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Greenspring Associates — Seed & Growth VC Firm ($500K–$5.0M Checks)

VC
Baltimore, MDWebsite

Greenspring Associates is a Seed, Growth venture capital firm based in Baltimore, MD investing in Marketplace. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$5.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
7 listed
AUM
$17B
Stage
Seed, Growth
Sectors
Marketplace
HQ
Baltimore, MD

Last verified: 2026-02-23

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Growth

Check Size

$500K – $5.0M

AUM

$17.4B

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investment Thesis

Greenspring supports companies in the consumer ecosystem, marketplaces, and beauty/personal care spaces.

How Greenspring Associates invests

Greenspring Associates is a vc firm based in Baltimore, MD. The firm invests at the Seed, Growth stages, with a focus on Marketplace. It does not invest in Deep Tech, Enterprise SaaS.

Greenspring Associates typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $17B in assets under management.

Greenspring Associates has backed 2 companies in our records, including Beautylish, ClassPass.

Partners & Team

TR

Todd Ruppert

Partner

venture fund network
possibly advising or sourcing
AN

Ashton Newhall

General Partner

venture fund investments
direct investments
secondary venture capital
JA

John Avirett

General Partner

venture fund investing
direct venture-backed companies
LR

Lindsay Redfield

General Partner

venture capital
growth equity
fund investments
auditing actors
SK

Seyonne Kang

Partner

venture/growth fund investing
direct and secondary investments
due diligence
HS

Hunter Somerville

Partner

direct, fund, and secondary investments
emerging managers
LP due diligence
JL

Jim Lim

Managing Partner

venture fund investments
growth equity
fund manager selection

Industry Focus

Invests In

Marketplace

Does Not Invest In

Deep Tech
Enterprise SaaS

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

BE

Beautylish

Beauty Marketplace
CL

ClassPass

Consumer Services
How to pitch Greenspring Associates
  • •Raising at Seed, Growth? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $5.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Todd Ruppert, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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