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Alex Rampell

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Alex Rampell is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he focuses on financial services. He serves on the board of Branch, Brightside, Descript, Divvy, Earnin, FlyHomes, Loft, Mercury, PeerStreet, Point, Propel, Sentilink, Super Evil Mega Corp, Transferwise, and Very Good Security.

Alex additionally led the firm's investments in OpenDoor ($OPEN), Plaid, Quantopian (acquired by Robinhood), and Rival (acquired by LiveNation).

Prior to joining the firm, Alex co-founded multiple companies including Affirm ($AFRM), which he co-founded with Max Levchin, FraudEliminator (acquired by McAfee in 2006), Point, TrialPay (acquired by Visa in 2015), TXN (acquired by Envestnest in 2019), and Yub (acquired by Coupons.com in 2013).

He holds a BA in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Harvard University.

Latest Posts

In Defense of the IPO and How to Improve It, Part 2: Peeking Behind the Pop

by Scott Kupor and Alex Rampell
  • policy & regulation
  • corp dev
  • go to market
  • growth (late stage venture)
  • IPOs
  • VC industry

Framework for Decision-Making in a Time of Change

by Alex Rampell
  • fundraising
  • growth
  • coronavirus & the COVID-19 pandemic

a16z Podcast: Pandemic Relief and Fraud

by Bharat Ramamurti, Naftali Harris, Alex Rampell, and Lauren Murrow
  • APIs
  • fintech
  • news
  • policy & regulation
  • security & privacy
  • coronavirus & the COVID-19 pandemic
  • PPP

Swipe debit card, get stock; In defense of the IPO; New models for SMB lending, and more

by a16z editorial, Anish Acharya, Alex Rampell, Angela Strange, Matthieu Hafemeister, and Seema Amble
  • APIs
  • enterprise & SaaS
  • fintech
  • news
  • policy & regulation
  • VC industry
  • fintech newsletter
  • PPP

From @arampell

Alex Rampell@arampell

Slowly, then all at once… https://t.co/d8qutkYlfU https://t.co/hoLM5hmEA4

Sujay Jaswa@sujayjaswa

Great fun chatting with @HarryStebbings & Jeffrey on making risky bets, how founders should handle the downturn, remote vs in-person, and much more https://t.co/46hnnUTGoi

Mercury@mercury

Given some of the recent banking/crypto uncertainty, we thought we’d share more details on how – and why – Mercury works with partner banks to safeguard your money. Read from @immad: https://t.co/DbunSCm3oW

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