES B)
Sapho
$14,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES B)
DigiLens, Inc
$22,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES B)
Device Authority
UNDISCLOSED FUNDING
Gfycat
$10,000,000
SEED FUND
Blackstorm Labs
$33,500,000
VENTURE CAPITAL
Sapho
$9,500,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Mixed Dimensions Inc
$4,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Mixed Dimensions Inc
$4,300,000
SEED FUND
Niantic
$5,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
LoanHero
$2,500,000
SEED FUND
HOVER, Inc.
$6,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL
Lookingglass
$20,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES B)
Alsop Louie Capital 3, L.P.
$100M
aerospikedb
$20,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES C)
Device Authority
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Net Power & Light
VENTURE CAPITAL
Twitch
$20,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES C)
Twitch
$20,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES C)
Jetlore
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Toopher
$2,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
KeyssaTech
$15,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES C)
Twitch
$15,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES B)
aerospikedb
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES B)
Zephyr Anywhere
$8,864,965
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES C)
Lookingglass
$5,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Phizzle
$3,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Ness
$5,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
KeyssaTech
$5,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES B)
Resilient Network Systems
$5,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Ruckus Media Group
$3,500,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Kidlandia
$2,500,000
VENTURE CAPITAL
Elastic Intelligence
$3,400,000
VENTURE CAPITAL
Alsop Louie Capital 2
$98.6M
Redux, Inc.
$1,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES B)
Justin McMorrow
$7,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES B)
Sportgenic
$10,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES B)
Sportgenic
$1,489,687
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Justin McMorrow
$3,200,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Redux, Inc.
$3,500,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Gowalla
$2,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Cleversafe
$5,000,000
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES C)
Justin.TV
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Redux, Inc.
$1,650,000
SEED FUND
Cake Financial
Cake Financial
VENTURE CAPITAL (SERIES A)
Sportgenic
SEED FUND
Alsop Louie Partners Fund I
$75M
Funded Companies
TwitchTwitch provides a live streaming video platform and community for gamers. Amazon acquired Twitch in 2014.
Streaming media
Video game
Social media
San Francisco
Next Big SoundNext 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.
Music
Big data
Chicago
JetloreArtificial Intelligence company
Predictive analytics
Artificial intelligence (AI)
San Mateo, California
Sunnyvale, California
Spigit
Software
Justin.tv
Video
Gaming
Ness Computing
iPhone
Restaurant
Karmic LabsKarmic Labs is a San Francisco-based company founded by Garrett Blythe, Ryan Weidenmiller and Chris Agerton.
Credit card
Gowalla
Photography
Austin, Texas
Lookingglass Cyber Solutions (company)Lookingglass Cyber Solutions is a security company.
Security
Resilient Network SystemsResilient Network Systems is a company founded by Ethan Ayer.
Smith & TinkerSmith & Tinker is a Bellevue, Washington-based company founded by Jordan Weisman, Jeremy Bornstein and Joe Lawandus.
Bellevue, Washington
Aerospike (company)Aerospike is a Mountain View, California-based company.
Auction
Database
Mountain View, California
ToopherCompany
Ruckus Media Group
Textbook
Education
Ascent TechnologiesAscent Technologies is a Chicago-based company.
Financial services
RunSafe Security
Automotive industry
Baton SystemsAssociated 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 Archives - MedCity News
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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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DEF CON 2014 | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA
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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
4. Paying Attention to Details: It's All in the Details
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
Companies
Ascent Technologies
Baton Systems
Copilot
Device Authority
DigiLens
Dijit
Diligens
Drop
Elastic Intelligence
Framehawk
Gowalla
Hover
Intelyt
Karmic Labs
Keyssa
Lookingglass
Mixed Dimensions
References
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Contributors
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Sergiu Miron
I am a person with a strong interest in obtaining knowledge and sharing it with the world. - 2
Carla Faraguna
Golden People and Operations. - 3
Jude Gomila
Founder and CEO of Golden, Entrepreneur. Investor in 100+ companies. Cantabrigian (Gonville and Caius). Interested in the universe. - 4
Will Suter
Student at the University of Notre Dame looking to expand my knowledge in topics that pique my interest. - 5
Jed Christiansen
Special Projects & Business Development at Golden, Founder - Seed-DB.
Alsop Louie Partners
Company attributes
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Related Topics
Contributors
- 1
Sergiu Miron
I am a person with a strong interest in obtaining knowledge and sharing it with the world. - 2
Carla Faraguna
Golden People and Operations. - 3
Jude Gomila
Founder and CEO of Golden, Entrepreneur. Investor in 100+ companies. Cantabrigian (Gonville and Caius). Interested in the universe. - 4
Will Suter
Student at the University of Notre Dame looking to expand my knowledge in topics that pique my interest. - 5
Jed Christiansen
Special Projects & Business Development at Golden, Founder - Seed-DB.