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Theresia Gouw
Theresia Gouw is an entrepreneur and venture capital investor in the technology sector. She worked at Bain & Company, Release Software and Accel Partners before co-founding Aspect Ventures, a female-led venture capital firm, in 2014.[1] According to Forbes, Gouw is the richest female venture capitalist, with a net worth of approximately $500 million, primarily due to her involvement with Accel's early investment in Facebook.[2][3] Early years and educationGouw's family fled Indonesia when she was three to escape the persecution of the country’s ethnic Chinese minority under the Suharto dictatorship. A dentist and a nurse in Jakarta, her parents settled outside Buffalo, New York, working as a dishwasher and a waitress before her father re-earned his dental certification in the United States.[4] Gouw earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Brown University, graduating magna cum laude,[5] and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.[6] Career Early careerGouw began her career at Bain & Company. She left Bain to become a founding member of Release Software, a startup founded by business school classmates,[1] where she served as Vice President of Business Development & Sales. After Release Software, Gouw joined Accel Partners, eventually becoming Managing Partner. Aspect VenturesIn 2014, Gouw co-founded Aspect Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, with fellow venture capital investor Jennifer Fonstad.[7] Gouw and Fonstad worked together early in their careers at Bain & Company and at Release Software.[1] During the first year, Aspect Ventures made several Series A and seed investments funded by the co-founders' personal capital. Aspect secured $150 million for its debut fund,[8] which included outside capital from Limited Partners,[9] and followed it with a second fund of $181 million in early 2018.[10][11] It had 116 rounds of investments in 67 companies and had 13 exists.[12] The firm made investments in companies including Exabeam[13] and The Muse.[14] The founders decided to split in 2019 over clashing management styles.[10] Both founders ve started new venture capital firms. Fonstad started a new firm called Owl Capital[10] and Gouw along with some other Aspect Venture staff started aCrew Capital.[15][16] 2019 - presentIn 2019, Gouw co-founded Acrew Capital with Lauren Kolodny, Vishal Lugani, Asad Khaliq and Mark Kraynak.[17] Acrew's first fund was a ~$250MM fund. They've since announced a new initiative called Acrew Diversify Capital Fund (DCF) to diversify the boards and cap tables of market leading, late stage companies.[18] In 2024, Gouw was part of a consortium of venture capital and private equity executives that purchased a minority stake in the Buffalo Bills.[19] Board member and advisorShe serves as Treasurer on the Brown University Corporation Board.[5] She serves as vice-chair of the board of DonorsChoose,[20] and is a member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council.[21] She also serves on the board of trustees of the Castilleja School.[22] References
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