# Alacrity Ventures

> Alacrity Ventures is a VC fund in Berkeley backing News and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berkeley, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.alacritymanagement.com

Alacrity Ventures is an angel capital investment firm. Its main purpose is to fund and guide start-up companies through initial stages of development, offering seed financing and mentorship. Alacrity is primarily oriented toward working with Internet and technological companies with new and innovative ideas. Alacrity’s goal is to identify peoplewith a passion to create ground-breaking high-tech firms and to help them achieve success in building those businesses.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Procurement | 1 | 50% |
| Collaboration | 1 | 50% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chile | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Les Spero | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/les-spero |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Webdox | Webdox is a SaaS CLM focused on large and medium companies in LATAM and the US. Webdox control automates and optimizes the entire contract lifecycle for all kinds of contract types with different features for the whole contract lifecycle, including contract request, contract drafting, validation, e-signature, contract execution, contract changemanagement, contract repository, and reports.The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Region Metropolitana, Chile. | $7.3M | Series A | Oct 25, 2021 |  |
| Salon Media Group | Salon Media Group operates the pioneering, award-winning news site Salon.com. With an audience of 15 million monthly unique visitors, Salon.com covers breaking news, politics, culture, technology and entertainment through investigative reporting, fearless commentary and criticism, and provocative personal essays. Salon.com has been a leader inonline media since the dawn of the digital age and has bureaus in San Francisco, New York City and Washington, D.C. |  |  | Aug 10, 2001 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Asenza Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asenza-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ChileGlobal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chileglobal-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [Taram Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taram-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [WR Hambrecht](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wr-hambrecht) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Alacrity Ventures invest in?

Alacrity Ventures invests primarily in News, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Chile. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Alacrity Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Alacrity Ventures?

The team at Alacrity Ventures includes Les Spero (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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