Investing Profile

Alex Taussig(2)

VCInvestor
GP at Lightspeed. Investing in consumer and SMB tech across Americas and Europe.
lsvp.com/team/alex-taussig/San Francisco, California
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Networks Alex is a member of
Harvard Business School Network
432 CONNECTIONS
Harvard University Network
259 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
177 CONNECTIONS
McKinsey & Company Network
140 CONNECTIONS
Lightspeed Venture Partners Network
33 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Lightspeed Venture Partners General Partner
Investment Range
$3.0M - $20.0M
Sweet Spot
$15.0M
Investments On Record
25

Alex Taussig is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Alex Taussig's Investments On Record (15)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Table22
Series AOct 2024$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Nicole Johnson (Forerunner Ventures), Ron Rofe (Rainfall Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), David Barber (Astanor Ventures), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below)
Found
Series CJun 2024$46M
Series BFeb 2022$60M
$250M
Co-investors: Frederique Dame (GV (Google Ventures)), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Josephine Chen (Sequoia Capital), Jack Abraham (Atomic), Allen Mask (WestCap), Lauren Farleigh (Mischief Venture Capital), Julia Taylor Cheek (NextGen Venture Partners), Fidji Simo
Astrid
SeedSep 2023$8M
$10M
Co-investors: Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Thomas Korte (AngelPad)
Latern
Pre SeedFeb 2023$1M
$7M
Co-investors: Arif Janmohamed (Lightspeed Venture Partners)
Archive
Series ADec 2022$15M
$62M
Co-investors: Beth Ferreira (FirstMark Capital), Sara Du (Greylock), Eileen Waris (Energize Ventures), Kerry Whorton Cooper (aCrew Capital), Sarah Smith (Sarah Smith Fund), Dawn Dobras (Operator Collective), Justin Mares (Long Journey Ventures), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Andrew Jones, Sam Corcos, Steven Alan, Karim Atiyeh, JD Ross
Muni Tienda
Series AMar 2022$20M
$20M
Co-investors: Florian Hagenbuch (Canary Ventures), Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Simon Borrero, Fabian Gomez Gutierrez, Felipe Villamarin
Faire
Series GNov 2021$600M
Series FJun 2021$260M
Series EOct 2020$170M
Series DOct 2019$150M
Series CDec 2018$60M
Series BDec 2018$40M
$1.7B
Co-investors: Kirsten Green (Forerunner Ventures), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Jess Lee (Sequoia Capital), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Ravi Gupta (Sequoia Capital), Brian Pokorny (SV Angel), Jeff Crowe (Norwest Venture Partners), Anu Hariharan (Y Combinator), Lauren Farleigh (Mischief Venture Capital)
Daily Harvest
Series DNov 2021$77M
Series BDec 2017$43M
$120M
Co-investors: Beth Ferreira (FirstMark Capital), Carter Reum (M13), Andrew Black (BrandProject), Carle Stenmark (VMG Partners), Shamin Walsh (Bam Ventures), Larry Chu (Eunoia Capital Partners), Andrew Romans (7BC Venture Capital), Serena Williams (Serena Ventures), Natalie Massenet (Imaginary Ventures), Nicholas Brown (Imaginary Ventures), Joshua B. Siegel (Rubicon VC), Gwyneth Paltrow

Alex Taussig's Experience

Partner Lightspeed Venture Partners2016 - Present
Global Shaper, San Francisco Hub World Economic Forum2011 - 2016
Partner Highland Capital Partners2009 - 2016
Summer Associate RockPort Capital Partners2008 - 2008
Summer Associate McKinsey & Company2007 - 2007
Research & Teaching Assistant MIT2005 - 2007
Summer Analyst DiMaio Ahmad Capital2005 - 2005

Alex Taussig's Education

Harvard Business School MBA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S. Materials Science & Engineering
Harvard University A.B. Physics
Horace Mann High School