Alexander Niehenke

Alexander Niehenke

Alexander Niehenke is a Partner at Scale Venture Partners, a venture capital firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been with the firm since 2013, initially as a Principal and then promoted to Partner in 2017.23

Investment Focus

Niehenke focuses on investing in SaaS business applications, particularly in the areas of FinTech and Vertical SaaS.23 He looks for opportunities where incumbents have failed to invest in advanced technology offerings.3 Some of his notable investments include:

• Motive (formerly KeepTruckin), a mobile-first telematics solution for the long-haul trucking industry2
• Forter, an e-commerce fraud prevention platform2
• DroneDeploy, a drone mapping and analytics platform2
• Demandbase, an account-based marketing platform2
• Root Insurance, an insurtech company3
• Spruce, a real estate technology company3
• Proscia, a digital pathology platform3
• Archipelago, a construction technology company3

Board Memberships

Niehenke serves on the Board of Directors for several of Scale's portfolio companies, including13:

• Motive
• Spruce
• Proscia
• Archipelago

Background

Prior to joining Scale, Niehenke was an Associate at Crosslink Capital from 2009 to 2012. He also has experience as an Associate at Montgomery & Co., a boutique investment bank.

Niehenke holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He is fluent in English and German.