Casey Aylward

Casey Aylward is a Partner at Accel, a venture capital firm she joined in January 2022. Her focus is on early-stage investments in sectors such as cloud-native infrastructure, open-source software, and security companies. Aylward is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and has a background in software engineering, having previously worked at Pinterest and URX, the latter of which was acquired by Pinterest.

Before her role at Accel, she was with Costanoa Ventures, where she led investments in developer tools, data infrastructure, and security. Aylward holds a degree from Dartmouth College and hails from Palm Beach, Florida. Her technical expertise and experience in both engineering and venture capital allow her to effectively engage with entrepreneurs at various stages of company development, particularly in navigating the complexities of technology scalability and business strategy.123