Alex Kurland
InvestorGeneral Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Palo Alto, California
Writes $5M – $25M checks · typically $12M
About
Alex Kurland joined Meritech in 2018 and helps lead the firm's enterprise software, infrastructure, and financial technology practices. Before Meritech, he spent six years at Kleiner Perkins leading the Digital Growth Fund's enterprise practice, and earlier worked at Summit Partners. He holds a degree from the University of Southern California.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Experience
- Meritech Capital PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- KalshiInvestorcurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
- OpenEvidenceInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- ClayInvestorcurrent2024 — presentNew York, United States
- Owner.comInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PennylaneInvestorcurrent2025 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- David AIInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HuntressInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- VerkadaInvestorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CartaInvestorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SnowflakeInvestor2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- UiPathInvestor2018 — 2021New York, United States
- DoorDashInvestor2015 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- SlackInvestor2014 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- LookerInvestor2016 — 2020Santa Cruz, California
- DatadogInvestor2018 — 2019New York, United States
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersPartner2013 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Summit PartnersInvestor2010 — 2013Palo Alto, CA
Skills & more
Growth Capital7Private Equity17Venture Capital21Valuation8Corporate Development2Financial Modeling13Due Diligence2Financial Analysis5Entrepreneurship10Strategy6Strategic Partnerships11Business Development5
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Corporate FinanceStart-upsMergers & AcquisitionsInvestmentsFrom Alex's professional profile.
Investments
Led
DoorDashLookerRingSlackUiPath
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Meritech Capital Partners
Alex Clayton
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Arsham Memarzadeh
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Ashley Paston
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Austin Wang
Investor at Meritech Capital Partners
Cathy Choi
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Craig Sherman
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
George Bischof
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Kareem Amin
Investor at Meritech Capital Partners
Network9
Christina CacioppoScout
Co-Founder, Vanta at Surge
Jack AltmanScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Jonathan NemanScout
Angel
Mike GordonScout
Managing Director at Meritech Capital Partners
Anthony DeCamillo
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Ashley Paston
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Craig Sherman
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
George Bischof
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Max Motschwiller
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Investors connected to Alex in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alex Kurland?
- Alex Kurland joined Meritech in 2018 and helps lead the firm's enterprise software, infrastructure, and financial technology practices. Before Meritech, he spent six years at Kleiner Perkins leading the Digital Growth Fund's enterprise practice, and earlier worked at Summit Partners. He holds a degree from the University of Southern California.
- Where does Alex Kurland work?
- Alex Kurland is General Partner at Meritech Capital Partners.
- What does Alex Kurland invest in?
- Alex Kurland invests in Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech.
- What check size does Alex Kurland write?
- Alex Kurland typically writes checks of $5M – $25M.
- What companies has Alex Kurland invested in?
- Investments tracked here include DoorDash, Looker, Ring, Slack, UiPath.
- Where did Alex Kurland go to school?
- Alex Kurland studied at University of Southern California.
- Does Alex Kurland lead rounds?
- Yes — Alex Kurland has led 5 tracked investments.
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