Theresia has over 20 years in the tech industry as both an investor and entrepreneur. In 2019, she founded her second venture firm Acrew Capital, a thesis-driven firm engaging in long-term partnerships with founders who are uniquely suited to solve tech's most challenging problems. Acrew's Long Term View (LTV) fund invests in early stage startups while Acrew's Diversify Capital Fund (DCF) helps diversify the cap tables and introduces diverse talent to leading growth stage companies through value added capital. Acrew investments have included Arthur.AI, At-Bay, Cato Networks, Chime, Ditto.live, Gusto, HYCU, and Protect.AI. The firm manages approximately $1.5BN in assets.
Prior to starting Acrew Capital, Theresia was a Co-founder of Aspect Ventures and started her venture capital career at Accel as a Managing General Partner. Theresia has been fortunate to work with many successful companies through IPOs or acquisitions including: Forescout (FSCT), Imperva (IMPV), Trulia (TRLA), Hotel Tonight (Airbnb), Astro (Slack; WORK), and LearnVest (Northwestern Mutual).
As an entrepreneur, Theresia was founding VP of Business Development and Sales at Release Software, a venture-backed company that provided SaaS to enable digital rights management and payment technologies for the software industry.
Theresia is a first-generation immigrant and a passionate supporter of educational causes and increasing diversity in the tech industry. Theresia was named to the Forbes' 50 > 50 list, Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women list, has been recognized 9 times on the Forbes Midas List, was named one of the 40 most influential minds in tech by Time Magazine, as well as being named to the Carnegie Corporation's annual Distinguished Immigrants list.
The Gouw family are lifelong Bills fans dating back to the early 1980s, when they lived in Middleport, NY and were season ticket holders. Now that Theresia, Andrea, Steve and Bertha Gouw are all Bay Area, CA residents, they continue to travel to Buffalo and beyond to watch their beloved team in person whenever they can. Theresia and her sister, Andrea, are building a third generation of Bills fans by bringing their children along with their 80+ year old parents to be part of Bills Mafia for these games.
“Like many other Bills fans, the team means so much to me and my family. When we moved to Western New York, joining Bills Mafia really gave us an instant sense of belonging. Our family has been fortunate to be part of this community over many decades and multiple generations, and we are thrilled to deepen our relationship. A special thank you to Terry, Kim and Laura Pegula for welcoming us into the Bills Organization and allowing us to contribute to this special partnership.” Theresia Gouw