Alex co-leads Lightspeed’s consumer investment team across the Americas and Europe and has spent the last 15 years as a venture capital investor. He has partnered with founders from inception through hundreds in millions in revenue across a variety of industries, including apparel, CPG, education, financial services, food services, supply chains, and wholesale.
Alex spends most of his time at Lightspeed supporting marketplace and SMB focused businesses, including Archive, Faire, Found, Keychain, Table22, Vinted, and more. He previously supported over a dozen companies at a prior venture firm, including thredUP (IPO TDUP, 2021), Carbon Black (IPO CBLK, 2018), 2U (IPO 2014, TWOU), and RentJuice (acquired by Zillow, 2012)
Alex studied physics at Harvard College (summa cum laude), received an MS in materials engineering from MIT, and graduated with an MBA from HBS, where he was a Baker Scholar (top 5% of class). He lives in SF and enjoys muay thai, anime, and progressive metal music.
Lightspeed and its affiliates engage and retain the services of consultants, operating advisors, operating partners, operating executives, venture directors, venture partners, partners or senior advisors (together the “Venture and Operating Partners”) to assist the Firm in sourcing and evaluating new investments or supporting Lightspeed’s leadership in other ways, including by providing strategic insights related to portfolio companies, investment opportunities and other matters, as well as supporting portfolio companies directly post-investment. Most Venture and Operating Partners are non-employees.
- Favorite Album The Bends (Radiohead); Aenima (Tool); Take Me Back to Eden (Sleep Token)
- Favorite Book "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
- Favorite Hobby Muay Thai
