About
Principal focused on AI enablement of legacy, physical-world industries such as heavy industry, real estate, sports, and hospitality. Former oil and gas engineer and hospitality operating partner, and host of the AI After Dark podcast.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- Mercury FundPrincipalcurrent2026 — presentHouston, TX
- Mercury FundSenior Associate2024 — 2026Houston, TX
- Mercury FundAssociate2023 — 2024Houston, TX
- Mercury FundProject Associate2022 — 2023Houston, TX
- collide.Board Membercurrent2025 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
- VoltBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- MealMe, Inc.Board Membercurrent2024 — present
- Houston ExponentialOwnership Group2022Houston, Texas, United States
- PokatokCo-Founder2022Houston, Texas, United States
- The Cannon CommunityChief Commercial Officer2021 — 2022Greater Houston
- The Cannon CommunityManaging Director2021Houston, Texas, United States
- TenarisBusiness Development Manager2018 — 2021Houston, Texas
- TenarisProject Manager2017 — 2018Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil
- TenarisTechnical Sales Engineer2013 — 2017Houston, TX
- TenarisMarketing Intern2012Houston, TX
- Southern Methodist UniversityStaff Supervisor2009 — 2012
- TGSGeneral Administrator (Operations)2011
- Group ExcellenceSupervisor2008 — 2009
Skills & more
Microsoft Excel19Microsoft Office21PowerPoint15Access11Microsoft Word11Matlab3HTML4Java3Visio3Twitter3OS X2Outlook1
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Microsoft PowerPointSpanishAnalysisSalesManagementEngineeringBusiness DevelopmentForecastingOil & Gas IndustryProcurementPetroleumSales ManagementLanguages English · Portugese · Spanish
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Colleagues at Mercury Fund
Adrian Barwinski
General Partner at Mercury Fund
Adrian Fortino
General Partner at Mercury Fund
Aileen Allen
Partner at Mercury Fund
Andreas Galliker
Chief Financial Officer at Mercury Fund
Andrew Clark
Director at Texas Ventures
Aziz Gilani
Associate at Mercury Fund
Blair Garrou
Co-founder & General Partner at Mercury Fund
Brad Van Otterloo
Venture Advisor at Mercury Fund
Network3
Adrian Fortino
General Partner at Mercury Fund
Blair Garrou
Co-founder & General Partner at Mercury Fund
Dan Watkins
Venture Advisor at Mercury Fund
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alex Gras?
- Principal focused on AI enablement of legacy, physical-world industries such as heavy industry, real estate, sports, and hospitality. Former oil and gas engineer and hospitality operating partner, and host of the AI After Dark podcast.
- Where does Alex Gras work?
- Alex Gras is Principal at Mercury Fund.
- What check size does Alex Gras write?
- Alex Gras typically writes checks of $250K – $4M.
- Where did Alex Gras go to school?
- Alex Gras studied at Southern Methodist University (Master of Science (M.S.) with a major in Operations Research, Operations Research); Southern Methodist University (Management Science, Finance); Curtin University (Bachelor of Business Administration; Bachelor of Science, Finance Business; Mathematics Mathematics).
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