Alex Taussig
Board Partner·Lightspeed Venture Partners
Bio
Professional summary
Alex Taussig is a Board Partner at Lightspeed and former co-head of the firm's Consumer Practice. Lightspeed says he has more than 16 years of experience partnering with technology companies and has invested more than $600 million across marketplace and software startups including Faire, Vinted, Whatnot and Zola. He previously was a Partner at Highland Capital Partners and also serves as an Independent Director and strategy committee member at United Rentals.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersBoard Partner2024 – Present
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersPartner2016 – 2021
- Highland Capital PartnersPartner
- United RentalsIndependent Director2026 – Present
Education
- Harvard CollegeBA in Physics, summa cum laude
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMS in Materials Engineering
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA
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