Alexander Lloyd (venture capitalist)

Alexander "Alex" Lloyd is a venture capitalist, and the founder and managing partner of Accelerator Ventures, an investment and venture fund.[1][2] Lloyd was an early investor in many companies that have gone public or merged, including online shoe company Zappos which was acquired by Amazon.com in 2009 in an all-stock deal worth about $1.2 billion and semantic job search engine Trovix which was acquired by Monster.com in 2008 for $72.5 million.[3]

Alexander Lloyd
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School
Occupation	Managing partner at Accelerator Ventures

Other companies Lloyd has invested in are technology platform isocket, software and video game developer Tapulous, and Microsoft owned Powerset. Lloyd is a board of directors' observer for LoopNet, MerchantCircle, MobilePlay, and Practice Technologies Inc.[4] He is a mentor for Los Angeles-based business incubator MuckerLab,[5] and has co-written an article for The Atlantic.[6]

Prior to founding Accelerator Ventures, Lloyd was a venture partner at Rustic Canyon Partners.[7] He has also worked at Microsoft, SGI, Activision, Apple Computer and Goldman Sachs. He holds a BA from The University of Pennsylvania[8] and an MBA from The Wharton School.[9]

Philanthropy

Lloyd is active in philanthropy, and founded the San Francisco Media Arts Council.[10] He served as commissioner for the San Francisco Art Commission,[11] and sits on the board of Slideluck.[12] He has been on the board of SF Camerawork[13] and the Contemporary Extension of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[14]

Venture capital investments

Year	Company	Industry
2011	Appboy[15]	New York City-based mobile marketing automation company

References

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2. "Company Overview of Accelerator Ventures". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
3. "Accelerator Ventures Raising $25M Fund II". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
4. "Alexander Lloyd". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
5. "Mucker Capital". Mucker Capital. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
6. "We Hacked North Korea With Balloons and USB Drives". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
7. "The Angel 100: New York's Top Early Stage Investors". Business Insider Inc. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
8. "Alexander Lloyd". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
9. "School News". The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
10. "David Best Project Announcement". City and Council of San Francisco. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
11. "Three resign from the Arts Commission". Hearst Communications, Inc. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
12. "Board Members". Slide Luck. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
13. "Advisory Board". Black Rock Arts Foundation. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
14. "Love Among The Arts". Hearst Communications, Inc. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
15. Chapman, Lizette (2 October 2014). "Appboy Raises $15 Million to Help Businesses Improve Mobile Marketing". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 December 2014.