Theresia has over 20 years in the tech industry as both an investor and entrepreneur. In 2019, she founded her second venture firm Acrew Capital, a thesis-driven firm engaging in long-term partnerships with founders who are uniquely suited to solve tech's most challenging problems. Acrew's Long Term View (LTV) fund invests in early stage startups while Acrew's Diversify Capital Fund (DCF) helps diversify the cap tables and introduces diverse talent to leading growth stage companies through value added capital. Acrew investments have included Arthur.AI, At-Bay, Cato Networks, Chime, Ditto.live, Gusto, HYCU, and Protect.AI. The firm manages approximately $1.5BN in assets.
In 2015, Theresia co-founded Aspect Ventures and prior to, Theresia spent 15 years at Accel, most recently as a Managing General Partner. Theresia has been fortunate to work with many successful companies through IPOs or acquisitions including: Forescout (FSCT), Imperva (IMPV), Trulia (TRLA), Hotel Tonight (Airbnb), Astro (Slack; WORK), and LearnVest (Northwestern Mutual).Â
As an entrepreneur, Theresia was founding VP of Business Development and Sales at Release Software, a venture-backed company that provided SaaS to enable digital rights management and payment technologies for the software industry.Â
Theresia is a first-generation immigrant and a passionate supporter of educational causes and increasing diversity in the tech industry. Theresia was named to the Forbes' 50 > 50 list, Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women list, has been recognized 9 times on the Forbes Midas List, was named one of the 40 most influential minds in tech by Time Magazine, as well as being named to the Carnegie Corporation's annual Distinguished Immigrants list.