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    Access Venture Partners

    Westminster, Colorado, United StatesFounded 1999

    Access Venture Partners is a Colorado-based venture capital firm founded in 1999, investing in early-stage technology companies with a focus on SaaS, cybersecurity, HR tech, and marketplace models. The firm targets initial investments between $500K and $4M in pre-seed through Series A rounds across Colorado and the Mountain West region.

    Average disclosed round size is $38.5M (across 96 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    78

    Fund Size

    $47M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    Frank Mendicino II

    Frank Mendicino II

    Co-Founder and Emeritus Partner

    Pat Ciccotti

    Pat Ciccotti

    Pat has been with Access Ventures since it’s first founding in 1999. Prior to Access, she worked for the Woodside Fund in Silicon Valley, California, where she started her career. Pat leads investor relations at Access and manages investor communications and meetings, as well as manages the office. Pat is an avid golfer and considers herself a jedi master in the garden.

    Brian Wallace

    Brian Wallace

    Managing Partner

    FM

    Frank Mendicino III

    Managing Partner & Founder

    Kirk Holland

    Kirk Holland

    Managing Partner

    Alex Houghtalin

    Alex Houghtalin

    Principal

    Eric Shu

    Eric Shu

    Principal

    Tiffany Cholez

    Tiffany Cholez

    Tiffany has 25 years of experience in accounting, finance and venture capital and holds a CPA. She was formerly CFO of Roaring Fork Capital and controller of Centennial Ventures, as well as the principal financial officer of several companies. Tiffany is the CFO of Access and manages the funds and accounting.

    Andra Stene

    Andra Stene

    Andra has over 10 years experience in accounting and finance. She began her career at Price Waterhouse Coopers and earned her MBA and Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Denver. Andra is the fund administrator for Access.

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    101 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    RADICL logoRADICLSeries A$31MFeb 2026
    RADICL logoRADICLSeries A$31MJan 2026
    Tidal Cyber logoTidal CyberSeries A$10MSep 2025
    Hydden logoHyddenSeed$4.4MSep 2024
    Liquid Death logoLiquid DeathSeries C$75MMar 2024
    Dapple Security logoDapple SecurityPre-Seed$2.3MJan 2024
    GoodBuy Gear logoGoodBuy GearSeries A$14MJun 2023
    Oats Overnight logoOats OvernightSeries A$20MMar 2023
    Bonusly logoBonuslySeries B$18.9MFeb 2023
    BBonus LySeries B$18.9MFeb 2023
    Locad logoLocadSeries A$11MJan 2023
    The Regis Company logoThe Regis CompanySeed—Jan 2023
    BBonus LySeries B$18.9MJan 2023
    Radicl Defense logoRadicl DefenseUnknown$9MJan 2023
    Plugo logoPlugoSeries A$9MDec 2022
    TThreatXSeries B$30MAug 2022
    Quotabook logoQuotabookSeries A$11MAug 2022
    ALICE Technologies logoALICE TechnologiesSeries B$30MJun 2022
    VVaparSeed$2.5MJun 2022
    Volopay logoVolopaySeries A$29MFeb 2022
    Volopay logoVolopaySeries A$29MJan 2022
    TThreatXSeries B$52MJan 2022
    Canary logoCanarySeries A$15MJan 2022
    Coolmate logoCoolmateSeries A$2MJan 2022
    TextUs logoTextUsSeries C$22MDec 2021
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026