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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Harvard Business School Network
424 CONNECTIONS
Harvard University Network
254 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
177 CONNECTIONS
McKinsey & Company Network
141 CONNECTIONS
Lightspeed Venture Partners Network
33 CONNECTIONS
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$3.0M - $20.0M
$15.0M
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CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Table22
Series AOct 2024$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Nicole Johnson (Forerunner Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Ron Rofe (Rainfall Ventures), David Barber (Astanor Ventures), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below), Jack Altman (Alt Capital)
Yaysay
SeedSep 2023$8M
$8M
Archive
Series ADec 2022$15M
$32M
Co-investors: Beth Ferreira (FirstMark Capital), Sara Du (Greylock), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Dawn Dobras (Operator Collective), Kerry Whorton Cooper (aCrew Capital), Sarah Smith (Sarah Smith Fund), Justin Mares (Long Journey Ventures), Andrew Jones, Sam Corcos, Karim Atiyeh, JD Ross, Steven Alan
Muni Tienda
Series AMar 2022$20M
$20M
Co-investors: Florian Hagenbuch (Canary Ventures), Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Felipe Villamarin, Fabian Gomez Gutierrez, Simon Borrero
Daily Harvest
Series DNov 2021$77M
Series BDec 2017$43M
$120M
Co-investors: Beth Ferreira (FirstMark Capital), Andrew Black (BrandProject), Carter Reum (M13), 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
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) ), Neeraj Berry (Tet Ventures), Andre Charoo (iNovia Capital), Wayne Ting, JD Ross, Michael Stoppelman, Eric Wu, Tony Xu, Adrian Aoun
Flockjay
Series AJan 2021$11M
SeedOct 2019$3M
$14M
Co-investors: Mercedes Bent (Lightspeed Venture Partners), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Will Smith (Dreamers VC), Serena Williams (Serena Ventures), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator)
AWA Studios
Series AOct 2018$10M
$10M
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
Harvard Business School MBA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S. Materials Science & Engineering
Harvard University A.B. Physics
Horace Mann High School