# Jennifer Fonstad

> Jennifer Fonstad is a funding round investor at Aspect Ventures backing Software. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Aspect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aspect-ventures)
- Location: Atherton, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jennifer-scott-fonstad/50/508/615
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jfonstad
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.fonstad

Jennifer Fonstad is a funding round investor at Aspect Ventures in Atherton focused on Software and Manufacturing. Jennifer Scott Fonstad Considered one of the most senior women in venture today, Ms. Fonstad invests broadly in early-stage companies with recent investments in mobile applications, consumer and enterprise application services, and energy management. Investment successes include Athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN), Lumenos (acquired by Wellpoint, NYSE:WLP), Achex (acquired by First Data, NYSE: FDC), and NetZero (NASDAQ: UNTD). Other recent investments include Flurry, iCiX, Intematix, Nanostring, Stravus, and UrbanSitter.Jennifer joined Draper Fisher Jurvetson as a Kauffman Fellow in 1997 becoming a partner in 1998. She is currently a Managing Director of the firm. She began her career with Bain and Company after spending a year teaching math to high school students in sub-Sahara Africa. She graduated Cum Laude from Georgetown University and holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School.In her spare time, Jennifer focuses on her family and community. She serves on the Board of Trustees for Castilleja School, the pre-eminent girls' middle school and high school in Northern California, and chairs the Somaly Mam Foundation board, an organization focused on ending sex slavery for underage girls around the world. She and her family built the first LEED Platinum-certified home in Silicon Valley and Jennifer can be found running around on weekends with one or all of her four children.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 17% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 17% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 11% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 11% |
| Fuel | 1 | 6% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 4 | 22% |
| Series A | 3 | 17% |
| Series B | 3 | 17% |
| Series C | 2 | 11% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 50% |
| Israel | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Salvo Health | Salvo is emerging as the leader in helping GI providers leap into a hybrid-care vision of the future of medicine, providing brick & mortar clinics with an easy to implement continuous care platform that saves time, increases revenue and improves patient outcomes.The company has announced agreements with 771 GI’s, representing 15% of allindependent GI’s in the US, to deploy wraparound care for their clinic patients. Included in its customers are five of the largest GI practices in the country, together seeing over 1.1 million GI patients a year. Salvo provides the tech and care delivery for modern, interdisciplinary care to treat chronic conditions that have surged in cost and prevalence: --IBS and IBD (over 40M affected) -- GERD and Celiac (over 50M affected) --MASH/MASLD, what was previously called “fatty liver disease” (over 80M) --Obesity (over 100M) The care benefits patients (76% of patients reported improved symptoms, five accepted medical conference abstracts on outcomes), generates incremental profit for practices (over $2M EBITDA improvement for a 100 GI practice), and reduces total healthcare costs (79% drop in GI-related ER utilization). | $8.5M | Series A | Jan 22, 2026 |  |
| Lemonada Media | Lemonada Media is a podcast network that shares the unfiltered version of the human experience. Lemonada's podcasts feature first-person narratives that live on through an engaged community and shares content that gives listeners a sense of understanding about different experiences of others and makes them relate to it, hence allowinglisteners to understand multiple human experiences and make them feel good and take lessons for their own experiences. | $8M | Series A | Jan 27, 2022 |  |
| WorkWhile | WorkWhile is an hourly labor marketplace that connects businesses with flexible professionals for various job opportunities. The platform allows companies to find workers for events and warehouse tasks, ensuring that their staffing needs are met efficiently. Workers can browse available shifts that align with their skills and schedules, providingthem with the flexibility they seek. Additionally, WorkWhile offers next-day pay, allowing employees to receive their earnings promptly after completing their shifts. This feature enhances financial flexibility for workers. The platform also utilizes location-based job matching to ensure that job opportunities are accessible to nearby professionals. | $3.5M | Seed | Dec 19, 2020 |  |
| OhmConnect | OhmConnect is a software based powerplant that assists users in organizing the way they use their electricity usage to lessen digital pollution. OhmConnect rewards its users by saving energy to allow them to make money and win prizes. The company was established in 2013 by Matt Deusterberg in Oakland, California. | $8.5M | Series B | Apr 17, 2018 |  |
| Edeniq | Edeniq, Inc. is a leading biotechnology company that develops processes for producing and measuring cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber through its Intellulose technology. Edeniq’s Intellulose requires zero capital investment and is easily integrated into existing ethanol production facilities. Edeniq was established in 2008 and isheadquartered in Visalia, Calif. with a field office in Omaha, Neb. More information can be found at www.edeniq.com. | $16M |  | Jan 20, 2015 |  |
| Edeniq | Edeniq, Inc. is a leading biotechnology company that develops processes for producing and measuring cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber through its Intellulose technology. Edeniq’s Intellulose requires zero capital investment and is easily integrated into existing ethanol production facilities. Edeniq was established in 2008 and isheadquartered in Visalia, Calif. with a field office in Omaha, Neb. More information can be found at www.edeniq.com. | $4M |  | Nov 03, 2014 |  |
| ICIX | Active Transparency. Brand Protection. Customer Trust.ICIX helps the retail industry’s leading companies collaborate across trading partner networks to achieve Active Transparency. Our solutions enable companies to safeguard consumers, protect their brand, and build trust - all while improving margins. More than 20,000 businesses activelyconnect on the ICIX network, including 3 of the top 10 U.S. retailers and the top 100 food suppliers. ICIX customers include Walmart, Nike, Target, Hanesbrands, US Foods, Diageo, Wakefern and Restoration Hardware. | $20.3M |  | Sep 28, 2013 |  |
| Kaiima | Kaiima developed a pioneering, non-GMO, technology platform called EP™. EP™, coupled with advanced breeding programs, boosts the inherent productivity and resource usage efficiency of high-impact food and energy crops.The company collaborates with partners around the globe to develop new crop varieties, specifically suited for sustainableagriculture.Kaiima is also active in castor breeding, marketing and sales as well as high-quality vegetable variety development through its subsidiary, Top Seeds.Kaiima is headquartered in the Lower Galilee, Israel. | $65M |  | Aug 19, 2013 |  |
| Edeniq | Edeniq, Inc. is a leading biotechnology company that develops processes for producing and measuring cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber through its Intellulose technology. Edeniq’s Intellulose requires zero capital investment and is easily integrated into existing ethanol production facilities. Edeniq was established in 2008 and isheadquartered in Visalia, Calif. with a field office in Omaha, Neb. More information can be found at www.edeniq.com. | $6.2M |  | May 01, 2013 |  |
| Nantero | Nantero is a next-generation memory technology that, packs massive amounts of storage and is nonvolatile. Its main focus is the commercial introduction of NRAM – a high-density high-speed nonvolatile random access storage device. The applications for the nonvolatile RAM Nantero is developing include smartphones, tablets, enterprise systems,notebook and desktop computers, as well as applications in the automotive and industrial arena. NRAM can be manufactured for both standalone and embedded memory applications. Nantero is also working with licensees on the development of additional applications of Nantero’s core nanotube-based technology. | $15M | Series D | Nov 28, 2012 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [180 Degree Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/180-degree-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angeleno Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angeleno-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Crosslink Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosslink-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Aspect Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Aspect Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in the emerging mobile marketplace.

2 contacts available at Aspect Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chad Herrin | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chad-herrin |
| Jennifer Fonstad | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-scott-fonstad |

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## FAQ

### What does Jennifer Fonstad invest in?

Jennifer Fonstad invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Agriculture startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jennifer Fonstad last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jennifer Fonstad closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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