Where does Alan Vaksman work?

Alan Vaksman is Founding Partner at LaunchBay Capital.

Where did Alan Vaksman go to school?

Alan Vaksman studied at NYU Stern School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA); IMD (Executive leadership programme, Organizational Leadership); HEC Paris (Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA).

Alan Vaksman

Investor

Founding Partner at LaunchBay Capital

United Kingdom

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About

Alan Vaksman develops short-duration, actively managed secondary growth-fund strategies aimed at generating liquidity from portfolio holdings, taking concentrated positions in later-stage private companies. He began his career in South Africa and previously held senior investment banking and management consulting roles at First Rand Bank, Goldman Sachs, PwC, and KPMG, working across South Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and psychology and an LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand, along with an MBA jointly awarded by NYU Stern, the London School of Economics, and HEC Paris.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

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Experience

Launchbay CapitalFounding Partnercurrent2018 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
LBXproInvestor, Directorcurrent2024 — present
SAPIObservercurrent2023 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
WealthKernelInvestor2021 — 2025
AdsumDirector2022 — 2025London Area, United Kingdom
Hour OneInvestor2021 — 2025Greater London, England, United Kingdom
YesGrowth LtdCompany Director2016 — 2023London Area, United Kingdom
ANNA MoneyNon Executive Director2020 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
FIBR UKDirector2020 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
AximetriaCo-Founder2017 — 2021Zurich, Switzerland
FACTORINCo-Founder2017 — 2021
Mail.ru GroupNon Executive Director2018 — 2019Cyprus
GPB CIBHead of Digital2017 — 2018
GPB CIBChief Risk Officer (CRO)2010 — 2016
PwCPartner Financial Services Consulting2008 — 2010
Goldman SachsProgram Lead2006 — 2008London Area, United Kingdom
KPMG UKExecutive advisor2005 — 2008United Kingdom
FirstRand groupProject Manager Strategic Innovation2002 — 2005South Africa
Dimension DataConsultant, Project Manager2000 — 2001Johannesburg Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

Secondaries8Artificial Intelligence (AI)8

Languages English · Hebrew

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Investments

Investor

AnthropicCircleCohereCrusoeKlarnaLambda LabsLemonadeManufacturing in spaceMonday.comNetskope OpenEvidence Revolut SpaceX

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Colleagues at LaunchBay Capital

Alex Dunning

Principal at LaunchBay Capital

Alex Rivkind

Partner at LaunchBay Capital

Christophe Petetin

Venture Partner at LaunchBay Capital

Denis Ryabinin

Venture Partner at LaunchBay Capital

Henry Lewis

Private markets associate at LaunchBay Capital

Ipek Cruz

Advisor (FO&Private investments) at LaunchBay Capital

Irene Vaksman

Managing Partner at LaunchBay Capital

Justin Benjamin

CFO at LaunchBay Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Alan Vaksman?: Alan Vaksman develops short-duration, actively managed secondary growth-fund strategies aimed at generating liquidity from portfolio holdings, taking concentrated positions in later-stage private companies. He began his career in South Africa and previously held senior investment banking and management consulting roles at First Rand Bank, Goldman Sachs, PwC, and KPMG, working across South Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and psychology and an LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand, along with an MBA jointly awarded by NYU Stern, the London School of Economics, and HEC Paris.
Where does Alan Vaksman work?: Alan Vaksman is Founding Partner at LaunchBay Capital.
What companies has Alan Vaksman invested in?: Investments tracked here include Anthropic, Circle, Cohere, Crusoe, Klarna, Lambda Labs, Lemonade, Manufacturing in space, Monday.com, Netskope, OpenEvidence, Revolut, and 1 more.
Where did Alan Vaksman go to school?: Alan Vaksman studied at NYU Stern School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA); IMD (Executive leadership programme, Organizational Leadership); HEC Paris (Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA).