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Aligned Partners

Investor type

PE / VC

Founded

2011

AUM

$125 M

Location

Menlo Park, California, United States

Investment Ticket

$10-50 m

Investment Stage

Series A Pre-seed Seed Series B

Region of investment

North America
Investor profile last updated: 07 February, 2026

Profile

Everything we do at Aligned Partners centers around enabling great outcomes for our founders and investors. To do so, we have crafted an investment approach that uniquely serves the needs of capital-efficient companies. In particular, we believe that:

- Aligning the interests of founders and investors works better for everyone. When we're all pulling the oars in the same direction, we can accomplish great things with fewer obstacles.
- Higher efficiency yields higher returns. Entrepreneurship is, at its essence, about resourcefulness. Companies that achieve their goals in a resource-efficient manner provide high value to their founders and investors alike.
- Sustainable growth is a side effect of creating real value for customers. Great companies deeply understand their customers and offer them exceptional, targeted value propositions.

Simple. Obvious, even. Yet great things can happen when we stay focused on the basics. And -- as every entrepreneur knows -- nothing takes more discipline than focus.

We have purposefully kept our funds small and lean in order to match the needs of our entrepreneurs. That way, we don't need to force companies to take excess capital in order to "move the needle" on returns to our funds. Like our companies, we can then remain highly focused on resourcefulness and delivering a great value proposition.

Industry

Fintech Healthcare Services Media and Entertainment Security Software Financial Services Marketing and Advertising MedTech LegalTech HealthTech AdTech SaaS Music

Aligned Partners Funds

Name Type
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Aligned Partners Fund II
Venture Capital (VC)
Financial Services
Fintech
Healthcare Services
Marketing and Advertising
Media and Entertainment
SaaS
Security
Software
Music
HealthTech
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$50 M
December 2024

Contacts

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Jodi Sherman Jahic General Partner
General Partner
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Susan Mason Managing Partner and Co-Founder
Managing Partner and Co-Founder
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FAQs about Aligned Partners

Aligned Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm. It backs companies at Series A, Pre-seed, Seed and Series B, writing tickets of $10-50 m.
Aligned Partners is located in Menlo Park, California, United States.
Aligned Partners was founded in 2011.
Aligned Partners invests in companies and startups in Fintech, Healthcare Services, Media and Entertainment, Security, Software, Financial Services, Marketing and Advertising, MedTech, LegalTech, HealthTech, AdTech, SaaS, Music.
Aligned Partners invests in companies and startups in North America.
Aligned Partners invests in companies and startups at Series A, Pre-seed, Seed, Series B.
Aligned Partners usually invests $10-50 m on average.
Aligned Partners has around $125m assets under management.
Aligned Partners last fund was created/launched in 2024-12-31
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