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Alex is a Board Partner at Lightspeed, where he previously led the consumer investment team across the Americas and Europe and 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, food services, financial services, supply chains, and wholesale. Alex spends most of his time at Lightspeed supporting marketplace and SMB focused businesses, including Archive, Faire, Found, Keychain, Outsmart College, 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.
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Independent Board DirectorUnited RentalsSan Francisco, Ca, Us
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Board PartnerLightspeed Dec 2024 - PresentMenlo Park, California, Us -
PartnerLightspeed Feb 2016 - Dec 2024Menlo Park, California, UsLightspeed is a global venture capital firm with nearly $30B of committed capital. Over the past two decades, the Lightspeed team has backed and helped build more than 200 companies globally, most since inception or Series A. Recent IPOs include AFRM, APPD, DUO, FINV, FTSV, GD, HNST, MULE, NTNX, NTRA, PDD, RBRK, SEDG, SNAP, SFIX, and ZS. The firm currently invests across the US, Israel, India, China, Europe, LATAM, and Southeast Asia.I co-lead the Lightspeed Consumer team, as well as the firm's emerging LATAM practice. I spend most of my time investing in marketplaces and SMB platforms/networks.
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Board ObserverFaire Sep 2018 - PresentSan Francisco, Ca, UsFaire is the leading wholesale marketplace connecting consumer brands with independent retailers. Lightspeed led the company's $40 million Series B financing in 2018, and I joined the board on behalf of the firm. Lightspeed also invested meaningfully in the company's subsequent 5 financings and remains one of the company's largest shareholders. -
Board MemberVinted Sep 2022 - PresentVilnius, Vilniaus, LtVinted is the largest online international P2P marketplace in Europe dedicated to second-hand fashion, with a growing member base of over 75 million registered members spanning 18 markets. With a mission to make second-hand the first choice worldwide, Vinted enables consumers to sell and buy second-hand clothes and lifestyle items from each other, helping give those items a second or even third life.Lightspeed originally led the company's Series E in 2019. -
Board ObserverFound Dec 2021 - PresentSan Francisco, California, UsFound is a modern financial platform for self-employed workers. I led our Series B investment in December 2021 and our Series C investment in April 2024, alongside Founders Fund and Sequoia. -
Board ObserverKeychain Aug 2023 - PresentNew York, Ny, UsKeychain aims to connect packaged food brands with reliable manufacturers in the first true platform and marketplace for CPG manufacturing.Lightspeed led the company's Series Seed round in August 2023 and invested in its Series A in November 2024. -
Board MemberTable22 Aug 2024 - PresentTable22 gives food & beverage operators a new way to extend their brand outside their four walls, add meaningful revenue, and deepen loyalty with customers through offerings like subscriptions, memberships, and more. Lightspeed led the company's Series A in August 2024, and I joined the board on the firm's behalf. -
Board MemberArchive Resale Dec 2021 - PresentSan Francisco Bay Area, Ca, UsArchive is the first operating system for branded resale. I led the company's seed and Series A rounds on behalf of Lightspeed. -
InvestorOutsmart College Oct 2024 - PresentOn a mission to dramatically increase access to higher education. I led Lightspeed's seed investment alongside KV and others in Oct'24. -
Board MemberAll Day Kitchens Sep 2021 - PresentSan Francisco, UsAll Day Kitchens is the leading distributed kitchen infrastructure platform for independent restaurants in the US. Lightspeed led the company's Series C financing of $65M, and I joined the board on the firm's behalf. -
InvestorFrubana May 2021 - PresentBogotá, Colombia, CoFrubana is building the "everything store" for LATAM's restaurant industry. Lightspeed participated in the company's $65M Series B in May 2021. -
Board MemberDaily Harvest Dec 2017 - PresentNew York, New York, UsDaily Harvest is a values-driven, frozen food brand and technology platform that is modernizing the way customers shop for and consume clean, healthy food. I led the company's $43 million Series B on behalf of Lightspeed in 2017. -
Board ObserverZola.Com Dec 2016 - PresentNew York, Ny, UsZola is disrupting the $100B U.S. wedding industry with a delightful e-commerce experience. In its first 4 years, Zola has served over 300,000 couples with the only all-in-one wedding registry on the internet. I led a $25 million investment round on behalf of Lightspeed in December 2016. -
Board MemberForage Jun 2020 - Apr 2024Forage is changing the world of career discovery and skill-building.Lightspeed led the company's Series A in June of 2020, and I joined the board on the firm's behalf. EAB acquired Forage in April 2024.
