Investing Profile

Alex Taussig(2)

VCInvestor
GP at Lightspeed. Investing in consumer and SMB tech across Americas and Europe.
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Networks Alex is a member of
Harvard Business School Network
429 CONNECTIONS
Harvard University Network
258 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
177 CONNECTIONS
McKinsey & Company Network
139 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
17

Alex Taussig is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Alex Taussig's Investments On Record (13)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Table22
Series AOct 2024$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Nicole Johnson (Forerunner Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), David Barber (Astanor Ventures), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below), Ron Rofe (Rainfall Ventures)
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), Sarah Smith (Sarah Smith Fund), Dawn Dobras (Operator Collective), Kerry Whorton Cooper (aCrew Capital), Eileen Waris (Energize Ventures), 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: Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Florian Hagenbuch (Canary Ventures), Simon Borrero, Fabian Gomez Gutierrez, Felipe Villamarin
Daily Harvest
Series DNov 2021$77M
Series BDec 2017$43M
$120M
Co-investors: Beth Ferreira (FirstMark Capital), Serena Williams (Serena Ventures), Natalie Massenet (Imaginary Ventures), Nicholas Brown (Imaginary Ventures), Carter Reum (M13), Joshua B. Siegel (Rubicon VC), Carle Stenmark (VMG Partners), Shamin Walsh (Bam Ventures), Larry Chu (Eunoia Capital Partners), Andrew Romans (7BC Venture Capital), Andrew Black (BrandProject), Gwyneth Paltrow
All Day Kitchens
Series COct 2021$65M
$100M
Co-investors: Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), Kyle Lui (DCM), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Adeyemi Ajao (Base10 (Base10 Partners) ), Andre Charoo (iNovia Capital), Neeraj Berry (Tet Ventures), Eric Wu, Michael Stoppelman, Tony Xu, Wayne Ting, Adrian Aoun, JD Ross
Frubana
Series BJun 2021$65M
$160M
Co-investors: Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global)

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