About
Alexis Ohanian co-founded Reddit in 2005 and the venture firm Initialized Capital before launching Seven Seven Six in 2020 to invest at the earliest stages. He has become one of the most prominent backers of women's sports, including as a founding owner of Angel City FC, and wrote Without Their Permission about building on the open internet.
Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian
New fruit appears on the Ohanian Family Farm https://t.co/gXpiddpy1t

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Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian
Social media went from our dream of voice of the people to now voice of the bots, GEO experts, marketers, paid clippers, and compromised accounts
Aug 2, 2026 · ♥ 38 · ⇄ 2
Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian
Markets may be finally realizing how dead the internet is these days...
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Invests in
Climate TechConsumerCrypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Experience
- Seven Seven Six 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣Foundercurrent2020 — present
- redditExecutive Chair & Board Member2014 — 2020
- redditCo-Founder2005 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Initialized CapitalCo-founder, Managing Partner2011 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Y CombinatorPartner2014 — 2016Brooklyn, NY
- Institute on Higher Awesome StudiesCo-founder, Treasurer2011 — 2013Brooklyn, NY
- Y CombinatorAmbassador to the East2010 — 2013
- Without Their PermissionAuthor2011
- HipmunkHead Marketing Dude & Hipmunk Doodler2010 — 2011
- HipmunkAdvisor & Evangelist2010 — 2011
- Breadpig, Inc.Founder and Chief Swine Defender2007 — 2011
- Das Kapital Capital, LLCThe Dude2010
- Conde Nast PublicationsProduct Manager2006 — 2009
- UVA Parking & TransportationParking garage attendant2003 — 2005
- Pizza HutDishwasher, Cook, and Waiter1999 — 2001
Education
- University of VirginiaB.A., History2001 — 2005
Skills & more
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Web AnalyticsPublishingUser ExperienceNew MediaOnline MarketingWeb DevelopmentNon-profitsMobile MarketingCSSPublic SpeakingWeb 2.0HTMLLanguages German
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Same school
Also attended University of Virginia316
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Shared employers
Also worked at reddit16
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Also worked at Initialized Capital19
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Also worked at Y Combinator66
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Also worked at Hipmunk2
Deals · 3
WFC LABoard seat
via Seven Seven Six · filed Sep 2024 · $123.1M raise
SIMULATEBoard seat
via Seven Seven Six · filed Jul 2021
Roman Health VenturesBoard seat
via Seven Seven Six · filed Mar 2021 · $500M raise
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Books by Alexis Ohanian
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Alexis OhanianInside Seven Seven Six with Alexis Ohanian [Classic Interview]
Turpentine VC
Alexis Ohanian Talk Seven Seven Six with Julia Boorstin | 2023 Upfront Summit
Upfront Ventures
Colleagues at Seven Seven Six
Network26
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