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Alex Gurevich

Managing Director at Javelin Venture Partners

Los Angeles, California

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $4,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $2,500,000.00

Skills

Product Management
User Experience
Project Management
Negotiation
Business Operations
Consumer Marketing
Ethnography
Venture Capital
Start-ups
Entrepreneurship
Product Development
Business Development
Business Strategy
Product Marketing
Market Research
Mobile Devices
Financial Modeling
Strategy
Corporate Development
Mergers

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Director

    2011

    Early stage, high tech venture capital investing. Primarily focused on Series A. Led Javelin's investments in Thumbtack, MasterClass, Mythical Games, Pair Eyewear, Stensul, Resemble AI, Sequel.io, Wethos, Charma (acquired by The Predictive Index), Rinse, Engrade (acquired by McGraw-Hill), and KopoKopo.

  • Board Member

    2014

    Led Series A for MasterClass, an online education company democratizing access to genius. Investment was made pre-product, pre-revenue.

  • Board Member

    2021

    Sourced and led Series A for Pair Eyewear, which aims to be the biggest and most iconic global brand in the eyewear category, through their innovative business model, manufacturing process, and form factor, enabling customization and self-expression on a scale not possible before.

  • Board Observer

    2011

    Sourced, negotiated, and led Javelin's Series A investment in Thumbtack, one of the world's largest marketplaces connecting consumers with local professionals for any project. Company was pre-revenue, pre-business model at the time of investment.

2017

  • Board Member

    2017

    Led the Series A for Stensul, a company transforming the way enterprise marketers work.

  • Board Member

    2018

    Invested in the Series A and led the Series A-1 for a next generation gaming company bringing true digital ownership and player owned economies to gamers with the power of blockchain and NFTs.

  • Board Member

    2023

    Led Series A for Resemble.AI, the leading company for safe and ethical deployment of generative AI synthetic voice technology.

2016

  • Board Member

    2016

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

    Co-led seed round for Wethos, a comprehensive platform for freelance knowledge workers to run their businesses with easy-to-use software for plans, proposals, project management and financial products. The platform serves over 50,000 freelancers today.

  • Board Member

    2022

    Led Series A for Sequel.io, a SaaS platform that enables organizations and communities to host online video conferencing experiences natively within their own websites with no-code easy embed features such as chat, polls, and networking hubs.