Alex is a General Partner at Spark Capital and joined the firm at its inception.. He has led Spark Capital’s investments in Andela, Badi, Careship, Flywire, GetYourGuide, homeis, Homelike, IEX, Linkwell, Mark43, Reggora, SoundHouse, Talkspace, Tourlane, and TravelPerk. He also led Spark’s previous investments in 5min Media (acquired by AOL) and. Wayfair (IPO).. Prior to joining Spark Capital, Alex was the creator and producer of a number of television shows that he sold to major networks including FOX, E!, Discovery, ITV1 (U.K.) and Yahoo.. Previously, Alex was a member of the investment team at two Softbank venture capital firms. Alex also worked at Cambridge Associates.. Alex is on the board of directors of the Brooke Charter Schools. Brooke is the largest public charter school network in Boston and works on a blind admissions basis. Brooke’s students, who come from 78% low-income and 98% minority families, annually achieve the highest MCAS scores for any public school in Massachusetts.. Alex holds a B.A. in Political Science from Middlebury College.
