Acrew Capital

2019

Founded

78

Investments

United States

Offices

Venture Fund

Investor Type

About

Acrew Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Lauren Kolodny and Theresia Gouw. The firm specializes in seed, early, and growth-stage investments, focusing on sectors such as data and security, fintech, and health. Acrew Capital employs a thesis-driven investment strategy, identifying and committing to specific sectors or themes based on analysis and conviction.

The firm's investment areas include cybersecurity, financial services, the future of work, and interconnected data. Acrew Capital typically participates in seed rounds with investments as low as $1 million and leads Series A rounds with initial checks between $4 million and $7 million. The firm also has the flexibility to participate in rounds led by other investors with smaller check sizes.

Notable fintech investments include Chime, Gusto, Coinbase, Bilt, Vanta, and Klar. ( As of October 2024, Acrew Capital has raised $700 million in new capital, bringing its assets under management to over $1.7 billion. (

Portfolio Companies

Chime, Gusto, Coinbase, Bilt, Vanta, Klar, Cato Networks, CipherTrace, Exabeam, Pie Insurance

Gepgraphic Focus

United States

Key Differentiators

Thesis-driven investment strategy, Flexibility in investment sizes, Focus on diverse perspectives

Thypical Investment Size

$1 million to $7 million

Total Funds Raised

$1.7 billion

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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)

FinTech

Big Data & Analytics

Cybersecurity

E-Commerce

SaaS

Palo Alto

Seed

Series A

United States