Theresia Gouw

Founding Partner, Acrew Capital
Born: 1968
Location: Indonesia
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Businesses: Acrew Capital

Biography

A former figure skater who once perfected the double flip jump, Theresia’s passion for sports has evolved to cheering on her favorite teams alongside her children & watching their events. Coming into venture when she had very few female peers, she has dedicated her 20-year career to changing the ratio.

Prior to co-founding Acrew Capital, Theresia was a co-founder at Aspect Ventures and a Managing General Partner at Accel. Theresia has been fortunate to work with many successful companies through IPOs or acquisitions including: Forescout, Imperva, Trulia, Hotel Tonight, Astro, LearnVest, Jasper Design, and Kosmix.

Theresia was named to Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women list, has been recognized 9 times on the Forbes Midas List, including 2020, 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.

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More on GMN

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Joining the “Dark Side”

Theresia Gouw was one of the first women to make it big in Venture Capital. She was also one of the early leaders in the tech industry. Listen to her reflections on discovering her calling.

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What to Do with Sexism

In the '90s Theresia experienced plenty of sexism and inappropriate advances in tech and as a VC. She shares her perspective on progress made since then and tips on overcoming the biases that still exist.