Brian Ascher(1)
Venrock Ventures Partner
location
Palo Alto, California
investment range
$1 - $10.0m
sweet spot
$5.0m
most interested in
"Intelligent Enterprise"--deeply understanding a business problem and making clever use of data in the background to provide a unique solution. FinTech--providing a better value to consumers for financial services by removing intermediaries IoT--beautifully designed products that invent a new category, or re-invent a sleepy one Robotics--machines that yield a massive performance advantage not just replace labor "Frontier"--any crazy idea that can create a new market and make life betternot interested in
I focus more on application layer than deep infrastructure. Also more interested in "brave new world" ideas than threading the needle in a crowded market.Brian Ascher's Past Investments (51)
| Company | Deal Type | Amount | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6sense | Funding Round | $27M | Apr 2019 | |
| Socrates.AI, Inc. | Seed Round | $5M (Lead) | Mar 2017 | |
| Dynamic Signal | Series D | $25M | Dec 2016 | |
| Beckon | Venture Round | $10M (Lead) | Sep 2016 | |
| Luxe | Series B | $50M | Apr 2016 | |
| Dynamic Signal | Series C | $22M | Sep 2015 | |
| Shift Messenger | Seed Round | $1.5M | May 2015 | |
| Luxe | Series A | $20M (Lead) | Feb 2015 | |
| 6sense | Series B | $20M | Feb 2015 | |
| Beckon | Series B | $13M (Lead) | Jan 2015 |
Brian Ascher's Experience
Partner Venrock1998 - Present
Senior Product Manager Intuit1995 - 1998
Associate Robertson Stephens1994 - 1994
Consultant Monitor Group1989 - 1993
Brian Ascher's Education
Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
Princeton University BA Biology, Economics, Magna cum laude
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