Stewart Alsop is a founding partner at Alsop Louie Partners, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm he started. See portfolio and contact routes.
Stewart Alsop is a founding partner at Alsop Louie Partners, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm he started with Gilman Louie in 2006, after serving as a general partner at New Enterprise Associates from 1996 to 2005. He leads seed and Series A investments focused on artificial intelligence, robotics, and deep technology companies, targeting very early-stage firms developing hard technology products. Alsop typically invests as a lead investor at the seed and Series A stages, with a portfolio that includes 31 angel investments made with personal capital. Notable portfolio companies include Twitch (formerly Justin.tv), Sonos, Cruise, and Meow Wolf, where he served as an early director or lead investor. Alsop distinguishes himself through his public writing, including a Substack newsletter titled *What Matters (To Me)*, reflecting his background of roughly 20 years as a journalist, editor, and pundit before becoming a venture investor. His investment philosophy emphasizes hard technologies and early-stage entrepreneurs building transformative products across media, gaming, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, security, and mobile sectors.
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