Investing Profile

Alexander Rosen(3)

InvestorVCFounder

Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Managing Partner and Co-Founder

ridge.vcSan Francisco, California

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Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network

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Credit Suisse Network

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Current Investing Position

Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA) Managing Partner

Investment Range

$1M - $7.0M

Sweet Spot

$4.0M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$130M

Alexander Rosen's Investments On Record (40)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Besty AI	SeedAug 2024$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Ravi Belani (Alchemist Accelerator), Matthew Ziskie (Bungalow Capital), Akriti Dokania (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)), David Ambrose (Bungalow Capital), Alex Rosen (IDG Ventures)
OfferFit	Series BNov 2023$25M	$39M
Co-investors: Alex Clayton (Meritech Capital Partners), Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures), JP (Jean-Paul) Sanday (Menlo Ventures), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Alex Rosen (IDG Ventures), Alex Khor (AfterWork Ventures), Katelyn Donnelly (Avalanche VC), Bradley Horowitz, Jeremy Stoppelman, Tushar Garg, Frederic Kerrest, Ryan Carlson, Michael Stoppelman, Kevin Stumpf
SafeGraph	Series BMar 2021$45M Series AApr 2017$16M	$61M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Cathy Gao (Sapphire Ventures), Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), Pete Briger (Fortress Investment Group), Alex Rosen (IDG Ventures), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures), Jonathan Abrams (8-Bit Capital), Julia Popowitz (Broadway Angels), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Tom Chavez (super{set}), Eric Chernoff, Kim Perell, Adam D'Angelo, Jonathan Swanson, Nicolas Berggruen
Horizon3.ai	SeedJan 2020$4M	$180M
Co-investors: Ilya Kirnos (SignalFire), Aaron Jacobson (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Alex Rosen (IDG Ventures)
Outlier	Series BJan 2020$22M Series AJul 2018$6M	$78M
Co-investors: John Lyman (GV (Google Ventures)), Brad Greenwald (Hilltop Venture Partners), Mike Smerklo (Next Coast Ventures), Marc Ladin (PVCP), Josef Feldman (Tectonic Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Stephen Francis (Arrive), Leo Polovets (Humba Ventures), Alex Rosen (IDG Ventures)
Tempered	Series UnknownMay 2019$17M Series UnknownDec 2017$7M Series BAug 2016$10M Series AMar 2015$20M	$54M
Co-investors: John Connors (Ignition Partners), Alex Rosen (IDG Ventures)
Uplift	Series CJan 2019$120M Series ANov 2014$8M	$170M
Co-investors: Karen Page (B Capital Group), Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Matt Rice (Ballast Point Ventures), Deepak Jagannathan (DNX Ventures), Chris Hemmeter (Thayer Ventures), Alex Rosen (IDG Ventures), Erik Blachford, Vivek Garipalli
Kazoo	Corporate RoundApr 2018 Series AJan 2017$7M	$9.8M
Co-investors: Alex Rosen (IDG Ventures), Mike Edelhart (Social Starts), Bashar Hamood (FasterCapital), Hesham Zreik (FasterCapital), Jason Story (Interlock Partners), Patrick Spaulding Ryan (Leawood Venture Capital)

most interested in

I'm looking to invest in founder-led Series A companies with early revenue, primarily serving enterprises. Currently focus on data services, cloud infrastructure, Consumerization of IT, SaaS applications, martech, and select e-commerce.

not interested in

I'm less excited about hardware, non-Series A stage

Alexander Rosen's Experience

Analyst Credit SuissePresent

Junior Associate General Atlantic PartnersPresent

Managing Director and Co-Founder Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)2006 - Present

General Partner Sprout Group1996 - 2003

Alexander Rosen's Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science (BS) Economics, Electrical Engineering