Ashley Bittner
Founding Partner @ Firework Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Ashley Bittner is a Series A investor at Firework Ventures in San Francisco focused on Software and Analytics. Ashley Bittner is the Managing Partner of Kalos Ventures and an experienced venture investor with a track record of driving innovation across the private and public sectors. She has led or worked on more than $250M in investments, including closing Fund I in 2021 with $72.5M raised across the core fund and four SPVs. Prior to Kalos, she was aPrincipal at Owl Ventures, where she helped raise and deploy over $600M across multiple funds and served on more than 10 boards. Before entering venture capital, Ashley was appointed by the Obama Administration to the U.S. Department of Education, where she worked on higher education-to-employment initiatives. She also began her career as a Teach for America Corps Member, teaching middle school social studies and English in the Bronx.Ashley earned a MBA from the Wharton School and a MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School. She holds a BA in Political Science and History, with minors in economics and Latin American Studies, from the University of Florida Honors Program. Ashley is a Truman Scholar for the state of Florida (2006).
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 71%
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Industries Ashley Bittner invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (29%)
- Analytics 2 (29%)
- SaaS 1 (14%)
- Internet 1 (14%)
- Training 1 (14%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (57%)
- Seed 1 (14%)
- Series B 1 (14%)
- Series C 1 (14%)
Country
- United States 4 (57%)
- Canada 1 (14%)
Investments
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| Boomerang Intelligence provides SaaS tools for workforce analytics and employee management. | $12.7M / Seed / Sep 14, 2026 | ||
| Inclusively is the technology-centered professional network and employment platform. Our modern recruitment process connects job seekers with disabilities, mental health conditions, and chronic illnesses, to inclusive employers committed to providing needed workplace accommodations. We are dedicated to driving employment among the disabilitycommunity as a matter of both human dignity and economic urgency.1 in 4 of us have or will have, a disability during our working years. We are a marketplace for candidates who benefit from workplace accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including mobility/physical, visual, hearing, neurodivergent, cognitive, speech, chronic illnesses, mental health conditions, and intellectual disabilities. | $13M / Series A / Nov 16, 2023 | ||
| TRANSFR VR’s core technology is a dialogue system between the trainee and our virtual coach. This unique VR apprenticeship model lets trainees move at their own pace and provides strategic, specific feedback to help them learn from their mistakes and master the skills they need to successfully perform their job. | $40M / Series C / Sep 28, 2023 | ||
| TRANSFR VR’s core technology is a dialogue system between the trainee and our virtual coach. This unique VR apprenticeship model lets trainees move at their own pace and provides strategic, specific feedback to help them learn from their mistakes and master the skills they need to successfully perform their job. | $35M / Series B / Jun 16, 2022 | ||
| Learn In provides a comprehensive upskilling-as-a-service platform, which enables companies to offer employees sabbaticals, during which time they can acquire the new skills that are essential within an evolving workplace. It delivers companies and their employees online, low-cost training programs, as well as traditional degree optionsparticularly focused on digital skills and hard-to-fill roles such as data science and software engineering. | $10M / Series A / Mar 22, 2022 | ||
| TRANSFR VR’s core technology is a dialogue system between the trainee and our virtual coach. This unique VR apprenticeship model lets trainees move at their own pace and provides strategic, specific feedback to help them learn from their mistakes and master the skills they need to successfully perform their job. | $12M / Series A / Nov 19, 2020 | ||
| Imbellus builds simulation-based cognitive assessments that measure how people think, not just what they know. In the age of automation, it is imperative that schools prepare students to do what computers cannot, so our assessments evaluate the deep thinking skills that modern work and modern life require. Eventually, we'll replacestandardized tests like the SAT, ACT, and state summative exams. We also work with corporate and government partners to support their hiring, upskilling, and retention practices.Imbellus is an interdisciplinary team of learning scientists, game developers, artists, data scientists, and AI engineers with $23M in venture backing. For more on Imbellus, check out our website or some of the materials linked below. We’re also hiring! | $14.7M / Series A / Oct 31, 2018 |
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What does Ashley Bittner invest in?
Ashley Bittner invests primarily in Software, Analytics and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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