Alexa Binns is an investor and marketer with a talent for spotting the latest trends and technology. She has climbed the ranks in VC from associate to partner investing at Maven, Halogen, and Spacecadet. Key angel investments include Chipper Cash, Sana Benefits, and The Flex Co.Alexa is the co-host of Swimming with Allocators, the VC podcast from the LP perspective. Each week she and Earnest Sweat interview a different top allocator and industry thought leader on the opportunities and strategies they see this next decade of venture capital.As an operator, Alexa has ten years experience building popular digital and physical products for Planned Parenthood, MTV, Disney, and Target. Alexa’s specialty is deploying the latest marketing techniques: she wrote her master’s thesis on building a brand on YouTube, helped sell the Twitch influencer marketing platform NoScope, was nominated for a Mashable Award with Foursquare, and ran some of the very first ads on Twitter. Alexa graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford and has her MBA from UCLA Anderson. She lives in Austin TX with her bernadoodle, baby and comically healthy husband.Industry Expertise: retail, health, media, impact