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词条 Alexander Lloyd (venture capitalist)
释义

  1. Philanthropy

  2. Venture capital investments

  3. References

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| occupation = Managing partner at Accelerator Ventures
| alma_mater = University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School
}}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]

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

1. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-08/twitter-punished-after-whipsawing-wall-street-over-value.html |title= Twitter Punished After Whipsawing Wall Street Over|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|accessdate= July 18, 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|url= http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2760380|title= Company Overview of Accelerator Ventures|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate= July 18, 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.pehub.com/2013/02/accelerator-ventures-raising-25m-fund-ii/|title= Accelerator Ventures Raising $25M Fund II |publisher=Thomson Reuters |accessdate= July 18, 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|url= http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=2760571&privcapId=2760380&previousCapId=2760380&previousTitle=Accelerator%20Ventures|title= Alexander Lloyd|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek |accessdate= July 18, 2014}}
5. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.muckercapital.com/network/|title= Mucker Capital|publisher=Mucker Capital |accessdate= July 18, 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/01/we-hacked-north-korea-with-balloons-and-usb-drives/283106/ |title= We Hacked North Korea With Balloons and USB Drives |publisher=The Atlantic |accessdate= July 18, 2014}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-early-stage-tech-startup-investors-2012-6?op=1|title= The Angel 100: New York's Top Early Stage Investors |publisher=Business Insider Inc.|accessdate= July 18, 2014}}
8. ^{{cite web|url= http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=2760571&privcapId=2760380&previousCapId=2760380&previousTitle=Accelerator%20Ventures|title= Alexander Lloyd|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek |accessdate= July 18, 2014}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://wwwstage.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/news_and_events/newsletter/archive/2005/3_05_newsletter.html |title=School News |publisher=The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |accessdate=July 18, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726200723/http://wwwstage.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/news_and_events/newsletter/archive/2005/3_05_newsletter.html |archivedate=July 26, 2014 }}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sfmayor.org/ftp/archive/209.126.225.7/archives/PressRoom_NewsReleases_2005_32147/index.html |title=David Best Project Announcement |publisher=City and Council of San Francisco: |accessdate=July 18, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100829/http://www.sfmayor.org/ftp/archive/209.126.225.7/archives/PressRoom_NewsReleases_2005_32147/index.html |archivedate=September 24, 2015 }}
11. ^{{cite web|url= http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2009/07/31/three-resign-from-the-arts-commission/|title= Three resign from the Arts Commission|publisher=Hearst Communications, Inc. |accessdate= July 18, 2014}}
12. ^{{cite web|url= http://slideluck.com/board-members/|title= Board Members|publisher=Slide Luck |accessdate= July 18, 2014}}
13. ^{{cite web|url= http://blackrockarts.org/about/advisory-board|title= Advisory Board|publisher=Black Rock Arts Foundation|accessdate= July 18, 2014}}
14. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Love-Among-The-Arts-2958869.php |title= Love Among The Arts |publisher=Hearst Communications, Inc.|accessdate= July 18, 2014}}
15. ^{{cite news | last =Chapman | first =Lizette | coauthors = | title =Appboy Raises $15 Million to Help Businesses Improve Mobile Marketing| newspaper =Wall Street Journal| location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = 2 October 2014 | url =https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/10/02/appboy-raises-15-million-to-help-businesses-improve-mobile-marketing/ | accessdate =11 December 2014 }}


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