Alex Kurland
InvestorGeneral Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Palo Alto, California
Writes $5M β $25M checks Β· 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.
Invests in
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Experience
- Meritech Capital PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent2018 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- KalshiInvestorcurrent2025 β presentNew York, United States
- OpenEvidenceInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- ClayInvestorcurrent2024 β presentNew York, United States
- Owner.comInvestorcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PennylaneInvestorcurrent2025 β presentParis, Γle-de-France, France
- David AIInvestorcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HuntressInvestorcurrent2024 β present
- VerkadaInvestorcurrent2019 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CartaInvestorcurrent2018 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SnowflakeInvestor2018 β 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- UiPathInvestor2018 β 2021New York, United States
- DoorDashInvestor2015 β 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- SlackInvestor2014 β 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- LookerInvestor2016 β 2020Santa Cruz, California
- DatadogInvestor2018 β 2019New York, United States
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersPartner2013 β 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Summit PartnersInvestor2010 β 2013Palo Alto, CA
Education
- University of Southern California
Skills & more
Growth Capital7Private Equity17Venture Capital21Valuation8Corporate Development2Financial Modeling13Due Diligence2Financial Analysis5Entrepreneurship10Strategy6Strategic Partnerships11Business Development5
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Same school
Also attended University of Southern California376
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalErica BresciaManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDylan PearcePartner at Greycroft
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Shared employers
Also worked at Clay13
Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalEliot DurbinGeneral Partner at boldstart venturesTerry ChouPartner at Alpha Intelligence CapitalDavid CahnGeneral Partner and COO of Venture at Sequoia CapitalShriya NevatiaPrincipal at The CouncilMike VernalPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Also worked at David AI2
Also worked at Huntress12
Jai DasPartner, President at Sapphire VenturesJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesCasber WangOperating Partner at Sapphire VenturesRyan MorrisonPartner at Founders Circle CapitalSuken VakilPartner at JMI EquityErnie BioManaging Director at ForgePoint Capital
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Investments
Led
DoorDashLookerRingSlackUiPath
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Meritech Capital Partners
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Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
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Ashley Paston
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Austin Wang
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Cathy Choi
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Craig Sherman
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
George Bischof
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
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Co-Founder, Vanta at Surge
Jack AltmanScout
General Partner at Benchmark
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
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