Alex Ren
InvestorManaging Partner at Fellows
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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303 people in our graph share verified history with Alex — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
James DetweilerunlockedAlex: together at Periodic Labs (2025–2026)
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Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- GeneralistInvestorcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Sycamore LabsSeed Investorcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Higgsfield AIInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ReplitInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Periodic LabsInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- BOND (YCX25)Lead Investorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Scalar Field (YC X25)Investorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CorgiSeed Investorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AbridgeInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GC AIInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- EvidentlyInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MAI AgentsInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Dyna RoboticsInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HarmonicInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HyperboundInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- YonedaLabsSeed Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Artisan AI (YC W24)Seed Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MotionInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Opus ClipLead Investorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GammaInvestorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- LiveX AI Inc.Investorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- TruewindInvestorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Space and TimeInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Mysten LabsInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Obsidian SecurityInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Fellows FundFounding Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- The Harker SchoolCommittee Member of Harker Research Symposium2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- OmniMLInvestor(Acquired by Nvidia)2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Agilent TechnologiesWW Business Development Manager2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Agilent TechnologiesGlobal Account Manager2003 — 2012Shanghai City, China
Skills & more
Software as a Service (SaaS)8Facebook5Start-up Ventures5Robotics8Investments3Network Security3Start-ups68Venture Capital49Artificial Intelligence45Angel Investing13Marketing30Business Development27
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Social NetworkingSocial Media MarketingLean StartupProduct ManagementMobile ApplicationsOnline MarketingE-commerceMobile DevicesSocial MediaStrategyLeadershipAwesomenessLanguages English · Madarin
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Colleagues at Fellows
Charles Elkan
Venture Partner at Fellows
Chengming Ren
General Partner at Fellows
JC Mao
General Partner at Fellows
Jenna Morabito
Investor at BVVC
Jimmy Zhou
Investor at Fellows
Lucas Sheiner
General Partner at Fellows
Nick Chong
Venture Partner at Fellows
Shiva Rajaraman
Senior Product Leader at Higher Ground Labs
Network7
Aneel RanadiveScout
Managing Partner at Soma Capital
Dave AndersonScout
General Partner at Beat Ventures
Jared FriedmanScout
YC Group Partner
Sergio J. MonsalveScout
Founding Partner at Roble Ventures
Tom BlomfieldScout
Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member.
Jimmy Zhou
Investor at Fellows
Mikihiro Yasuda
Founding Partner at Hike Ventures
Investors connected to Alex in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alex Ren?
- Founding Partner at Fellows
- Where does Alex Ren work?
- Alex Ren is Managing Partner at Fellows.
- What check size does Alex Ren write?
- Alex Ren typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Alex Ren go to school?
- Alex Ren studied at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); University of Science and Technology of China (Master's degree, Computer Science); Xi'an Jiaotong University (Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).
Same school
Also attended University of Chinese Academy of Sciences6
Ben SunCo-founder & Investment Committee at Taiwan Global AngelsLiana LanESG Impact Investing Analyst at HIP InvestorNicole McCulloughInvestment Manager at Carrot VenturesEric YeGeneral Partner at Eastlink Capital PartnersKevin LiuDC of Strategy at Metis FoundationHolly HAOCTO at Everest Ventures Group (EVG)
Also attended University of Science and Technology of China34
Prof. Shanhui FanInvestor at G Vision CapitalJeff LinPartner at iGlobe PartnersRaymond FengTechnical Partner at FactionHui TianPartner at The Column GroupLei ZhangInvestor at Walnut Venture AssociatesWeikeng ChenResearch Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)
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Also attended Xi'an Jiaotong University14
Genping LiuGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Katherine HeSenior Investment Associate at TDK VenturesRamon ZengGeneral Partner at DCM VenturesJason XuInvestment Professional at Sycamore VenturesLily WangPartner at Expon CapitalWendy SunChief Brand Officer at BIT Asia
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Shared employers
Also worked at Generalist8
Megan CainPrincipal at The Westly GroupEllen ChisaPartner at boldstart venturesRob ToewsPartner at Radical VenturesEvan MorikawaPartner at Axiom PartnersDavid ZilbermanGeneral Partner at Norwest Venture PartnersMei Z.General Partner at Alloy Fund
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Also worked at Periodic Labs9
James DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesElizabeth WeilFounder of Paperwheel Press, a letterpress print studioMark KimInvestor at Samsung NextJoe FloydGeneral Partner at Emergence Capital PartnersDilek DayinlarliGeneral Partner at ScaleX VenturesAlex BangashManaging Director and General Partner at Transpose Platform Management
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Also worked at Corgi20
Alexander WortmannPartner at TCVJenny XiaoPartner at Leonis CapitalChris JamesManaging Partner at Quadri VenturesAndrew DryliePrincipal at Quadri VenturesKanyi MaqubelaManaging Partner at Kindred VenturesAlex BangashManaging Director and General Partner at Transpose Platform Management
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