Alexander Lloyd (venture capitalist)
Alexander Lloyd | |
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Alma mater |
University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School |
Occupation | Managing partner at Accelerator Ventures |
Alexander "Alex" Lloyd is a venture capitalist, and the founder and managing partner of Accelerator Ventures, an investment and venture fund.[1][2] Lloyd was an early investor in many companies that have gone public or merged, including online shoe company Zappos which was acquired by Amazon.com in 2009 in an all-stock deal worth about $1.2 billion and semantic job search engine Trovix which was acquired by Monster.com in 2008 for $72.5 million.[3]
Other companies Lloyd has invested in are technology platform isocket, software and video game developer Tapulous, and Microsoft owned Powerset. Lloyd is a board of directors' observer for LoopNet, MerchantCircle, MobilePlay, and Practice Technologies Inc.[4] He is a mentor for Los Angeles-based business incubator MuckerLab,[5] and has co-written an article for The Atlantic.[6]
Prior to founding Accelerator Ventures, Lloyd was a venture partner at Rustic Canyon Partners.[7] He has also worked at Microsoft, SGI, Activision, Apple Computer and Goldman Sachs. He holds a BA from The University of Pennsylvania[8] and an MBA from The Wharton School.[9]
Philanthropy
Lloyd is active in philanthropy, and founded the San Francisco Media Arts Council.[10] He served as commissioner for the San Francisco Art Commission,[11] and sits on the board of Slideluck.[12] He has been on the board of SF Camerawork[13] and the Contemporary Extension of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[14]
Venture Capital Investments
Year | Company | Industry |
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2011 | Appboy[15] | New York City-based mobile marketing automation company |
References
- ↑ "Twitter Punished After Whipsawing Wall Street Over". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Company Overview of Accelerator Ventures". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Accelerator Ventures Raising $25M Fund II". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Alexander Lloyd". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Mucker Capital". Mucker Capital. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "We Hacked North Korea With Balloons and USB Drives". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "The Angel 100: New York's Top Early Stage Investors". Business Insider Inc. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Alexander Lloyd". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "School News". The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "David Best Project Announcement". City and Council of San Francisco:. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Three resign from the Arts Commission". Hearst Communications, Inc. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Board Members". Slide Luck. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Advisory Board". Black Rock Arts Foundation. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Love Among The Arts". Hearst Communications, Inc. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ Chapman, Lizette (2 October 2014). "Appboy Raises $15 Million to Help Businesses Improve Mobile Marketing". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 December 2014.