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Alona King

Investor

Fellow at LifeX Ventures

United States

About

A second-year MBA candidate at MIT Sloan focused on finance and AI, previously a software engineer at Apple, Slack, LinkedIn and Lyft. She interned at Greylock on consumer and enterprise AI and holds a CS degree from Stanford.

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Experience

  1. GreylockInvestmentcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. MIT Sloan School of ManagementResearchercurrent2023 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  3. Kapor CenterVenture Capital: LP Investing (Fund of Funds)2023Oakland, California, United States
  4. LyftSenior Software Engineer2019 — 2023New York, New York
  5. BirdSoftware Engineer2018 — 2019Venice, California
  6. Stanford UniversityCS 106 (Programming Methodology and Abstractions) Section Leader2015 — 2018Stanford, CA
  7. SlackSoftware Engineering Intern2017San Francisco Bay Area
  8. LinkedInSoftware Engineering Intern2016San Francisco, California
  9. AppleSoftware Engineering Intern2016Cupertino, California

Education

  1. MIT Sloan School of ManagementMaster of Business Administration - MBA2023 — 2025
  2. Stanford UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science2013 — 2018

Skills & more

Machine LearningProgramming3Software EngineeringWeb Development1ElectronicsElectrical EngineeringEngineeringComputer ScienceMobile ApplicationsAgile MethodologiesAlgorithmsGolang
+5 moreGo (Programming Language)LeadershipTeamworkJavaMatlab

Languages English · Italian

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Same school

Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management410

Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsChris MorrisProcess Specialist, Exit Readiness at Mayfair Equity PartnersBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorOlaInvestor at Investinor

+ 404 more

Also attended Stanford University1,578

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,572 more

Shared employers

Also worked at MIT Sloan School of Management80

Isabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionNoubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringIsabelle TashimaSr. Associate at Volition CapitalAkanksha MehtaInvestor at TRANSFORMATION CAPITALStephen MarcusCo-Founder and General Partner at Riot VenturesGautam GuptaCo-Founder & Venture Partner at BA Capital

+ 74 more

Also worked at Bird10

David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundMarco McCottryInvestor at Nomad Venture Partners, LlcRobin ChanInvestor at Goat CapitalKevin TalbotCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Relay VenturesChris Nakutis TaylorFounding Partner at Nomad Venture Partners, LlcBen JacobsManaging Partner at Scenius Capital

+ 4 more

Also worked at Stanford University402

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index VenturesJulia AndreInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 396 more

Also worked at Slack39

Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsHans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glenn SolomonInvestor at GGV CapitalJules MaltzInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Kevin EganInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

+ 33 more

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Alba Rubio
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Amol Garg
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Amol Sarva
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Andrea Martos Esteban
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Angelina
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Chris Bradbury
Fellow at LifeX Ventures
Dennis Michael Kamara
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Fabian
Venture Partner at LifeX Ventures