Aspect Ventures was one of the first institutional venture firms founded and led by two highly prominent female VCs, Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, who raised a $150M first fund and explicitly positioned themselves to bridge the funding gap for underrepresented founders. The firm brought in a COO who was simultaneously a General Partner, formalizing operations as a first-class strategic function while focusing on modern enterprise themes like cybersecurity, big data, and AI at the seed and Series A stage.