Allison Hartsoe
Operating Partner, Electrigarden Ventures
Biography
Allison is the operating partner at Electrigarden Ventures, which evaluates baby-boomer companies for exit readiness. She assesses customer base durability, revenue predictability, and scalable GTM systems. She advises management teams on closing valuation gaps with AI optimization. Two personal exits provide perspective on both emotional complexity and financial mechanics of founder liquidity events.
Previously, as managing director at EY, she led AI Data & Analytics for PE clients and delivered an $8M spend reallocation strategy for KKR portfolio company while building a proprietary AI methodology that identified more than $50M in optimizations. As founder and CEO of Ambition Data, she achieved 6 years profitability with 30% YoY growth, doubled margins from 25% to 50%, and established data standards, KPIs and governance frameworks for Fortune 500 clients including Genentech, GSK, Intel, and Nike. She also co-founded iSyndicate, scaling to 230 employees with $72M Series F and IPO preparation, where she negotiated a complex international JV securing 50/50 equity from majority demand and structuring offshore IP protection.