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Websitealexisohanian.com
Blogalexisohanian.com
Twitter@kn0thing
BirthplaceNew York, NY
Birthdate4/24/83

Degrees

University of Virginia, BA 2005
History
University of Virginia, BS 2005
Commerce

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Tanya Kechichian

Alexis Ohanian

Alexis Ohanian is the co-founder of reddit, which was acquired by Conde Nast in 2006. He is currently the founder of breadpig, an angel investor with [Das Kapital Capital] (http://daskapitalcapital.com/), the East Coast Ambassador for venture fund Y Combinator, and a former Kiva Fellow.

Alexis is also an advisor to the travel search website hipmunk which he helped launch in 2010, and is working on a book titled “Without Your Permission,” set to debut in early 2013.

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
MinoMonsters 11/11Seed$1M7
Grubwithus 5/11Angel$1.6M15
Art.sy 11/10Angel$1.25M14
Blue Frog Gaming 4/10Series A$1.25M3
WakeMate 8/09Seed3
Adioso 3/09Seed$70k7
Wattvision 1/09Seed2
Foodoro 1/09Seed2
Voxli 1/09Seed$15k2
Frogmetrics 6/08Unattributed4
Enernetics 1/08Angel2

Videos

Above:

Video of my talk at Angel Boot Camp (Angel Investing for fun - not profit)

Added: 8/12/11
Above:

Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media

Added: 12/29/10
Above:

Alexis Ohanian; Startup Bootcamp

Added: 8/12/11
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Alexis Ohanian; Startup Bootcamp 2

Added: 8/12/11

Sources

  1. MinoMonsters Nabs $1 Million From Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, And More For Mobile Monster Battles (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. Investors Cough Up $1.6 Million To Dine With Grubwithus, The Brilliant Social Dining Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  8. Calling All Foodies: Y Combinator’s Foodoro Launches Online Farmers Market (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  9. oxli launches beta for online gaming audio c (games.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  10. FF Investment Frogmetrics (foundersfund.com) [edit]
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