Aspire Ventures
VC Fund
Lancaster, United States
Aspire Ventures is an investment firm that focuses on transforming healthcare with breakthrough technologies. It leverages their capital, intellectual property, and domain expertise in the Internet of Things (IoT) to help solve today’s biggest problems. The firm was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
- Fund size:
- $300M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Aspire Ventures invests in
Stages Aspire Ventures invests in
Countries Aspire Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 7 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$3.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 1 (33%)
- Messaging 1 (33%)
- Real Time 1 (33%)
- Advertising 1 (33%)
- Digital Media 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (67%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (33%)
Country
- New Zealand 1 (33%)
- United States 1 (33%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
David Kennedy
Co-Founder and Managing Director
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Co-Founder and Managing Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Essam Abadir
President & CEO
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President & CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Jeff Haley
Chief Commercial Officer
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Chief Commercial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jeffrey Lehman
Managing Director, Co-Founder
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Managing Director, Co-Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Kim Ireland
Chief Information Officer
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Chief Information Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid. | $3.5M / Seed / Aug 08, 2023 | ||
| Wylei provides adaptive content solutions to agencies and brands to increase digital messaging relevance and engagement. It uses advanced predictive algorithms to take the guesswork out of digital web, email, mobile, and video campaigns. Wylei's Adaptive Content(TM) and Predictive Intelligence, delivers emails that adapt to the specificcontext of open, based on where, how, and when the email is viewed. | $1.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 14, 2017 | ||
| Wylei provides adaptive content solutions to agencies and brands to increase digital messaging relevance and engagement. It uses advanced predictive algorithms to take the guesswork out of digital web, email, mobile, and video campaigns. Wylei's Adaptive Content(TM) and Predictive Intelligence, delivers emails that adapt to the specificcontext of open, based on where, how, and when the email is viewed. | $2M / Seed / Oct 17, 2014 |
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FAQ
What does Aspire Ventures invest in?
Aspire Ventures invests primarily in Energy, Messaging and Real Time startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Aspire Ventures invest in?
Aspire Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$3.5M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Aspire Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Aspire Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Aspire Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Aspire Ventures?
The team at Aspire Ventures includes David Kennedy (Co-Founder and Managing Director), Essam Abadir (President & CEO) and Jeff Haley (Chief Commercial Officer), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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