Number of Portfolio Companies 5
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Alex Rampell is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he leads the firms fintech investments and serves on the boards of Branch, PeerStreet, Point, and Quantopian. Prior to joining a16z, he was the CEO and cofounder of TrialPay, a leading transactional advertising and payments company serving digital goods and e-commerce clients such as

Facebook, Zynga, and Gap, with 100 employees and over $300M in revenue. TrialPay was acquired by Visa in 2015. TrialPay also spun out another company, Yub, the first offline affiliate network, where Alex simultaneously served as CEO through its acquisition in late 2013 by Coupons.com.

Previously, Alex cofounded FraudEliminator, the first consumer anti-phishing company, which merged into SiteAdvisor and was acquired by McAfee for $75M in 2006. He has been a frequent writer on e-commerce and advertising topics for TechCrunch, and first coined the term "O2O" to refer to the growing category of Online-to-Offline commerce companies like Lyft and Groupon. Prior to joining the firm, Alex had been an active angel investor (Pinterest, Bloomreach, SiftScience, Wooga, and Twice, among many others) and served as an advisor to the SV Angel fund. He also co-founded three other companies: TXN, a survey and transactional data company; Point, a real estate marketplace; and Affirm, with Max Levchin.

He holds a BA in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Harvard University. In addition to his a16z board seats, Alex serves on the board of CashStar, a leading electronic gift card company, and KCG Holdings, Inc.

Number of Investments 6
Alex Rampell has made 6 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - dub on Feb 22, 2024, when dub raised
$15M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Feb 22, 2024
dub
Seed Round - dub
$15M
Dec 5, 2013
OrderAhead
Series A - OrderAhead
$8M
Mar 19, 2013
Sift
Series A - Sift
$4M
Sep 28, 2012
MyVR
Seed Round - MyVR
$1.4M
Aug 21, 2012
Twice
No
Series A - Twice
$4M
Sep 1, 2011
Sift
Seed Round - Sift
$1.5M
Number of Exits 
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Alex Rampell has exits. Their most notable exits are TwiceOrderAhead, and MyVR.
  • Twice Twice is an online clothing resale store allowing people to purchase clothes at big discounts off the retail price.
  • OrderAhead OrderAhead powers mobile ordering for pickup at thousands of restaurants and local merchants
  • MyVR MyVR, a Guesty company, is a cloud-based, multi-channel management platform for vacation rental businesses.
Number of Current Jobs 3
Number of Past Jobs 6
Alex Rampell has 3 current jobs including General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, Co-founder and Board Observer at Affirm, and Co-Founder at Point. Additionally, Alex Rampell has had 6 past jobs including Co-Founder at TXN.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
TXN
Co-FounderAug 2014Aug 2018
Visa
Offers & LoyaltySep 2014Oct 2015
Yub
Co-Founder and CEOOct 2013Jan 2014
Backstage Games
Member, Board of Directors20102010
TrialPay
Founder, CEOJun 2006
CashStar
Member, Board of Directors2011
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 23
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 4
Alex Rampell holds 23 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Flock Homes, Board Member at Steadman Philippon Reserch Institute, and Board of Directors at Loft.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
TXN
Board ChairmanAug 2014Aug 2018
KCG Holdings
Board Of DirectorsDec 2015Jul 2017
Restaurant.com
Member, Board of Advisors20082012
Friend.ly
Board MemberFeb 2010Oct 2011
Alex Rampell studied at Harvard University.
Number of News Articles 96
Funding RoundFeb 22, 2024
dub raised $15,000,000 / Seed from Alex Rampell and 25 other investors
NewsDec 9, 2020
NewsAug 26, 2020
NewsJun 1, 2019