Alex Welch Overview
- Investor Type
- Angel
- Status
- Active
- Professionals
- 1
- Investments
- 11
- Portfolio
- 5
- Exits
- 4
Alex Welch General Information
Description
Mr. Alex Welch Founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Photobucket. He also serves as Board Member at Kanvas Labs. As CEO, he is responsible for developing the overall vision, strategy and product roadmap for the company. In 2003, Alex and his Co-Founder Darren Crystal observed that e-commerce and social networking users were in need of an easy-to-use centralized "hub" to store and publish images. Alex and Darren have spent three years building, tuning, and enhancing the application and core infrastructure of Photobucket. Prior to founding Photobucket, Alex was a software engineer at Level 3 Communications where he was responsible for developing advanced networking software and services. Alex received his BS degree from Colorado State University, with an emphasis in Computer Information Systems.
Contact Information
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Primary Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Alex Welch Investments (11)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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| HobbyDB | 03-Sep-2019 | Later Stage VC | 00000 | Recreational Goods | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
| 0000 000000000 | 19-Jul-2017 | 00000 00000 | 000 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
| 000000000 | 08-Feb-2017 | 00000 00000 | 00.000 | Footwear | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
| 00000000000 | 26-Jul-2016 | 00000 00000 | 000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
| 0000 000000000 | 06-Jul-2015 | 0000 00000 | 000 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
| 00000000000 | 12-Mar-2015 | 0000 00000 | 00.00 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
| 00000 00000 | 01-Sep-2012 | 0000 00000 | 00.00 | Application Software | Startup | 0000 00000 |
| 000000 00000 | 16-Mar-2012 | 00000 (00000 | 000 | Application Software | Startup | 0000 00000 |
| Kanvas Labs | 21-Dec-2011 | Seed Round | 000 | Application Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
| SweetLabs | 12-Nov-2008 | Early Stage VC | 00.00 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
Alex Welch Exits (4)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanvas Labs | 31-Aug-2015 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| 00000 00000 | 12-Mar-2015 | 000000000000000000 | |
| Social Cloud | 24-Jul-2013 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| DanceJam | 16-Oct-2009 | Merger/Acquisition |
Alex Welch Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry
Investments by Year
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| Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
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| Alex Welch | Angel Investor | 00 | San Francisco, CA |
Alex Welch Co-Investors (29)
| Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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| Altos Ventures | 1 | 0 |
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| Kickstart Seed Fund | 0 | 0 |
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| Real Ventures | 0 | 0 |
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| Silverton Partners | 0 | 0 |
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| Techstars | 0 | 0 |
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