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Alex Taussig
General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
San Francisco, California
Overview
Alex Taussig is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, specializing in investing in consumer and SMB tech companies across the Americas and Europe. He has successfully invested in companies like Yaysay, Archive, Daily Harvest, and Zola, demonstrating a strong track record in identifying and supporting successful startups in various sectors.
With an impressive educational background including an MBA from Harvard Business School and experience serving on the boards of companies like Vinted and All Day Kitchens, Alex has established himself as a seasoned investor and leader in the venture capital industry, contributing to the growth and success of numerous innovative startups.
Work Experience
Board Partner
2024 - Current
Partner and Co-Head of Consumer Practice
2021 - 2024
Partner
2016 - 2021
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the Enterprise, Consumer, Health, and Fintech sectors. Over the past two decades, the Lightspeed team has backed hundreds of entrepreneurs and helped build more than 500 companies globally including Affirm, Carta, Cato Networks, Epic Games, Faire, Forty Seven, Guardant Health, Mulesoft, Navan, Netskope, Nutanix, Rubrik, Sharechat, Snap, Udaan, Ultima Genomics and more. Lightspeed and its global team currently manage $28B in AUM across the Lightspeed platform, with investment professionals and advisors in the U.S., Europe, India, Israel, and Southeast Asia. I joined Lightspeed in early 2016 as a Partner and became Co-Head of the Consumer Practice in late 2021. I specialize in online marketplaces bridging the physical-to-digital divide and have led investments in several that were most recently valued in excess of $5B, including Faire (retail), Vinted (resale), and Whatnot (live selling). In my role at Lightspeed, I have served on dozens of boards of global technology businesses across the Americas and Europe and recently became a Board Partner specialized in working with some of our most scaled portfolio companies. In my capacity as a board member, I have experience across the major committee functions of audit, compensation, and nominating/governance.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
Board Member; Audit Committee Member
2022
Vinted is a European online marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of secondhand fashion, electronics, and lifestyle items. In 2024, Vinted delivered consolidated revenue of €813.4M, a 36% increase YoY, and Adjusted EBITDA of €158.9M. Vinted also closed a secondary transaction at a €5B valuation in 2024 led by TPG. Lightspeed originally led the company's Series E in 2019.
Board Observer
2018
Faire is the leading wholesale marketplace connecting consumer brands with independent retailers. The company last raised capital at a $12B valuation in late 2021. Lightspeed is one of the company's earliest investors, where we led Faire's $40 million Series B financing in 2018, and I joined the board on behalf of the firm. We invested meaningfully in the company's subsequent five rounds of funding and supported the company's raising over $1B in cumulative equity capital.
Faire is a marketplace and wholesale platform that helps retailers find and buy wholesale merchandise for their stores.
Raised $1,708,162,662.00 from Shopify.
Investor
2024
Whatnot is the leading US marketplace for shoppers, collectors, and enthusiasts to buy and sell their favorite items in a live video format. In 2024, Whatnot drove $3 billion in livestream sales, with buyers spending 80 min daily in the app. Lightspeed invested in the company's Series E at nearly a $5B valuation alongside Greycroft, avra, and DST in late 2024.
Whatnot is a live stream platform and marketplace that enables collectors and enthusiasts to connect, buy, and sell verified products.
Raised $484,700,000.00 from DST Global, Y Combinator Continuity Fund, Bond, CapitalG and Andreessen Horowitz.
Board Observer
2021
Found’s small business banking, bookkeeping, and tax tools were built to make your business’s financial ecosystem work better — so you can work on growing your business. I led our Series B investment in December 2021 and our Series C investment in April 2024, alongside Founders Fund and Sequoia.
Found is a fintech company that provides business banking services for self-employed people.
Raised $121,199,997.00 from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures.
Board Observer
2016
Zola is disrupting the $100B U.S. wedding industry with a delightful e-commerce experience. In its first 4 years, Zola has served over 300,000 couples with the only all-in-one wedding registry on the internet. I led a $25 million investment round on behalf of Lightspeed in December 2016.
Zola is a wedding company that reinvents the wedding planning and registry experience.
Raised $240,849,999.00 from BAM Elevate, TCG, Legendary Ventures, Convivialite Ventures, BBG Ventures, Canvas Ventures, NBCUniversal, BAM Elevate and Comcast Ventures.
Board Observer
2023
Keychain connects CPG brands to manufacturers in packaged food, beauty, and more. It also offers KeychainOS, an AI-driven operating system to help manufacturers reduce waste, predict bottlenecks, and improve real-time planning. Lightspeed led the company's Series Seed round in August 2023 and invested in its Series A in November 2024 and its Series B in August 2025.
Keychain is a CPG production platform that collaborates with retailers and brands.
Raised $35,500,000.00 from Lightspeed Venture Partners, BoxGroup, Schreiber Foods, General Mills and SV Angel.
Board Member
2024
Table22 gives food & beverage operators a new way to extend their brand outside their four walls, add meaningful revenue, and deepen loyalty with customers through offerings like subscriptions, memberships, and more. Lightspeed led the company's Series A in August 2024, and I joined the board on the firm's behalf.
Table22 is a subscription based platform that helps restaurants build, manage, and grow offerings for fans and guests.
Raised $11,000,000.00 from Alt Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner and Footwork.
Board Member
2021
Archive is a complete circularity platform for global brands to launch innovative and profitable resale businesses. I led the company's seed and Series A rounds on behalf of Lightspeed.
Archive is a technology company that builds innovative, scalable, and profitable resale businesses for global brands.
Raised $24,335,000.00 from Fernbrook Capital Management LLC, Lisa Bougie, Wendy Yang, G9 Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Dawn Dobras, Adrienne Lazarus, Julie Bornstein and Kerry Cooper.
Board Member
2021
All Day Kitchens is the leading distributed kitchen infrastructure platform for independent restaurants in the US. Lightspeed led the company's Series C financing of $65M, and I joined the board on the firm's behalf.