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Alex Behar

Investor

Partner at Buoyant Ventures Management, Llc · Vice President at Sandbox Industries

Chicago, IL

About

Alex Behar brings a market-structure-first climate investing approach, combining seed-technology and farmers’ derivatives work, CVC design for a mining firm across agriculture, energy and water, and antitrust and emerging-markets expertise.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Experience

  1. Buoyant VenturesPartnercurrent2024 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
  2. eighty2iPrincipal2023 — 2024United States
  3. Sandbox IndustriesVice President, Cultivian Sandbox2019 — 2023Chicago, Illinois, United States
  4. Monitor DeloitteManager2016 — 2019City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
  5. Monitor DeloitteSenior Consultant2014 — 2016Johannesburg Metropolitan Area
  6. RBB EconomicsAssociate2010 — 2013City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Education

  1. INSEADMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)2017
  2. University of Cape TownMSocSc Dissertation with Distinction, Economics2009 — 2010
  3. University of Cape TownBSocSc (Hons) First Class, Economics2005 — 2008

Skills & more

Data Analysis12Management Consulting14Econometrics13Economics16Policy Analysis6Business Strategy4Corporate Finance3Mergers & Acquisitions2Macroeconomics2Statistical Data Analysis1Investment Strategies1Research2
+12 moreDue DiligenceFinancial ModelingInnovation ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipMicroeconomicsEconomic ResearchIndustrial OrganizationEconomic RegulationStataStrategyAnalysisEconomic Modeling

Languages English · Spanish

From Alex's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended INSEAD668

Patrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystJan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesMahesha SubramaniamHead of Client Relations at Golden Gate VenturesElena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at Northzone

+ 662 more

Also attended University of Cape Town125

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesAvron MarcusInvestor at Index VenturesLaurel BowdenPartner at 83NorthAlan EzekowitzInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAndy VitusPartner at Scale Venture Partners

+ 119 more

Shared employers

Also worked at eighty2i2

Michael FrankOperating Partner at Stage 1 VenturesAndrew BoydVice President at Sandbox Industries

Also worked at Sandbox Industries35

Tyler Bates-CollierOperations at 8VCMatt DownsInvestor at Sandbox IndustriesGretchen HayesInvestor at Sandbox IndustriesKelsey MaguireInvestor at Sandbox IndustriesDan PhillipsInvestor at Sandbox IndustriesNick RosaInvestor at Sandbox Industries

+ 29 more

Also worked at Monitor Deloitte1,036

Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesPatrick KartevollInvestor at InvestinorØysteinInvestor at InvestinorMinh DoAnalyst at Golden Gate Ventures

+ 1,030 more

Deals · 1

SunairioBoard seat

via Buoyant Ventures Management, Llc · filed Dec 2024 · $6.4M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Buoyant Ventures Management, Llc

Allison Myers
General Partner at Buoyant Ventures Management, Llc
Amy Francetic
Co-founder and Managing General Partner at Buoyant Ventures Management, Llc
Badri Narasimhan
Investor at Buoyant Ventures Management, Llc
Jacob Gleason
Principal at Buoyant Ventures Management, Llc
Laura Dyer
Partner at Buoyant Ventures Management, Llc
Laura Katzman
Partner at Buoyant Ventures Management, Llc
Ted Orben
Investor at Buoyant Ventures Management, Llc

Network12

Amanda Donohue-Hansen
Managing Director at Cultivian Sandbox Ventures
Andrew Boyd
Vice President at Sandbox Industries
Binoy Bhansali
Managing Director at Sandbox Industries
Bo Shi
Vice President at Sandbox Industries
Bob Shapiro
Managing Director at Cultivian Sandbox Ventures
Chris Zock
Investor at Sandbox Industries
Christian Horn
Associate at Sandbox Industries
Dan Phillips
Investor at Sandbox Industries
David Haddad
Investor at Sandbox Industries
Dr. Emir Sandhu
Investor at Sandbox Industries
Elizabeth Golden
Managing Director at Sandbox Industries
Gauri Gupta
Managing Director at Sandbox Industries

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