Alex Taussig
Partner · Lightspeed Venture Partners · San Francisco, United States
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Partner and Co-Head of Consumer Practice at Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Stages
- Series A, Seed
- Sectors
- Consumer
- Cheque size
- €2.8M–€18.4M
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Freshness
- Verified today
Notable investments
Frequently co-invests with
Alfred LinSequoia Capital2×Adam D'AngeloAlex TranGeneral CatalystAllen MaskWestCapAndre IguodalaAndrew JonesAnoushka VaswaniLightspeed Venture PartnersAnu HariharanRappiAvid LarizadehBejul SomaiaLightspeed Venture PartnersBeth FerreiraFirstMark CapitalBradley TwohigSmash Capital
Background
- Board PartnerLightspeed2024–present
- InvestorWhatnot2024–present
- Seed InvestorOutsmart College2024–present
- Board MemberTable222024–present
- Seed InvestorEternal2024–present
- Board ObserverKeychain2023–present
- Board Member; Audit Committee MemberVinted2022–present
- Board ObserverFound2021–present
- Board MemberArchive Resale2021–present
- Board MemberAll Day Kitchens2021–present
- Board ObserverFaire2018–present
- Board ObserverZola.com2016–present
- Board MemberYaysay
- Board ObserverTrendsi
- InvestorFound
- InvestorFrubana
- Board MemberOutschool
- Board ObserverFlockjay
- Board MemberARTISTS WRITERS & ARTISANS
- Board ObserverJumprope
- Board MemberMuni Tienda
- AuthorDrinking from the Firehose
- Board PartnerLightspeed Venture Partners
- InvestorEternal
- InvestorOutsmart College
- Partner and Co-Head of Consumer PracticeLightspeed Venture Partners
- PartnerLightspeed Venture Partners
- Board MemberVinted
- Series E InvestorWhatnot
- Board MemberTop-Patents
- Board ObserverTop-Patents
- Board ObserverNewCo
- Summer AssociateRockPort Capital
- Research & Teaching AssistantMassachusetts Institute of Technology
- InvestorOutsmart
- Board MemberArchive
- Board ObserverZola
- Board MemberSelf-Employed
- Board ObserverthredUP
- Board ObserverSelf-Employed
- Board Observer2U
- Board ObserverCarbon Black
- Board MemberCenter for Rural Health Leadership
- Board ObserverCenter for Rural Health Leadership
- Board ObserverThe Grameen Creative Lab
- Board MemberThe Grameen Creative Lab
- Board MemberMinttown
- Board ObserverMinttown
- Independent Board DirectorUnited Rentals
- Investor (2024+)Whatnot
- Seed InvestorOutsmart
- Board Member (2022-2025), Investor/Advisor (2026+)Vinted
- Board Observer (2018+)Faire
- Board ObserverUniversity of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
- Board MemberDaily Harvest2017–2025
- Partner and Co-Head of Consumer PracticeLightspeed2021–2024
- Board MemberForage2020–2024
- Member Board Of TrusteesChanticleer2019–2023
- PartnerLightspeed2016–2021
- Board ObserverthredUP.com2012–2016
- PartnerHighland Capital Partners2009–2016
- Board ObserverRentJuice Corp. (acquired by Zillow)2010–2012
- Board Observer2U Inc. (NASDAQ:TWOU)2010–2012
- Board ObserverCarbon Black, Inc.2009–2012
- Summer AssociateRockPort Capital Partners2008–2008
- Summer AssociateMcKinsey & Company2007–2007
- Research & Teaching AssistantMIT2005–2007
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