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Member Board Of TrusteesChanticleer Sep 2019 - Sep 2023San Francisco, California, UsFounded in San Francisco in 1978, Chanticleer (https://www.chanticleer.org/) is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for the seamless blend of its twelve male voices ranging from countertenor to bass and its original interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance to jazz, and from gospel to venturesome new music.Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by the New Yorker, the San Francisco-based GRAMMY® award-winning ensemble Chanticleer has just celebrated the 40th anniversary of its 1978 founding. During the 2019-20 season Chanticleer will perform 57 concerts in 28 of the United States and Puerto Rico, 21 concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area, and 10 on a European tour to Germany, France, Poland, and Italy. At the end of the 2019-20 season, Chanticleer will return to Australia for the first time since 1997 for 10 concerts in 8 cities, and make its debut in New Zealand. -
Board ObserverThredup.Com Sep 2012 - Jan 2016Oakland, California, UsthredUP is inspiring a new generation of users to think secondhand first. Since our original investment, thredUP has become the leading marketplace for buying or selling "like new" apparel online.thredUP went public on the NADSAQ as TDUP in March 2021 and reached a $2B+ market cap the same year. -
PartnerHighland Capital Partners May 2009 - Jan 2016Boston, Massachusetts, UsHighland is a 28-year old global venture capital firm focused on early-stage enterprise and consumer technology companies. I represented Highland on our investments in JauntVR, RethinkDB, and thredUP and have sourced or co-led other investments in companies like BetterLesson, Filepicker (acquired by Copper.io), Leap Motion, RentJuice (acquired by Zillow, NASDAQ:Z), and Talaria Technologies (acquired by Google, NASDAQ:GOOG). I also provided support for Highland’s investments in 2U (NASDAQ:TWOU), Bit9, Imprivata (NASDAQ:IMPR), Rethink Robotics, Streambase (acquired by TIBCO), and Vertica (acquired by HP, NASDAQ:HPQ). In addition, I have led the Summer@Highland entrepreneurship program, which over its 8-year history has mentored more than 50 student-led startups from inception, including Cloudflare, Handy, and Wildfire (acquired by Google, NASDAQ:GOOG). -
Board ObserverRentjuice Corp. (Acquired By Zillow) May 2010 - May 2012A revolutionary online platform for the 40 million apartment renters in the US. Grew to over 1 million rental listings and majority market share in cities such as New York, Boston, Chicago, and Miami. The company was acquired by Zillow (NASDAQ:Z) for $40M in cash in May 2012.
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Board Observer2U Inc. (Nasdaq:Twou) Feb 2010 - May 2012Arlington, Virginia, Us2U partners with leading colleges and universities to deliver the world’s best online degree programs so students everywhere can reach their full potential. The company went public in March 2014 on the NASDAQ as TWOU and reached a peak market cap of $5B+ in mid-2018. -
Board ObserverCarbon Black, Inc. May 2009 - May 2012Palo Alto, California, UsCarbon Black offers the most complete solution against the advanced threats that target your endpoints and servers, making it easier for you to see—and immediately stop—those threats.The company went public on the NASDAQ as CBLK in May 2018 and was subsequently acquired by VMWare in 2019 for $2.1B. -
Summer AssociateRockport Capital Partners Jun 2008 - Aug 2008Boston, Ma, UsI evaluated and conducted due diligence on early and growth stage technology companies at this venture capital firm, which specializes in energy and materials investments with $850M under management in 2008. -
Summer AssociateMckinsey & Company Jun 2007 - Aug 2007UsI prepared strategic analyses, financial models, and management presentations with team members and senior clients for a top 10 private equity firm and a top 10 pharmaceutical company. -
Research & Teaching AssistantMit Sep 2005 - May 2007Cambridge, Ma, UsResearch Assistant - synthesized and characterized novel oxide material for applications in microphotonic CPUsTeaching Assistant - instructed approximately 40 MIT freshmen in two separate, biweekly, hour-long sections
Alex Taussig Education Details
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Harvard Business SchoolMba -
Massachusetts Institute Of TechnologyMaterials Science & Engineering
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Harvard UniversityPhysics
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Horace Mann High School
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