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Alexa Gellman

Investor

Senior Associate at Volition Capital · Chief of Staff at Inspired Capital

New York, New York, United States

About

Chief of Staff who also invests in pre-seed through Series A across sectors, focusing on themes such as frontier AI, quantum computing, and experiential consumer. Previously a senior associate at Volition Capital and began her career at BlackRock; holds a Harvard A.B. and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Experience

  1. Inspired CapitalInvestment Team & Chief of Staffcurrent2024 — presentNew York, United States
  2. Volition CapitalSenior Associate, Internet and Consumer Investment Team2022 — 2023
  3. Idea Farm VenturesVenture Investment Fellow2021 — 2022New York, New York, United States
  4. BlackRockAssociate, BlackRock Real Assets Group2019 — 2020New York, United States
  5. BlackRockAssociate, Global Business Manager, BlackRock Alternatives Specialists2018 — 2019New York, United States
  6. BlackRockAnalyst, Hedge Fund Sales, BlackRock Alternatives Specialists2015 — 2018New York, United States
  7. Goldman SachsInvestment Banking Summer Analyst2014
  8. The Harvard CrimsonEditor and Beat Reporter2011 — 2014
  9. Global Strategy GroupResearch Intern2013
  10. LearnVest, Inc.Editorial Intern2012

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA2020 — 2022
  2. Harvard UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics2011 — 2015
  3. The Spence School1997 — 2011

Colleagues at Volition Capital

Aaron Hou
Investor at Volition Capital
Allyson Gallagher
Accounting Manager at Volition Capital
Anna Griffin
Senior Advisor at Volition Capital
Ashley Harding
Operations Specialist at Volition Capital
Blake Day
Senior Advisor at Volition Capital
Caitlin Burke
Community Associate at Volition Capital
Carolyn Woll
Associate at Volition Capital
Cassidy Piersiak
Analyst at Volition Capital

Network4

Dave Gordon
Investor at Volition Capital
Jim Ferry
Partner at Volition Capital
Larry Cheng
Co-Founder, Volition Capital
Roger Hurwitz
Investor at Volition Capital

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