VC Spotlight: ALIAVIA Ventures
ALIAVIA Ventures doesn’t dabble in change, they wire it in. Born in 2021 out of California but with roots running deep across the Pacific, ALIAVIA backs what most funds still overlook, female founders with the grit to scale, the insight to build, and the receipts to lead. The thesis is focused, the playbook disciplined, pre-seed and seed-stage B2B and B2C tech, female-founded only, split across two hemispheres: the U.S. and Australia. This isn’t inclusive capital as a tagline. It’s a market edge, sharpened by decades of operating experience, deployed with conviction, and concentrated where it counts.
Founders Marisa Warren and Kate Vale didn’t walk into venture, they arrived with war chests of enterprise knowledge and global track records. Marisa Warren sold software for SAP, Microsoft, and Workday before launching the pre-accelerator ELEVACAO in 2015 to get women fundable and fierce. Kate Vale scaled Google ANZ to half a billion, ran YouTube down under, and brought Spotify to the southern hemisphere like it was a headline tour. Together, they built a platform that doesn’t just write checks. It builds bridges, literal ones, across oceans and markets.
The team reads like a who’s who of operating horsepower. Sheetal Singh brought Google’s platform DNA. Levi Aron scaled Deliveroo, ran Zip Co, and helmed SevenRooms. Alexis Versandi cut her teeth at Morgan Stanley and traded through Marshall Wace. Janvi Patel founded Halebury and exited to Elevate. These aren’t advisors. They’re operators who’ve taken tech from zero to IPO and back again, and now do it in service of one thesis: fund female founders early, back them deep, and scale them fast.
ALIAVIA leads rounds. They signal conviction. Their portfolio is tight, 8 to 12 companies per fund, which means every founder gets real time, real attention, and real leverage. Their startups span AI, health tech, femtech, edtech, media, and fintech, including names like HowToo, Eugene, Neighbourlytics, GoFIGR, Loupe, and Wakefully. They’ve already deployed over AU$8.4 million across nine companies. But this is just the prelude.
ALIAVIA doesn’t promise impact. They deliver exits. ELEVACAO’s alumni alone have raised $120 million and chalked up five wins. The model works because it’s built on equity, of access, of ownership, and of execution. And if you want proof of their community, look at where their founders are building. Then look who’s hiring.
Neighbourlytics – https://wellfound.com/company/neighbourlytics-1
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