Aligned Partners

Aligned Partners is a venture capital firm built around keeping the interests of investors and founders in line. It argues that start-ups can grow with less capital than traditional venture backers usually expect.

What Aligned Partners offers

• Capital-efficient investing — encourages portfolio companies to stay lean throughout their growth.
• Experience — each partner has more than two decades of venture investing behind them.
• Founder ownership — aims to leave founders and staff with a larger share of their own company.

Who it works with

Early companies whose founders want venture expertise without taking more funding than they need.

Key facts

• Funds: Three funds
• Partner background: Partners have also founded companies themselves