Alpha Edison
Venture capitalActively deployingLos Angeles · Seed–Series A · 14 people tracked
Also known as ALPHA EDISON MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC · Alpha Edison Quantum · Alpha Edison Westwood · Alpha Edison Westwood 2022
Investment thesis
Alpha Edison backs entrepreneurs building category-creating companies capable of unlocking entirely new markets. The firm operates as a multidisciplinary team of investors, founders, operators, data scientists, and behavioral scientists, emphasizing that great ideas can originate from anywhere. Its approach combines investment capital with hands-on support and research-driven insight generation to help founders build enduring businesses.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 14 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 40 of 78 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×16SaaS ×10Fintech ×9Healthtech ×8Data & Infrastructure ×6Biotech ×5Enterprise Software ×5Cybersecurity ×4
HQs:United States×31Kenya×1
Investments · 78 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12023 · 32021 · 52020 · 12018 · 314 dated
3DEO is a metal additive manufacturing company that produces metal parts and components at production scale.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareTorrance, US
Payman Torabi(Executive Officer)David Burns(Director)Matthew Sand(President)Ken Hood(Director)Matthew Petros(Chief Executive Officer)Scott(CEO)
Board seatNate Redmond· per SEC Form D
Glendale, US
Board seatNate Redmond· per SEC Form D · $85M raise · filed Sep 2021
Collaborative platform for managing version-controlled databases, combining Git repository functionality with SQL database capabilities.
Board seatSteve HorowitzNate Redmond· per SEC Form D
EnergyPleasanton, US
Nate Redmond(Director)Theodore M. Kniesche(Executive Officer)Thomas E. Unterman(Director)Lewis Lee Rich(Executive Officer)Lee Bailey(Director)Eric N. Pryor(Executive Officer)
Board seatNate Redmond· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Jul 2020
Irvine, US
David Perry(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Goldberg(Executive Officer, Director)Paul Voois(Director)
Board seatNate Redmond· per SEC Form D · $10.2M raise · filed Dec 2023
Greenfly is an AI-powered media orchestration platform that lets sports teams capture, organize, and distribute photos and videos, and enables athletes to share "social-perfect" content directly with fans.
Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSports TechSanta Monica, US
Daniel Kirschner(CEO & Co-Founder)Shawn Green(Co-Founder)Mark Leschly(Director)
Board seatNate Redmond· per SEC Form D
Los Angeles, US
Adam Miller(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Nazar(Executive Officer, Director)Douglas Leonard(Executive Officer, Director)Dana Settle(Director)Nate Redmond(Director)
Board seatNate Redmond· per SEC Form D · $15M raise · filed Mar 2021
HealthtechLos Angleles, US
Leo Petrossian(Executive Officer, Director)Yuri Pikover(Director)Roy Doumani(Director)Mark Hattendorf(Executive Officer)Kenneth Baker(Director)Stan Rowe(Director)
Board seatNick Grouf· per SEC Form D · $15M raise · filed Oct 2021
Novel Effect is an app that adds interactive music, sound effects, and character voices to children's books during read-alouds, designed to enhance literacy engagement and comprehension for students in pre-K through 5th grade.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechFintechGamingMedia & EntertainmentSeattle, US
Melissa Hammersley(Director)Bill Carr(Director)Matthew Hammersley(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Leff(Director)
Board seatNick Grouf· per SEC Form D
Riveter is a web data extraction and automation platform that searches, navigates, and retrieves specific information from the internet for teams across e-commerce, marketing, real estate, and other data-dependent industries.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Abigail Grills(CEO & Co-founder)inHope Cochran(Director)Amy Nelson(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatNick Grouf· per SEC Form D · $15M raise · filed Dec 2018
Los Angeles, US
Jeremy Liew(Director)Nick Grouf(Director)Katie Eichten(Executive Officer)David Hada(Executive Officer)Steven Dietz(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatNick Grouf· per SEC Form D · $3.3M raise · filed Aug 2021
Los Angeles, US
Katie Eichten(Executive Officer)Nick Grouf(Director)Mike Burke(Director)Steven Dietz(Executive Officer, Director)Jeremy Liew(Director)
Board seatNick Grouf· per SEC Form D · $8.6M raise · filed Jan 2023
Culver City, US
Marc Washington(Executive Officer, Director)Tracey Halama(Executive Officer, Director)Bharat Vasan(Director)
BoardBader Alam(Director)David Friedberg(Director)
Board seatNate Redmond· per SEC Form D · filed Feb 2025
Alloy provides an identity and fraud prevention platform for financial institutions and fintechs to manage fraud, credit, and compliance risk through real-time data orchestration and AI algorithms integrated with over 200 intelligence sources.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Tommy Nicholas(CEO)inLaura Spiekerman(President)inCharles Hearn(CTO)in
Employee engagement platform offering recognition, collaboration, and feedback tools integrated with workplace software.
