Alexander Lloyd (venture capitalist)

Alexander Lloyd
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School
OccupationManaging 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, the mobile marketing automation company Appboy (now Braze, Inc.)[4] and Microsoft owned Powerset. Lloyd is a board of directors' observer for LoopNet, MerchantCircle, MobilePlay, and Practice Technologies Inc.[5] He is a mentor for Los Angeles-based business incubator MuckerLab,[6] and has co-written an article for The Atlantic.[7]

Prior to founding Accelerator Ventures, Lloyd was a venture partner at Rustic Canyon Partners.[8] He has also worked at Microsoft, SGI, Activision, Apple Computer and Goldman Sachs. He holds a BA from The University of Pennsylvania[9] and an MBA from The Wharton School.[10]

Philanthropy

Lloyd is active in philanthropy, and founded the San Francisco Media Arts Council.[11] He served as commissioner for the San Francisco Art Commission,[12] and sits on the board of Slideluck.[13] He has been on the board of SF Camerawork[14] and the Contemporary Extension of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Twitter Punished After Whipsawing Wall Street Over". Bloomberg. Bloomberg L.P. 8 May 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  2. ^ "Company Overview of Accelerator Ventures". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  3. ^ "Accelerator Ventures Raising $25M Fund II". Thomson Reuters. 21 February 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  4. ^ Chapman, Lizette (2 October 2014). "Appboy Raises $15 Million to Help Businesses Improve Mobile Marketing". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Alexander Lloyd". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved July 18, 2014.[dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Mucker Capital". Mucker Capital. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  7. ^ "We Hacked North Korea With Balloons and USB Drives". The Atlantic. 15 January 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  8. ^ "The Angel 100: New York's Top Early Stage Investors". Business Insider Inc. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  9. ^ "Alexander Lloyd". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved July 18, 2014.[dead link‍]
  10. ^ "School News". The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  11. ^ "David Best Project Announcement". City and Council of San Francisco. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  12. ^ "Three resign from the Arts Commission". Hearst Communications, Inc. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  13. ^ "Board Members". Slide Luck. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  14. ^ "Advisory Board". Black Rock Arts Foundation. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  15. ^ "Love Among The Arts". Hearst Communications, Inc. 28 January 2001. Retrieved July 18, 2014.