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About Asymmetric

Members of our team have known each other for almost two decades. With the debut of our $105M fund, we’re excited to bring years of expertise and a broad network to every investment.

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Rob Biederman

Managing Partner
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Sarah Unger Biggs

Partner & Chief Operating Officer
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Sam Clayman

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Nancy Chou

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Matty Mejia-Johnston

Principal
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Michele Spitzer

Head of Portfolio & Platform
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Sean Marshall

Executive In Residence
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What founders say about Asymmetric

"Asymmetric kick-started our momentum, in advance of an upsized round, with a differentiated founder-friendly approach. Working together has felt like we are co-building this business."
Henry Zhang
Emergence Software
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"Asymmetric really “gets” what it’s like to run a startup and what we are trying to do [...] their network and in house operational expertise are exceptional, and very complementary to our team."
Stephen Kemmerling
OrcaDB
“We were so excited to bring Asymmetric into our Series A. They truly understand the future of work space and add an important perspective alongside a16z and the other investors in the round.”
Chris Herd
Firstbase
"The Asymmetric team has redefined our partnership strategy, providing insight on strategic board observers to restructuring new business development deals. It's a dream to have a founder like Rob on the other side of the table."
Dana Dunford
Hemlane
"Asymmetric kick-started our momentum, in advance of an upsized round, with a differentiated founder-friendly approach. Working together has felt like we are co-building this business."
Henry Zhang
Emergence Software
“When we first met the team at Asymmetric it felt like an immediate match. Their perspective as previous operators and the way they immediately wanted to dig in and see how they could help really stood out to us.”
Alex Marlantes
Everlance
"They had already done the homework in our space [...] In the same amount of time that many funds would take to get a second or third meeting on the books, Asymmetric had funded and were already putting in work for us."
Daniel Lawhon
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Focus: Sean works with our portfolio companies to help them improve and accelerate their go-to-market strategies.

Accomplishment: Scaled the sales organization at Klaviyo from 15 to 300 people and grew annual recurring revenue from $25M to over $450M.

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Focus: Working with our founders and their leadership teams.

Hidden Talent: Can fold the heck out of a fitted sheet.

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Focus: Horizontal & Vertical SaaS, Fintech, and Insurtech

Dream Job: Anything where I get to build with my hands - potter, carpenter, lego connoisseur… you name it!

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Focus: Healthcare IT, Horizontal & Vertical SaaS, and B2B Marketplaces.

Hidden Talent: Fake Australian accent (have yet to make it to Australia).

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Focus: Horizontal & Vertical SaaS, Healthcare IT, Digital / E-Commerce Platforms.

Travels: Try to visit at least a couple of new countries every year - New Zealand and Croatia are (separately) next on my list!

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Focus: Horizontal & Vertical SaaS and B2B Marketplaces.

Hidden Talent: Spicy rigatoni better than Carbone.

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Focus: Sarah runs the operations of the firm and fund and oversees investor relationships.

Travels: Biking and wine is always a good combo.

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Focus: Sean works with our portfolio companies to help them improve and accelerate their go-to-market strategies.

Accomplishment: Scaled the sales organization at Klaviyo from 15 to 300 people and grew annual recurring revenue from $25M to over $450M.

Origins: Born in Brooklyn NY, but spent the majority of my life in and around Boston.

Travel: Been to Maui over 15 times. It’s my favorite place in the world and recently took our kids there last year.

Hidden Talent: Ping pong.

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Giving: Boston Medical Center’s Pediatric Pain Clinic, founded by my sister-in-law! Focused on helping children who are dealing with chronic pain.

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Focus: Working with our founders and their leadership teams.

Hidden Talent: Can fold the heck out of a fitted sheet.

Dream Job: Planning memorable trips for others, which would require personally vetting all hotels, restaurants, and activities…because I’d take my craft seriously.

Origins: Calls the Bay Area home but grew up in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Shanghai.

Accomplishment: Named a digital advertising product after a classic rap group.

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Giving: Criminal justice reform, mental healthcare access, women’s rights protection.

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Focus: Horizontal & Vertical SaaS, Fintech, and Insurtech

Dream Job: Anything where I get to build with my hands - potter, carpenter, lego connoisseur… you name it!

Family: Grew up with one sister and 7 german shepherds.

Travel: Anywhere in the mountains makes me happy (hiking the Haute Route was an all-time favorite).

Origins: Proud Jersey kid.

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Giving: Food Insecurity, and Women’s Health & Rights

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Focus: Healthcare IT, Horizontal & Vertical SaaS, and B2B Marketplaces.

Hidden Talent: Fake Australian accent (have yet to make it to Australia).

Bucket list: Make it to space (without spending an absurd amount of money).

Interests: Skiing, neuroscience / anything to do with the brain, Latin music, cooking (aspirationally).

Sports: Huge tennis player / fan (Federer > Nadal).

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Giving: Mental health and education.

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Focus: Horizontal & Vertical SaaS, Healthcare IT, Digital / E-Commerce Platforms.

Travels: Try to visit at least a couple of new countries every year - New Zealand and Croatia are (separately) next on my list!

Origins: Born in Indiana, mostly grew up in the Boston area.

Family: Grew up as one of four brothers - my parents deserve an award!

Sports: Walked on to Yale’s Varsity Squash team as a Freshman, promptly rode the deep bench for the next three years and slipped into the starting lineup as a Senior.

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Giving: Charities that work to treat mental illness - an important, complex, often misunderstood category of disease.

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Focus: Horizontal & Vertical SaaS and B2B Marketplaces.

Hidden Talent: Spicy rigatoni better than Carbone.

Accomplishment: Turned down going on Shark Tank, but successfully cold-emailed Mark Cuban directly and raised the first money invested in Catalant.

Origins: New York by birth, Boston by choice, Wyoming by aspiration.

Bucket List: Summited 44 of the 48 White Mountain peaks above 4000’, going to finish all of them if it takes forever.

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Giving: Passionate about childhood education and closing the achievement gap in the US.

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Focus: Sarah runs the operations of the firm and fund and oversees investor relationships.

Travels: Biking and wine is always a good combo.

Hidden Talent: Can name all 50 states in alphabetical order in under 15 seconds.

Origins: Outside Philadelphia with a heavy dose of northwestern North Carolina mountains.

Family: Lots of pre-bed dance parties to the Encanto soundtrack with my girls.

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Giving: Food insecurity, early education, women’s and maternal health.