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Asad Khaliq

General Partner at Acrew Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Asad Khaliq is the Founding Partner at Acrew Capital, specializing in investing in various sectors like Developer Tools, Security, and FinTech. With a background in software engineering and management consulting, Asad has successfully invested in companies like Nextdata and Tara AI, showcasing his expertise in identifying promising startups and supporting their growth through strategic investments.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder & General Partner

    2019 - Current

    Acrew Capital is a thesis-driven venture capital firm run collaboratively by a small team. I invest primarily in infrastructure (software & real world) and security businesses from inception onward.

Acrew Capital is a venture capital firm investing in transformative companies and diversifying the cap tables of leading growth companies.

  • Investor/Board

    2023

    Resilient device connectivity at the edge

Ditto is a startup that builds incredible Web,Mobile,IoT and Server apps that can sync with or without the internet.

Raised $54,000,000.00 from Acrew Capital, US Innovative Technology Fund, Amity Ventures and True Ventures.

  • Investor

    2022

    Continuous automated compliance

Vanta is a trust management platform that automates compliance and risk management.

Raised $353,000,000.00 from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, HubSpot Ventures, Workday Ventures, JP Morgan Chase, Craft Ventures, CrowdStrike and Atlassian Ventures.

  • Investor

    2022

    The platform for AI security

  • Investor/Board

    2020

    Bringing machine learning and AI to edge devices, acquired by Qualcomm

Edge Impulse is the platform for developing intelligent devices using embedded machine learning.

Raised $54,400,000.00 from Momenta, Knollwood Investment Advisory, Fika Ventures, Canaan Partners, Acrew Capital and Coatue.

  • Investor/Board

    2021

    Evolving data from silos to systems

  • Investor/Board

    2020

    Using AI to improve operational, energy, and spectral efficiency for wireless communication, starting with cellular

Aira Technologies is a wireless company

Raised $38,445,162.00 from AT&T Ventures, Neotribe Ventures, Juniper Networks, Intel Capital, In-Q-Tel and Acrew Capital.

  • Investor/Board

    2019

    Industry agnostic AI process platform

Clients give us complex business problems and we become their operations, automation, and AI partner to deliver operational breakthroughs.

  • Investor

    2018

    The best way to build AI apps and workflows for enterprise

Writer is a software firm that develops a full-stack generative AI platform delivering transformative ROI for enterprises.

Raised $326,000,000.00 from Radical Ventures, PremjiInvest, Insight Partners, Gradient, Workday Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, B Capital, Accenture, Citi Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.

  • Investor

    2021

    Protection and recovery across your data estate

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