Greenspring Associates was a venture capital firm that invested primarily in the information technology, biotechnology, healthcare and telecommunications sectors. The firm was based in Owings Mills, Maryland and maintained offices in Palo Alto, CA, Miami, FL, London, and Beijing. The company was led by two Managing General Partners, C. Ashton Newhall and James "Jim" Lim, along with General Partners Hunter Somerville, John Avirett, and Lindsay Redfield, as well as Chief Operating Officer Eric Thompson, Chief Financial Officer Carrie McIntyre, and Partners Seyonne Kang and Adair Newhall. In 2021, the Firm agreed to be acquired by StepStone Group in a transaction valued north of $725 million, bringing the combined firm's assets under management to a figure around $27 billion.