Alex Clayton
General Partner
Meritech Capital Partners
Alex Clayton is a general partner at Meritech Capital who helps lead the firm’s enterprise software, infrastructure, and fintech practices.
Bio
Professional summary
Alex Kurland joined Meritech in 2018 and helps lead the firm’s enterprise software and infrastructure practices. Before Meritech, he spent six years at Kleiner Perkins, where he led the Digital Growth Fund’s enterprise practice. His Kleiner investments included CloudHealth, DoorDash, Looker, Ring, Slack, and UiPath. Earlier, he worked at Summit Partners sourcing and executing technology growth equity investments across enterprise software, consumer internet, and education services.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
GrowthLate stageSeries B and later
Sector
Enterprise softwareInfrastructureFintechSecurityAI
Thesis
Enterprise software growth equityInfrastructure softwareHigh-growth private technology companies
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
CloudHealthDoorDashLookerRingSlackUiPathCartaClayHuntressOpenEvidencePersonaVerkadaSnowflake
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with a category-scale enterprise or infrastructure story backed by growth metrics, customer quality, and a credible path to public-company durability. Alex’s prior investments suggest he is a fit for founders building enduring software platforms with broad market pull.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference his Kleiner Perkins enterprise growth background and investments in Looker, Slack, UiPath, and CloudHealth.
- 2Frame the company against durable enterprise or infrastructure platform outcomes.
- 3Mention relevant Meritech current companies such as Huntress, Persona, Verkada, or OpenEvidence if comparable.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Meritech profile lists current companies including Carta, Clay, David AI, Huntress, Kalshi, OpenEvidence, Owner, Persona, Toss, and Verkada.
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