About
Alex Bernstein is a founder and investor at Inoak with over two decades of experience building and scaling SaaS ventures. He bootstrapped a SaaS platform to over 30,000 paying customers before exiting, and subsequently developed live-work lofts and office spaces in Oakland. His experience spans early-stage investing, customer acquisition, unit economics optimization, and product development.
Experience
- InoakFounder/Investorcurrent2013 — presentOakland, CA
- North Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2006 — present
- OroarAdvisorcurrent2020 — presentOakland, California, United States
- NorthSocialFounder2010 — 2013Oakland, CA
- VirginSenior Vice President2004 — 2006Los Angeles, California, United States
- Echo Networks, Inc.Executive Vice President2002 — 2004
- Parametric Technology Corp.Enterprise Software Sales2001 — 2002
- C-BridgeDirector of Sales & Business Development2000 — 2001
- National Football LeagueNFL : Center/Guard1997 — 2001
Education
- Amherst CollegeBA, Political Science1994 — 1997
- Harvard Business SchoolEE, Business Management & Entrepreneurship2009
- Colby CollegeEconomics, English1993 — 1994
- The Blake School1990 — 1993
Skills & more
Marketing StrategyNew Business OpportunitiesRapid Revenue GrowthSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Interactive DevelopmentSocial Media30Facebook11Entrepreneur1Entrepreneurship65InvestorSales9marketing
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Brand DevelopmentOnline Marketingsocial strategysocial commerceViral MarketingProduct DevelopmentProduct LaunchesVenture CapitalBusiness AnalysisNew Business DevelopmentMarketingFundraisingFrom Alex's professional profile.
Colleagues at SaxeCap Advisors
Abhijeet Singh
Forward Deployed AI Engineer at SaxeCap Advisors
Abhinav Sridharan
Vice President at SaxeCap Advisors
Abhishek Mehandiratta
Staff Software Engineer at SaxeCap Advisors
Akhil Dayal
Vice President at SaxeCap Advisors
Alan Nunez
Software Engineer at SaxeCap Advisors
Alex Kassan
Senior Advisor at SaxeCap Advisors
Amrit Saxena
CEO at SaxeCap Advisors
Andres Olivares
Forward Deployed Engineer at SaxeCap Advisors
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Alex Bernstein work?
- Alex Bernstein is Vice President at SaxeCap Advisors.
Same school
Also attended Amherst College96
Will ReedInvestor at Spark CapitalPascual Cortes-MonroyPrincipal at NorthzoneYoni RechtmanPartner at Slow VenturesPaul GoodrichCo-Founder at Madrona Venture GroupConor DeveneyPrincipal at GreycroftPaul LevineOperating Partner at Sapphire Ventures
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Also attended Harvard Business School1,969
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter Capital; architect of Invest America; BG2 co-hostAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
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Also attended Colby College43
Katie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesJoel CutlerInvestment Team at General CatalystGraham BrownManaging Partner at Lerer HippeauGretchen McCareyChief Financial Officer at Castle Island VenturesRen ZanzeAnalyst at PeakSpan Capital PartnersEllie McGuireManaging Partner at Polaris Partners
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Also attended The Blake School8
David GoldenManaging Partner, Revolution VenturesSam PritzkerManaging Director at TSG Consumer PartnersKentucky MorrowPartner at DIAJessicaVice President at Rx3 Growth PartnersWill HawkinsPrincipal at FCA Venture PartnersScott SalitermanInvestor at Beresford Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Virgin13
Toby CoppelCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic VenturesRupam ShrivastavaAdvisor at Verge HealthTech FundDiana ZhouPartner at NEW VISTA CAPITALAdam AndersManaging Partner and Co-Founder at Anterra CapitalLatif PerachaGeneral Partner at M13Christine ChoiPartner at M13
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Also worked at Parametric Technology Corp.31
Dan FougereInvestor at Index VenturesJesse Coors-BlankenshipCo-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalSteve WalskeInvestor at Streamlined VenturesWenxiang MaVenture Partner at Foothill VenturesToby BrzoznowskiAdvisor - Enterprise Software at Augment VenturesAnurag SrivastavaFounding Partner at Jungle Ventures
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Also worked at C-Bridge1
Also worked at National Football League15
Scott LopanoPartner at Tech Square VenturesBarrett EdgingtonPrincipal at Signal Peak VenturesLinda TongCEO, Webflow at Operator CollectiveColleen FlynnDirector, Marketing at FINTOP CapitalIsaiah KacyvenskiCo-Founder, Managing Partner at Will VenturesJay KapoorGeneral Partner at VSC Ventures
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