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Alexis Alston

Venture Capital | Tech | Forbes 30 Under 30

Miami, Florida

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2024

    Investing in the most remarkable seed stage founders in the Midwest and South.

  • Principal

    2022 - 2023

    The next wave of innovation will come from entrepreneurs that other investors have overlooked or excluded — People of Color, Women, members of the LGBTQIAP community, and People with Disabilities. We're finding and funding these remarkable entrepreneurs across the Midwest, and beyond to make capital more inclusive and to create a more equitable future. We invest in CPG, E-Commerce, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, and Healthcare focused early stage companies.

  • Senior Associate

    2019 - 2022

    Lightship Capital is the new impact venture capital fund associated with the Hillman Accelerator. Based in Midwest, the fund invests in underrepresented founders in overlooked geographies across the US and beyond. The fund invests in seed rounds and is often a company's first institutional investor.

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Practice - Director of B-Lab

    2024

    Leads the Breakthrough Lab within the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship at Brown University. B-Lab is a student focused summer intensive entrepreneurship program. Currently an Adjunct Associate Professor of the Practice in Engineering.

2017 - 2019

  • Analyst

    2017 - 2019

    Advantage Capital provides equity and debt financing to established and emerging companies located in communities underserved by conventional sources of capital. Since 1992, the firm has invested more than $2 billion in companies from a diverse array of industry sectors, including manufacturing, technology and business services, among others, and has offices in New Orleans, St. Louis, New York, Austin and other locations.

2016 - 2016

  • Ecommerce Analyst Intern

    2016 - 2016

    Analyze and evaluate new business opportunities and customer growth. Create strategic solutions for client issues and work collaboratively toward company goals. Work dynamically with data analytics, marketing, and technological aspects of insurance eCommerce.

2014 - 2016

  • Intern

    2014 - 2016

    Assist managing director remotely from Providence RI with sourcing of potential opportunities. Perform preliminary research on potential investment opportunities.