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Ariel Winton

GP at The Aligned Fund

Boston, Massachusetts

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $20,000,000.00

Skills

Entrepreneurship
Social Media
Marketing
Start-ups
Microsoft Office
Event Planning
Facebook
Public Speaking
CSS
Java
HTML
User Experience Testing
Business Development
Social Networking
Research
Management
Wireframes
Team Leadership
User Experience
Salesforce.com

Education

Work Experience

  • GP

    2024

2021 - 2023

  • Principal

    2021 - 2023

    While at True, I was a generalist early stage investor and led the launch of a new "product" for the firm focused on post-revenue software companies. We made five investments with the new product during its first year in market.

2016 - 2021

  • Vice President

    2019 - 2021

    I had the opportunity to work with and learn from incredible founders of companies including... Calendly: https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/26/how-atlantas-calendly-turned-a-scheduling-nightmare-into-a-3b-startup/ Loopio: https://www.prweb.com/releases/loopio_announces_200m_investment_from_sumeru_equity_partners_and_affiliates_to_take_rfp_response_software_to_new_heights/prweb17851748.htm Zipwhip: https://www.zipwhip.com/blog/twilio-acquires-zipwhip-for-850m/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twiliozipwhipjl Cypress: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cypressio-raises-40m-in-series-b-to-deliver-the-next-era-of-software-testing-301194275.html

  • Associate

    2016 - 2019

    OpenView is a venture capital firm that invests exclusively in expansion stage software companies.

2014 - 2016

  • Product Manager

    2014 - 2016

  • Sales Engineer

    2014 - 2014

2015 - 2016

  • Partner

    2015 - 2016

2015 - 2015

  • User Research Intern

    2015 - 2015

2013 - 2014

  • Director of Business Development

    2013 - 2014

2012 - 2013

  • Product Management Intern

    2012 - 2013