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# Strive Asset Management
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/strive-asset-management/
- Published: 1999-01-03T00:29:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-04T00:13:04.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

**Strive Asset Management, LLC** is an American venture capital firm based in Columbus, Ohio.

## History

[Vivek Ramaswamy](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Vivek-Ramaswamy) and Anson Frericks co-founded Strive in 2022.[\[1\]](#fn1)

## Organization

| Name                                                                     | Position                                                          | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Anson Frericks                                                           | Co-founder[\[1:1\]](#fn1)                                         | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Vivek Ramaswamy](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Vivek-Ramaswamy) | Co-founder[\[2\]](#fn2)                                           | [Roivant Sciences](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Roivant-Sciences), [Tekmira Pharmaceuticals](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Tekmira-Pharmaceuticals)                                 |
| Matt Cole                                                                | Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer[\[3\]](#fn3) | California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)                                                                                                                                             |
| Justin Danhof                                                            | Executive Vice President, Corporate Governance[\[4\]](#fn4)       | National Center for Public Policy Research                                                                                                                                                           |
| Alexandra Gaiser                                                         | General Counsel[\[5\]](#fn5)                                      | River Financial, United States Department of the Treasury, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Allison Eid, Colorado Supreme Court, Jennifer Elrod, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Don McArdle                                                              | Chief Compliance Officer[\[6\]](#fn6)                             | State Street Global Advisors (SSGA)                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Ben Pham                                                                 | Chief Financial Officer[\[7\]](#fn7)                              | [Roivant Sciences](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Roivant-Sciences), Citigroup                                                                                                                |
| Alex Stone                                                               | Chief Administrative Officer[\[8\]](#fn8)                         | Executive Office of the President of the United States                                                                                                                                               |

### Investors

Strive's investors include:[\[9\]](#fn9)[\[10\]](#fn10)

- Cantor Fitzgerald
- D.A. Wallach
- Deason Capital Services (DCS)
- Derick Cooper
- Flex Capital
- [Founders Fund](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Founders-Fund)
- Howard Lutnick
- Joe Lonsdale
- [Narya Capital](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Narya-Capital)[\[2:1\]](#fn2)
- Peter Thiel
- Raymond Schinazi
- William Kappaz

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=strive%5Fasset%5Fmanagement)
- [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/strive-asset-management)
- [Website](https://www.strivefunds.com/)

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1. Aucamp, E. (2022, November 15). *Strive Asset Management Exceeds Half a Billion in AUM, 3 Months After Launch.* Yahoo Finance. <https://web.archive.org/web/20230625235937/https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/strive-asset-management-exceeds-half-180000618.html> [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1)
2. *Home.* Narya. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20240726215507/https://naryavc.com/> [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1)
3. *Meet Matt Cole.* Strive. Retrieved April 30, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20240430152204/https://www.strive.com/bio/matt-cole> [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. *Meet Justin Danhof.* Strive. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20240726233140/https://www.strive.com/bio/justin-danhof> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Meet Alexandra Gaiser.* Strive. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20240726234601/https://www.strive.com/bio/alexandra-gaiser> [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. *Meet Don McArdle.* Strive. Retrieved April 30, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20240430152205/https://www.strive.com/bio/don-mcardle> [↩︎](#fnref6)
7. *Meet Ben Pham.* Strive. Retrieved April 30, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20240430152204/https://www.strive.com/bio/ben-pham> [↩︎](#fnref7)
8. *Meet Alex Stone.* Strive. Retrieved April 30, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20240430152205/https://www.strive.com/bio/alex-stone> [↩︎](#fnref8)
9. *Seed Round - Strive Asset Management.* (2022, May 29). Crunchbase. <https://www.crunchbase.com/funding%5Fround/strive-asset-management-seed--5b002c44> [↩︎](#fnref9)
10. *Series B - Strive Asset Management.* (2024, July 23). Crunchbase. <https://www.crunchbase.com/funding%5Fround/strive-asset-management-series-b--b618152f> [↩︎](#fnref10)