Assembly is an employee recognition and rewards platform that helps organizations celebrate achievements, milestones, and team contributions to build stronger culture and retention.
HR TechSaaS
AutoIVF is a company associated with in vitro fertilization technology; this page profiles a board member and business advisor rather than describing the company's product in detail.
BiotechFemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesNatick, US
Erin Schardt(Director)Mitchel Sayare(Business Advisor, Chairman, Board of Directors)Ravi Kapur(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Alper(Director)David Sable(Director)Thomas Toth(Executive Officer, Director)
Avibra offers an AI-driven retention platform for financial institutions that delivers personalized benefits, rewards, and sentiment insights to reduce deposit churn and increase customer engagement.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSIselin, US
Yogesh Shetty(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJohn Kim(Director)Jim Feuille(Director)
BuildOps provides operational management software for commercial contractors, integrating project management, accounting, and AI-driven intelligence to streamline field-to-ledger workflows across North America.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Alok Chanani(CEO)
Mobile app designed to improve intimacy, connection, and communication within relationships through guided exercises and educational content.
Consumer insights platform providing high-quality, first-party data to help businesses understand and engage their audiences better.
Offers non-invasive liquid biopsy tests for early cancer detection and precision medicine, with flagship product CancerRadar using innovative blood tests.
EarlyDiagnostics (EarlyDx) develops blood tests and bioinformatics tools that analyze cell-free DNA methylation via its MethylScan platform for early disease detection, cancer screening, risk stratification, and treatment monitoring.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital Health
Fanaply is a fan intelligence platform for live events that combines a gamified engagement product (Wandr) for capturing consented first-party attendee behavioral data with an analytics product (EngageIQ) that turns that data into sponsor ROI reports, audience segments, and event insights.
Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSports TechHuntington, US
DISQO provides a cross-platform advertising measurement platform that tracks brand and performance incrementality across media channels including social, TV, programmatic, and digital.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Fletch is a cybersecurity AI platform that turns external threat intelligence and internal logs into real-time, prioritized insights, using natural language processing and agentic AI to help security teams cut through alert noise and prioritize threats.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Grant Wernick(Founder & CEO)
Specializes in veterinary stem cell therapy, offering stem cell banking and regenerative medicine treatments for pet diseases.
Gallant develops regenerative medicine therapies for veterinary care, bringing treatments from laboratory research into clinical practice for pets.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Diego, US
Linda Black(Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Secretary)Aaron Hirschhorn(Executive Officer, Director)Davis Brimer(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardTeymour Boutros-Ghali(Director)Valentine Williams(DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS)Aaron Schacht(Director)
Gtxn provides corporate treasury management, FX advisory, and securitization services for cross-border transactions in Africa, with a focus on reducing costs and operational complexity for corporates and investors in Kenya.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechKenya, KE
Daniel Kleinbaum(Group CEO & Founder)Kennedy Osano(CEO (East Africa))Martin Cichowski(COO & CTO)Mehdi Raki(CSO & Head of Investments)
Edtech company enhancing student learning through personalized, data-driven insights and tools for educators.
HouseCanary provides single-family residential real estate investors with property valuation, rental forecasting, and market analytics tools, including an automated valuation model, a 50-state property search platform, portfolio monitoring, and brokerage services covering 136M+ properties across 200 MSAs in the US.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechPropTechSan Francisco, US
Christopher Stroud(Director)Jeremy Sicklick(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Dyne(Director)Egon Durban(Director)
Flexible benefits platform helping companies support employee well-being through customizable perks and reimbursements.
Insurance company providing homeowners with tailored coverage through a user-friendly online platform utilizing advanced technology and data analysis.
Kin is a home insurance provider that offers both self-service and agent-assisted policy purchase and management for homeowners.
InsurTechChicago, US
Sean Harper(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)S. Caribou Honig(Director)Lucas Ward(Executive Officer and Director)
BoardEric Carlborg(Director)Dan Rosen(Director)
Safeguards online identities using advanced facial recognition technology to protect against deepfakes and unauthorized face use.
