Vishal Lugani

General Partner, Co-Founder

2019

Acrew Capital is a thesis-led and values-first venture capital firm that manages >$1.5bn and was founded by a multi-generational team in 2019. We love multi-hyphenates and double entendres and invest in both early stage and growth stage companies. We hope to not only fund the future, but, by example, live the future. The firm has three areas of Focus: Health & Human Empowerment, Data & Security, and Fintech. Health (current main focus): Abett (Director), Unannounced Healthcare Data Co (Director), Tomorrow Health, Kintsugi, Curebase, Petabyte (Fmr. Director, acq. by $CHWY), RapidSOS, SteadyMD Fintech: Finix (Director), Bilt Rewards, At-Bay (fmr Observer), HMBradley (Director), Embed, Stable (Director), Nomad (Director), Deuna Other: Discord, ShopShops (Director), Anything.World (Director), Doodles, Stardust (Observer), Treehouse

Advisor

2020

Principal

2016 - 2019

Venture capital firm managing $350M. Aspect raised two funds and made its last new investment in summer 2019. Led investments for the firm. Select Investments Led or Helped to Support: Health: Amino, Future Family (fmr Observer), Vida Health (fmr Observer), Papaya Payments, Eden Health (acq. Centivo) Fintech: Stem.is (fmr Observer), Pie Insurance, Divvy Pay (acq. $BILL), Finix (Director), Coinbase ($COIN) Other: Kloudless (fmr Observer, acq. Netskope), Astro (fmr Observer, acq. by Slack/$CRM), Co-Star, BaubleBar (Director), The RealReal ($REAL), Hotel Tonight (acq. by $ABNB), Dfinity ($ICP)

Senior Associate

2013 - 2016

Responsibilities included sourcing, diligence, deal execution, and providing business development and recruiting support to portfolio companies. Focused on fintech & consumer. Originated investment in Acorns and served as board observer. Worked with several other companies including App Annie, HopSkipDrive, The RealReal ($REAL), among others Senior Associate (2015-2016), Associate (2013-2015), Senior Analyst (2013)

Associate Consultant

2011 - 2013

Assisted clients in the media, tech, healthcare, and utilities sectors

Founder, Harvard Chapter; National Leader

2009 - 2011

Helped launch the Kairos Society, an international nonprofit organization that seeks to develop entrepreneurs from universities around the world, by launching the Harvard chapter and serving on the national leadership team