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Alex Fayette

Alex Fayette

Partner·ACME Capital

San Francisco

Bio

Professional summary

Alex Fayette is a Partner at ACME Capital, where he works with founders building technically complex companies. His official profile emphasizes his experience helping translate engineering innovation into durable businesses and lists a focus across aerospace and defense, next-generation compute, tech bio, physical AI, energy, and raw materials. ACME lists Akash, Avia Games, Blumind, IonQ, Laurel, Muon Space, Replika, Sphere Semi, and True Anomaly among his select companies. He previously worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan, received a B.A. in Economics from Yale University, and lives in San Francisco.

Investment focus

Stage, sector, and overall fit

Stage

Early-stage frontier technologyTechnically complex company formation and scaling

Sector

Aerospace and defenseNext-generation computeTech bioPhysical AIEnergyRaw materials

Thesis

Frontier technologyAerospace and defenseNext-generation computeTech bioPhysical AIEnergy and raw materials

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

AkashAvia GamesBlumindIonQLaurelMuon SpaceReplikaSphere SemiTrue Anomaly

How to approach

Framing and angles for outreach

Pitch framing

Lead with the technical breakthrough, the commercial translation path, and why the company can become a durable frontier-technology platform.

Personalization hooks

  1. 1Map the pitch to one of his explicitly stated frontier tech areas, especially aerospace, defense, compute, energy, or physical AI.
  2. 2Emphasize how the team de-risks complex engineering and translates it into commercial value.

Recent signals

What the partner has said or done recently

  • Official ACME profile names current board representation at Akash, Avia Games, Laurel, Replika, Sphere Semi, True Anomaly, and Muon Space.

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • ACME CapitalGeneral Partner2015 - Present
  • Sphere SemiBoard Member2025 - Present
  • Muon SpaceBoard Observer2024 - Present
  • True AnomalyBoard Observer2023 - Present
  • J.P. MorganInvestment BankingPrior

Education

  • Yale UniversityB.A., Economics

Languages

EnglishJapanese

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