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Access Venture Partners
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Access Venture Partners is a Colorado-based early-stage venture capital firm investing in bold, founder-led technology companies in the Mountain West and growing venture states. The firm focuses on three core themes: Cybersecurity & Defense Tech (securing digital infrastructure for consumers, organizations, and networks), Managed Marketplaces (software and marketplaces that simplify commerce and transactions), and Enterprise SaaS (HRtech, DataOps, Applied AI, API & Seamless Interoperability, Data Infrastructure). They invest in companies with 'venture pace' growth potential, high margins, recurring revenue, and sustainable competitive advantage targeting large addressable markets. Access targets initial investments between $500k-$4M into Pre-seed to Series A funding rounds, investing at the validation and growth stages as a first or early institutional investor, with significant reserves for follow-on support.
Notable quotes
“One of the bets we made in founding Access was that technology companies would be founded everywhere. In 1998, very few early stage venture funds thrived outside of Silicon Valley or Boston. Today, many do. Fortunately, our bet has paid off and we expect there to be many more entrepreneurial success stories with their genesis in the Rockies.”
“Every organization is being asked by their board if they are secure. The traditional approach of buying the newest, flashy product or hiring managed service providers is not stopping the attacks that lead to headline-grabbing breaches. I'm excited to join Red Canary as they take a unique approach which I believe is the best way to stop these attacks.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydden | Seed | — | 2024-09-17 |
| RADICL Defense | Series A | — | 2025-11-06 |
| Dapple Security | Seed | — | 2023-12-15 |
| Red Canary | Series C | $81m | 2021-02-17 |
| Bonusly | unknown | — | — |
| Nivati | unknown | — | — |
| TurboTenant | unknown | — | — |
| TextUs | Series C | $22m | 2021 |
| GoodBuy Gear | unknown | — | — |
| Wednesday | unknown | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Summit Partners | 2 |
| Noro-Moseley Partners | 2 |
| Paladin Capital | 2 |
| Service Provider Capital | 2 |
| Lockstep VC | 1 |
| FIRST IN | 1 |
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