Lauren Kolodny
{{Short description|American entrepreneur and venture capitalist}}
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| occupation = Managing Partner, Acrew Capital{{cite web |last1=Deczynski |first1=Rebecca |title=How a Fintech Investor Picks Future Unicorns Out of the Crowd |url=https://www.inc.com/rebecca-deczynski/how-a-fintech-investor-picks-future-unicorns-out-of-crowd.html |website=Inc. |date=12 March 2024}}
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Lauren Kolodny (born c. 1985/86){{Cite web|url=https://news.brown.edu/articles/2009/05/trustees|title=Corporation Elects New Trustees and Fellows, Including First Young Alumna Trustee|website=news.brown.edu}} is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. She is the co-founder and Managing Partner of the venture capital firm Acrew Capital. She was on the Forbes Midas List in both 2023 and 2024.{{Cite web |last=Shrivastava |first=Rashi |title=Worth The Wait: Midas Newcomers Invested Early In Startups And Scored Big Wins In The Long Run |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2023/05/04/forbes-midas-newcomers/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
Early life and education
Kolodny earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Brown University in 2008, a Master of Sciences in Sustainable Design from Stanford University, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.{{cite web |last1=Zakrzewski |first1=Cat |title=Aspect Ventures Promotes Lauren Kolodny to Partner |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/aspect-ventures-promotes-lauren-kolodny-to-partner-1513686601 |website=The Wall Street Journal |date=19 December 2017}} In 2009, at the age of 23, Kolodny became the youngest ever trustee on Brown University's Board of Trustees and served on the search committee that selected Brown’s current president, Christina Paxson.{{Cite web |title=President's Leadership Council {{!}} Office of the President {{!}} Brown University |url=https://president.brown.edu/advisory-groups/presidents-advisory-councils/presidents-leadership-council |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=president.brown.edu |language=en}}
Career
Kolodny started her career developing clean technology partnerships for the Clinton Foundation while based in New Delhi, India. She later worked in product marketing at Google, where she led launches for Google Workspace, including the launch of Google Drive for businesses.
Kolodny met Aspect Ventures co-founder Theresia Gouw through her time at Brown University where they became friends. Kolodny later joined Gouw at Aspect in 2015 and became a partner in the firm in 2017. She left Aspect Ventures in 2019 to co-found Acrew Capital along with Gouw, Asad Khaliq, Vishal Lugani and Mark Kraynak.{{cite web |last1=Roof |first1=Katie |title=Aspect Ventures promotes Lauren Kolodny to partner |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/16/aspect-ventures-founded-by-theresia-gouw-and-jennifer-fonstad-is-splitting-up/ |website=Tech Crunch |date=19 December 2017}}{{cite web |title=Theresia Gouw Launches New Venture Capital Firm |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2019/12/18/theresia-gouw-acrew-capital-raises-250-million-debut-fund/ |website=Forbes}}
Kolodny was a member of Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016.{{Cite web |title=30 Under 30 2016 |url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-2016/#3fcc93533afb |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Forbes |language=en}} In 2020, she was featured in The Wall Street Journal's 10 Women to Watch list;{{Cite news |date=2020-11-15 |title=Women in Venture Capital |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-in-venture-capital-11605449658 |access-date=2025-01-15 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}} and, the list of 100 Rising Stars of Venture Capital in the Business Insider.{{Cite web |last=Jin |first=Berber |title=100 rising-star VCs who represent the future of venture capital |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/rising-stars-venture-capital-funding-early-stage-startups-2020-11 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}} She was also on the Forbes Midas List in both 2023 and 2024.{{Cite web |title=Forbes 2024 Midas List - The Top Venture Capital Investors Ranked |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/midas/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
= Acrew Capital =
Acrew Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed, early and growth-stage investments in sectors that include Data & Security, Fintech, and Digital Health.{{Cite web |title=Theses |url=https://www.acrewcapital.com/theses |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.acrewcapital.com}} Its fintech practice was built and is led by Kolodny, with investment in companies such as Chime.{{Cite web |last=Shevlin |first=Ron |title=Chime Raises $750 Million At $25 Billion Valuation: Is The Challenger Bank Really Worth That Much? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronshevlin/2021/08/13/chime-raises-750-million-at-25-billion-valuation-is-the-challenger-bank-really-worth-that-much/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Forbes |language=en}} As of 2025, Acrew Capital manages a portfolio of more than $1.7+ billion AUM.{{Cite web |title=Our Team |url=https://www.acrewcapital.com/team |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.acrewcapital.com}}
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External links
- [https://www.acrewcapital.com/team-members/lauren-kolodny Acrew Capital profile]
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