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
NewCo Network
1584 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1032 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1032 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
842 CONNECTIONS
Harvard Business School Network
506 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
46

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Alex Taussig's Investments On Record (24)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Whatnot
Series FOct 2025$230M
Series EJan 2025$270M
$970M
Co-investors: Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Connie Chan (Andreessen Horowitz), Bejul Somaia (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Marcie Vu (Greycroft), Anu Hariharan (Rappi)
Outsmart Education
SeedSep 2025$23M
SeedNov 2024$13M
$36M
Keychain
Series BAug 2025$40M
Series ANov 2024$15M
SeedNov 2023$18M
$73M
Co-investors: David Tisch (BoxGroup), Sophie Bakalar (Collaborative Fund (Collab Fund))
Archive
Series BFeb 2025$30M
Series ADec 2022$15M
SeedJan 2022$8M
$54M
Co-investors: Scott Friend (Bain Capital Ventures), Sarah Smith (Stanford University)
Table22
Series AOct 2024$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Taylor Greene (Twelve Below), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Jack Altman (Lattice Ventures), Ron Rofe (Rainfall Ventures)
Vinted
Secondary MarketOct 2024$370M
Series FMay 2021$300M
Series ENov 2019$140M
$1.9B
Co-investors: Deven Parekh (Insight Partners), Bradley Twohig (Smash Capital), Avid Larizadeh
Stori
Series UnknownAug 2024$110M
Series CNov 2021$130M
Series BFeb 2021$33M
$310M
Co-investors: Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital))
Found
Series CJun 2024$46M
Series BFeb 2022$60M
$220M
Co-investors: Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Jules Maltz (IVP)

Alex Taussig's Experience

Board Partner Lightspeed2024 - Present
Investor Whatnot2024 - Present
Seed Investor Outsmart College2024 - Present
Board Member Table222024 - Present
Seed Investor Eternal2024 - Present
Board Observer Keychain2023 - Present
Board Member; Audit Committee Member Vinted2022 - Present
Board Observer Found2021 - Present
Board Member Archive Resale2021 - Present
Board Member All Day Kitchens2021 - Present
Board Observer Faire2018 - Present
Board Observer Zola.com2016 - Present
Board Member YaysayPresent
Board Observer TrendsiPresent
Investor FoundPresent
Investor FrubanaPresent
Board Member OutschoolPresent
Board Observer FlockjayPresent
Board Member ARTISTS WRITERS & ARTISANSPresent
Board Observer JumpropePresent
Board Member Muni TiendaPresent
Author Drinking from the FirehosePresent
Board Partner Lightspeed Venture PartnersPresent
Investor EternalPresent
Investor Outsmart CollegePresent
Partner and Co-Head of Consumer Practice Lightspeed Venture PartnersPresent
Partner Lightspeed Venture PartnersPresent
Board Member VintedPresent
Series E Investor WhatnotPresent
Board Member Top-PatentsPresent
Board Observer Top-PatentsPresent
Board Observer NewCoPresent
Summer Associate RockPort CapitalPresent
Research & Teaching Assistant Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPresent
Investor OutsmartPresent
Board Member ArchivePresent
Board Observer ZolaPresent
Board Member Self-EmployedPresent
Board Observer thredUPPresent
Board Observer Self-EmployedPresent
Board Observer 2UPresent
Board Observer Carbon BlackPresent
Board Member Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Board Observer Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Board Observer The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Board Member The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Board Member MinttownPresent
Board Observer MinttownPresent
Independent Board Director United RentalsPresent
Investor (2024+) WhatnotPresent
Seed Investor OutsmartPresent
Board Member (2022-2025), Investor/Advisor (2026+) VintedPresent
Board Observer (2018+) FairePresent
Board Observer University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Board Member Daily Harvest2017 - 2025
Partner and Co-Head of Consumer Practice Lightspeed2021 - 2024
Board Member Forage2020 - 2024
Member Board Of Trustees Chanticleer2019 - 2023
Partner Lightspeed2016 - 2021
Board Observer thredUP.com2012 - 2016
Partner Highland Capital Partners2009 - 2016
Board Observer RentJuice Corp. (acquired by Zillow)2010 - 2012
Board Observer 2U Inc. (NASDAQ:TWOU)2010 - 2012
Board Observer Carbon Black, Inc.2009 - 2012
Summer Associate RockPort Capital Partners2008 - 2008
Summer Associate McKinsey & Company2007 - 2007
Research & Teaching Assistant MIT2005 - 2007

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
Harvard University bachelors, bachelor of arts physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology master of science, masters materials science, engineering