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Ariel Winton

General Partner at The Aligned Fund

Boston, Massachusetts

Overview 

Ariel Winton is currently a General Partner at The Aligned Fund in Boston, Massachusetts, with a background in entrepreneurship, social media, marketing, and business development. Notable highlights include serving as a Principal at True Ventures and as a Vice President at OpenView, showcasing a strong track record in venture capital and startup ecosystem engagement.

Work Experience 

  • GP

    2024 - Current

  • 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.

True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.

  • 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.

OpenView is an expansion stage venture firm that helps grow software companies into market leaders.

  • Product Manager

    2014 - 2016

  • Sales Engineer

    2014 - 2014

  • Partner

    2015 - 2016

Dorm Room Fund is the strongest community of entrepreneurial students in the nation.

  • User Research Intern

    2015 - 2015

Shyp provides shipping services that ranges from picking-up the package to delivering it to the destination.

Raised $62,100,000.00 from Aslanoba Capital, Draft Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Slow Ventures, Jennifer Hyman, Homebrew, ZenStone Venture Capital, Machine Shop Ventures, Kevin Rose and Designer Fund.

  • Director of Business Development

    2013 - 2014

Boston Entrepreneur Events Resources

  • Product Management Intern

    2012 - 2013

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