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Alexandre (Alex) Lazarow

Global Venture Capitalist with Fluent Ventures | Author of Out-Innovate

San Francisco, California

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2022

    Fluent Ventures is a next gen global venture capital fund. Our platform is backed by 50+ global founders and tech luminaries covering 6 continents. We are building on 40+ cumulative years of venture and founder experience as well as experience investing in 7 global unicorns. Some of the founders we have been fortunate enough to back and work with at current and/or previous firms include Chime (US), Kin (US), Zenbusiness (US), Sidecar Health (US), Kueski (LatAm), Clara (LatAm), Xepelin (Latam), Neon (Latam), Facily (Latam), Sabi (Africa), Ula (SEA), and FinAccel (SEA) and many others.

2023

  • Co-Founder & Chairman

    2023

    Co-founded and incubated venture-backed startup within Fluent Ventures.

  • Author: Out-Innovate

    2018

    Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs--from Delhi to Detroit--Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley(HBR Press). Out-Innovate was a top new release on Amazon, featured on the FT Summer List and won the Axiom Gold Medal. Translated to Korean (2021), Chinese (2022), Spanish (coming 2023), and more to come.

2019

  • Senior Contributor

    2019

    Run a column on fintech and entrepreneurship: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexlazarow

2018 - 2023

  • Venture Partner

    2022 - 2023

  • Partner, Head of North America, Head of Fintech

    2018 - 2022

    Cathay Innovation is a global venture capital fund, affiliated with Cathay Capital, with over $4 billion in assets under management, and a global footprint including San Francisco, New York, Paris, Munich, Tel Aviv, Beijing and Shanghai. Investments include: Sidecar Health, Terminal, FinAccel, Kueski, Chime, Facily, ZenBusiness, among others.

  • Investor & Advisor

    2017 - 2022

2021 - 2022

  • Investor & Advisor

    2021 - 2022

2020 - 2022

  • Investor & Board Observer

    2020 - 2022

2020 - 2022

  • Investor & Board Director

    2020 - 2022

2020 - 2022

  • Investor & Board Director

    2020 - 2022