Medal is a free software application for recording, editing, and sharing gameplay highlights on PC and mobile.
Creator EconomyGamingHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Deleys Brandman(Executive Officer)Lonnie R. Kurlander(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew McMurry(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Kaminsky(Director)
App designed to make youth sports coaching easier and more effective with practice plans, team management, and live streaming tools.
Modern nail care brand offering high-quality, salon-grade products and tools for at-home manicures and pedicures.
Beverly Hills, US
Sarah Gibson Tuttle(Executive Officer, Director)
Olive & June sells at-home manicure and nail care products, including polish, salon-grade DIY tools, and a "mani system" for consumers doing their own nails.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
One.bio develops food products designed to provide beneficial molecular signals to support health and address chronic inflammatory disease.
BiotechFoodTechHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Matt Amicucci(Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer)Matt Barnard(Co-Founder & CEO)
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioComparablyacq. by ZoomInfo
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesUrsa Major · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 15, 2026
Alloy · stainless-steel-world.net · Jul 13, 2026
Coterie · quotesweep.com · Jul 7, 2026
Medal · baltimoresun.com · Jul 3, 2026
BuildOps · voiceofalexandria.com · Jul 2, 2026
Turbine · forbes.com · Jun 29, 2026
Riveter · ycombinator.com · Apr 14, 2026
Ownwell · inman.com · Feb 25, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Alpha Edison invest at?
- Alpha Edison invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Alpha Edison's typical check size?
- Alpha Edison typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
- What sectors does Alpha Edison focus on?
- Alpha Edison focuses on AdTech, AI & Machine Learning, B2B Marketplaces, Biotech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Creator Economy, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Digital Health, Direct to Consumer, E-commerce, EdTech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, GovTech, Hardware, Healthtech, HR Tech, IoT, LegalTech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Marketing Tech, Marketplaces, New Materials, PropTech, Quantum Computing, Robotics, SaaS, Space Tech, Wellness & Fitness.
- Where is Alpha Edison located?
- Alpha Edison is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.
- Does Alpha Edison lead rounds?
- Yes, Alpha Edison leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the team387th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Nate Redmond, Alpha Edison
1Mby1M Roundtables · NATE REDMOND
Nick Grouf -- Alpha Edison
LA Venture Podcast · NICK GROUF
387th 1Mby1M Roundtable February 22, 2018: With Nate Redmond, Alpha Edison
1Mby1M Roundtables · NATE REDMOND
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Co-investors · 34
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QED Investors is a venture capital firm founded by former Capital One executives that invests in founders building transparency and fairness into financial services.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm known for backing AI and technology founders, emphasizing deep, hands-on partnerships with the companies it funds.
Fika Ventures is an operator-first seed fund where co-founders Eva Ho and TX Zhuo leverage their startup operating experience to provide deeply embedded support to B2B founders through weekly working sessions and hands-on help with hiring, pricing, and go-to-market rather than pursuing a high-volume portfolio model. The firm deliberately backs "non-central casting" founders—optimizing for responsiveness, grit, and execution over pedigree—while focusing on B2B companies using data and AI to solve systemic workflow problems across industries like fintech, vertical SaaS, and healthcare.
Acre Venture Partners is a venture firm investing in companies building technologies and infrastructure for a healthier, more sustainable food and agriculture system.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs from early stages through every stage of growth, publishing investment roadmaps across multiple technology sectors.
Everywhere Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that backs founders globally, supported by a community of founders and operators as LPs.
Great Oaks Venture Capital is a New York-based early-stage investor that partners with founders at the earliest stages of company building across the United States.
FirstMark is a venture capital firm that backs founders and supports them through a platform providing access to networks, customers, and talent.
Canvas Prime (formerly Canvas Ventures) is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in AI transforming digital health and fintech, leading Series A and B rounds in companies ready to scale.
BAM Ventures is an early-stage investment firm made up of experienced entrepreneurs based in Southern California, backing founders building consumer-focused technologies, products, and services that transform commerce.
March Capital is an early-growth venture capital firm investing in frontier technology companies focused on the AI revolution, partnering with founders to build category-defining businesses.
▶22 more co-investors
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Firms observed investing alongside Alpha Edison, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Alpha Edison's recorded portfolio.
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