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Acrew Capital

San Francisco, California · Invests in US; LATAM; MENA · Website

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Thesis

Long-term venture partnerships built on depth of thought, conviction, and dimensional thinking. We back founders with diverse lived experiences who are building transformative companies. We operate as a team sport—you don't work with individual partners, you work with Acrew. We invest in emotional intelligence, operational support, and the long arc of building meaningful companies.

Likely not a fit for

Not interested in incremental or me-too solutions without differentiation. Pass on founders without genuine expertise in their domain. Avoid short-term thinking or companies prioritizing growth over sustainable building. Do not invest in solo founders without strong advisory support or domain deep-dive.

How they invest

Lead or follow
Usually leads
Typical decision
~2 weeks
Warm intro
Not required
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Assets under mgmt
$1.7B
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

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Theresia Gouw

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Portfolio

Aqua SecuritySecurity Cyber

Aqua Security provides a unified cloud security platform that offers comprehensive security solutions for cloud-native applications, including container and serverless security, vulnerability management, and compliance controls.

AembitSecurity Cyber

Aembit provides identity and access management solutions specifically designed for agentic AI and workload identities, enabling secure access to sensitive data and resources.

AiraEnterprise Software

Aira Technologies provides AI-powered solution suites to support Operators’ operational, energy, and spectral efficiency goals.

AltoFintech Payments

Alto's self-directed IRA platform enables investors to diversify their retirement portfolios with alternative assets like private equity, venture capital, cryptocurrency, real estate, and more.

AminoHealthcare Digital

Amino provides smart healthcare navigation solutions, focusing on health benefit management and pharmacy benefit management through an AI-powered enterprise health platform.

Anything WorldMedia Entertainment

We make 3D creation accessible to all. We merge AI powered rigging and animation with layers of behavioural intelligence based on our cutting edge Machine Learning implementations. The end product is 3D animation for all. The experience is super smooth production for anyone creating 3D experiences.

Arthur AIEnterprise Software

Arthur is the AI performance company that helps enterprise customers deliver on the full potential of AI through performance monitoring and optimization, explainability, and bias mitigation.

AstroEnterprise Software

Astro Companies, LLC provides innovative and reliable consulting and managed solutions for telecommunications carriers and service providers. With over 40 years of combined experience, the company specializes in developing products and services that meet the needs of consumers and small businesses in the telecommunications sector.

At-BayInsurance

At-Bay offers a cyber insurance and managed detection and response (MDR) security platform designed to provide proactive protection against cyber threats and minimize disruption for businesses.

AugteraEnterprise Software

Augtera is a company specializing in accelerated computing platforms for wireless networks.

Avant Garde FinanceFintech Payments

Avantgarde is pioneering the future of asset management through the curation of vault strategies that fully harness the power of blockchain technology to activate idle assets on chain to earn return.

BankedFintech Payments

Banked is re-imagining mainstream payment methods and the current infrastructure facilitating digital payments around the world. Our goal is to deliver a fairer, faster and highly secure payment network to merchants and consumers.

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Acrew Capital Research Investment Thesis Acrew Capital is a multi-stage venture capital firm founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco. The firm manages more than $1.7 billion in assets under management (AUM) across multiple funds and has invested in 220+ companies (111 remain active). The firm's core thesis centers on depth of thought, long-term commitment, emotional intelligence, and di

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