Alex Lofton
FounderFounder at Landed
Seattle, Washington
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
FoundedLanded · YC
About
Alex Lofton is co-founder and managing director of For Seattle and serves on the board of Terner Labs. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Lofton has experience in community organizing and works at the intersection of digital technology, artistic expression, and social impact.
Founder at LandedYC W16
Intro paths
YC
Alex went through Y Combinator (Winter 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Alex can intro founders to Landed's investors below.
Landed's investors · 4
Co-founders at Landed
Experience
- For SeattleCo-founder, Managing Directorcurrent2025 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- LandedCo-founder, Partnercurrent2015 — presentSeattle & San Francisco Bay Area
- Terner LabsBoard Member, Executive Committeecurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Harris for PresidentGOTV (Get Out The Vote) Director, Michigan2024Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Draper Richards Kaplan FoundationEntrepreneur2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Y Combinator2016 Winter Batch2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Forest CitySummer Associate2014San Francisco, California, United States
- Peers.orgLaunch Team Lead2013San Francisco, California, United States
- 270 StrategiesVice President2013San Francisco, California, United States
- Obama for AmericaGOTV (Get Out The Vote) Director, Cuyahoga County, Ohio2012Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
- ORGANIZER Inc.Business Development Lead2012San Francisco, California, United States
- NationalField LLCVice President of Customer Development2011 — 2012London & San Francisco
- Groundswell, Inc.Managing Director2010Washington, DC
- ORGANIZING FOR AMERICANational Regional Director, Southeastern US2009 — 2010Washington, DC
- Obama for AmericaField Director2007 — 2008Chicago, South Carolina, Baltimore County, Philadelphia, Georgia, Cleveland
- International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)Summer Intern2006Washington, DC
- PAI - Champions of Global Reproductive RightsSummer Intern2006Washington, DC
- Gap Inc/GapSales Associate2002 — 2003Greater Seattle Area
- Icon GrillKitchen Staff2001 — 2002Seattle, Washington, United States
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)2013 — 2015
- Tsinghua UniversityBusiness in China2014
- Northwestern UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Political Science2003 — 2007
- Sciences PoPublic Health Systems2005
- Stellenbosch UniversityPublic Health and HIV/AIDS2005
- Sammamish High School (Bellevue School District)High School1999 — 2003
Skills & more
Team Leadership27Strategic Planning76Community Outreach58Political Mobilizing4Engaging Speaker8Branding & Identity12Business Operations10Account Management12Grassroots Organizing52Training8Fun1Politics37
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Community OrganizingGovernmentStart-upsBusiness DevelopmentNonprofitsLeadershipManagementEvent PlanningPolicy AnalysisVolunteer ManagementBrand DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipLanguages English · French · Spanish
From Alex's professional profile.
Network6
Allison Tan
Investor at Diagram Collective
Joey Brown
Investor at Diagram Collective
Joshua Steinberg
Managing Partner at Diagram Collective
Nakul Patel
Managing Partner at Diagram Collective
Paola Cordovez Cereceda
Investor at Diagram Collective
Thai Bui
Investor at Diagram Collective
Investors connected to Alex in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Alex Lofton work?
- Alex Lofton is Founder at Landed.
- What check size does Alex Lofton write?
- Alex Lofton typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What companies did Alex Lofton found?
- Alex Lofton founded Landed.
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Northwestern University mafia78
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Sciences Po mafia35
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Tsinghua University mafia35
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Shared employers
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