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Alexander Niehenke

Partner at Scale Venture Partners

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Alexander Niehenke is a Partner at Scale Venture Partners in San Francisco, California, with a strong background in corporate development, capital raising, and financial analysis. He has made significant investments in companies like Proscia, Rose Rocket, and Dusty Robotics, helping them secure substantial funding rounds and achieve growth milestones. Niehenke's career highlights include leading successful investments in various sectors such as FinTech, SaaS, and Enterprise, as well as serving on the boards of innovative companies like Archipelago and Root Insurance Company, contributing to their strategic development and success.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2013 - Current

Scale is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software.

  • Board Member

    2024

Helping companies get paid from all customers' AP platforms

Raised $9,000,000.00 from ICON - Israel Collaboration Network, Room40 Ventures, Verissimo Ventures, Ariel Maislos, Scale Venture Partners, F2 Venture Capital and Firsthand.vc.

  • Investor

    2024

Sixfold AI is an insurtech startup that leverages generative AI to improve insurance underwriting processes.

Raised $21,500,000.00 from Bessemer Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Scale Venture Partners and Crystal Venture Partners.

  • Board Member

    2023

  • Board Member

    2022

Dusty Robotics develops robot-powered tools for the modern construction workforce.

Raised $68,715,000.00 from Canaan Partners, NextGen Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, WND Ventures, Baseline Ventures, GRIDS Capital, Root Ventures and Cantos.

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Board Member

    2020

Proscia develops a pathology platform to assist routine pathology operations, enhance cancer diagnosis, and improve patient outcomes.

Raised $80,517,470.00 from Triangle Peak Partners, Emerald Development Managers, Alpha Intelligence Capital, Scale Venture Partners, ROBO Global, Robin Hood Ventures, Razor's Edge Ventures, Fusion Fund, Hitachi Ventures and Flybridge.

  • Board Member

    2017

Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy.

Raised $567,300,000.00 from California Technology Ventures, Insight Partners and Kleiner Perkins.

  • Board Observer

    2016

DroneDeploy is a cloud-based drone mapping and analytics platform to help businesses get things done.

Raised $142,552,368.00 from Bessemer Venture Partners, Emergence, Uncork Capital, Frontline Ventures, Airtree Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, AngelPad, Energize Capital and BluePointe Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2016

Forter is a software-as-a-service company that delivers real-time, automated, fraud prevention solutions for online merchants.

Raised $525,101,500.00 from Adage Capital Management, Sequoia Capital Israel, DFO Management, L Catterton, NewView Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Third Point Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Salesforce Ventures and Samsung NEXT.

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