We’ve known each other for more than 20 years; in that time, we’ve
discovered that we have one main thing in common: we love working with
great entrepreneurs: really smart people with passion and drive; highly
motivated people who want to create companies that will change the
world. Outstanding entrepreneurs. Big ideas. Could we have more fun
than that?
Alsop Louie Partners is a partnership between Stewart Alsop and
Gilman Louie designed to provide venture capital to the most promising
entrepreneurs we can find. It is structured as a traditional limited
partnership, where the partnership between Stewart and Gilman manages
the investments of the firm and the investors are the limited partners.
Stewart and Gilman first met in 1985; it was their long relationship and friendship that lead them to believe they would be good partners. We’ve taken to calling ourselves The Geek&The Gadfly; Gilman is very technical, a geek, and Stewart is well known for taking controversial positions in public, a gadfly. We work together to complement each other in these skills and that’s what makes our firm a true partnership.
Only two days after we reported that Gilman Louie was leaving his position as CEO of the CIA’s venture fund, we find out he is joining with former journalist and investor Stewart Alsop in raising a new venture capital fund.
VentureWire (subscription required) reports they are raising a modestly sized $75 million fund to invest in early-stage technology companies. The new venture will be called “Alsop Louie Partners,” and based here in…
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