Investing Profile

Alex Iskold(1151)

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Founder and Partner at 2048 Ventures
2048.vcNew York, New York
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Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 166 other investors on Signal.

Networks Alex is a member of
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Current Investing Position
2048 Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$150K - $600K
Sweet Spot
$400K
Investments On Record
66
Current Fund Size
$67M

Alex Iskold is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Alex Iskold's Investments On Record (44)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Laminar
Series AJul 2025$12M
Series UnknownJul 2023$7M
SeedAug 2022
Pre SeedDec 2021
Pre SeedFeb 2021$1M
$91M
Co-investors: Teddie Wardi (Insight Partners), Liron Azrielant (Meron Capital), Brett Brohl (Bread and Butter Ventures), Jeff Bussgang (Flybridge Capital Partners), Dayna Grayson (Construct Capital), Dana Settle (Greycroft Partners), Jared Friedman (Israel Defense Forces), Rona Segev-Gal (TLV Partners), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Rahul Prakash (NOMO Ventures)
Nimbus Health
SeedMay 2025$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Zann Ali (2048 Ventures)
Variant
Pre SeedFeb 2025
$500K
Co-investors: Garry Tan (Initialized Capital)
Humane Genomics
SeedFeb 2025$4M
Pre SeedJan 2020
$4.1M
Co-investors: Wally Wang (Scale Asia Ventures), Viktoriya Tigipko (TA Ventures)
Impilo
Series ANov 2024$12M
SeedFeb 2023$5M
Pre SeedFeb 2021$2M
$19M
Co-investors: Zann Ali (2048 Ventures), Semyon Dukach (One Way Ventures), Dayna Grayson (Construct Capital), Viktoriya Tigipko (TA Ventures)
Nomic
Series BSep 2024$42M
Series ADec 2021$17M
Series UnknownMar 2020
Pre SeedJul 2019
$76M
Co-investors: Zavain Dar (Dimension Capital), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Daniella Kranjac (AVANT BIO)
Growth Signals
SeedAug 2024
Co-investors: Zann Ali (2048 Ventures)
Tetsuwan Scientific
Pre SeedApr 2024$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund))

Alex Iskold's Experience

Board Member, NYU Leslie Entrepreneurial Institute New York University2023 - Present
Founder The 1k Project Ukraine2022 - Present
Coach and Venture Capitalist in Residence Harvard Business School2020 - Present
Founder and Partner 2048 Ventures2018 - Present
Blogger http://startuphacks.vc2014 - Present
Board Member, NYU Leslie Entrepreneurial Institute New York UniversityPresent
Founder The 1k Project Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Present
Co-Founder The 1k ProjectPresent
Founder/CEO GetgluePresent
Software Engineer Goldman SachsPresent
Blogger Top-PatentsPresent
Chief Architect, VP Top-PatentsPresent
Founder/CEO Top-PatentsPresent
Board Member, NYU Leslie Entrepreneurial Institute NYU SteinhardtPresent
Blogger Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Founder/CEO Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Feature Writer ReadWritePresent
Chief Architect, VP Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Instructor NYU SteinhardtPresent
Blogger NewCoPresent
Chief Architect, VP NewCoPresent
Blogger The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Founder/CEO The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Chief Architect, VP The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Blogger Asset Management GroupPresent
Founder/CEO Asset Management GroupPresent
Chief Architect, VP Asset Management GroupPresent
Founder/CEO NewCoPresent
Founder The 1k Project Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦Present
Blogger Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present
Founder/CEO Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present
Chief Architect, VP Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present
Founder The 1k Project2020 - 2021
Managing Director, NYC Techstars2013 - 2018
Founder/CEO GetGlue2010 - 2013
Founder/CEO AdaptiveBlue2007 - 2010
Feature Writer Read/WriteWeb2006 - 2009
Chief Architect, VP Data Synapse (acquired by Tibco)2005 - 2007
Chief Architect, Application Analysis Tools IBM2003 - 2005
Founder/CEO Information Laboratory (acquired by IBM)2000 - 2003
Instructor New York University1998 - 2003
Software Engineer Plumb Design1998 - 2000
Software Engineer The D. E. Shaw Group1996 - 1998
Software Engineer Goldman, Sachs & Co.1994 - 1996

Alex Iskold's Education

Lehigh University Bachelor of Science Mathematics, Minor in Computer Science, Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
New York University Master of Science Computer Science, Dropped out of PhD to start my first company