Alex Iskold Overview
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1
- Investments
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55
- Portfolio
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29
- Exits
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26
Alex Iskold General Information
Description
Mr. Alex Iskold is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at 2048 Ventures. He served as Advisor at SPIDR Tech. He is a 5x founder, a software engineer, and an investor in over 150 startups. He writes one of the top startup blogs called Startup Hacks. He is a lifelong learner and is interested in Complexity Science and Systems Thinking. Prior to founding 2048 ventures, He spent 5 years at Techstars as the Managing Director of its NYC program. He was also the founder and CEO of Info Lab (acquired by IBM), founder and CEO of GetGlue (backed by USV, RRE, and Time Warner), and a Chief Architect of distributed computing startup DataSynapse (acquired by TIBCO). He currently serves as a Coach and a VC in Residence at the Harvard Business School. He previously taught an award-winning undergraduate computer science class at NYU. He holds a B.S. in Math with Honors from Lehigh University and an M.S. in Computer Science from NYU.
Business Details
Website
www.startuphacks.vcInvestor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- New York, NY
- United States
Alex Iskold Investments (55)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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| MANTL | 18-Jan-2023 | Later Stage VC | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | ||
| Geopipe | 29-Sep-2021 | Multimedia and Design Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Atlas (Human Capital Services) | 02-Feb-2021 | Human Capital Services | Generating Revenue | |||
| Obsess | 26-Oct-2020 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Grubbly Farms | 28-Jul-2020 | Other Consumer Non-Durables | Generating Revenue | |||
| PathSpot | 21-May-2020 | Electronic Equipment and Instruments | Generating Revenue | |||
| Mutable | 31-Mar-2020 | Systems and Information Management | Out of Business | |||
| Dossier (Communication Software) | 08-Feb-2020 | Communication Software | Product In Beta Test | |||
| Vitally | 12-Sep-2019 | Early Stage VC | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | ||
| Sailo | 13-Jun-2019 | Seed Round | Marine | Generating Revenue |
Alex Iskold Exits (26)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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| Mutable | 01-Mar-2023 | Out of Business | |
| Planted (Human Capital Services) | 30-Dec-2022 | ||
| GreatHorn | 01-Sep-2022 | ||
| BentoBox | 22-Nov-2021 | ||
| CottageClass | 01-Sep-2021 | ||
| SPIDR Tech | 27-Jul-2021 | ||
| IrisVR | 24-Feb-2021 | ||
| SVRF | 22-Jul-2020 | ||
| Boosted USA | 17-Apr-2020 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| Concert Window | 16-Sep-2019 | Out of Business |
Alex Iskold Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry
Investments by Year
Investments by Region
Alex Iskold Co-Investors (30)
| Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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| AME Cloud Ventures | 1 |
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Alex Iskold FAQs
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Who is Alex Iskold?
Alex Iskold is an angel Investor who has made 55 investments.
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What kind of investor is Alex Iskold?
Alex Iskold is an angel investor.
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What does Alex Iskold do?
As an angel investor, Alex Iskold invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Alex Iskold invested in?
Alex Iskold has made numerous investments in companies like MANTL, Geopipe, and Atlas (Human Capital Services) within the Financial Software, Multimedia and Design Software, and Human Capital Services industries.
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What has Alex Iskold invested in recently?
Alex Iskold's latest investment was on 18-Jan-2023 in MANTL, a company within the Financial Software industry.
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