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Alex Houghtalin

Alex Houghtalin

Principal atAccess Venture PartnersDenver
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Alex Houghtalin is a Senior Associate at Access Venture Partners, supporting deal sourcing and portfolio strategy. She previously led strategy research at Harvard Business School and worked with Techstars and the Deming Center Venture Fund.

What Alex can write

Writes checks of$500K to $10M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series ACan lead the round
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Access Venture Partners writes $500K to $10M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School · Project Director
  2. Deming Center Venture Fund · Investment Associate
  3. Techstars Boulder · program team
  4. Terraseed · Interim COO
  5. Access Venture Partners · Senior Associate
    Now
  6. Access Venture Partners · Principal
    Now

Focus

deal sourcingdiligencestrategyventure capitalearly-stageseed

Education

Wellesley College, Political Science and EconomicsUniversity of Colorado Leeds School of Business, MBA

Before you pitch

Access Venture Partners does not invest inHealth care, fintech, crypto

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Questions

Who is Alex Houghtalin?

Alex Houghtalin is a Senior Associate at Access Venture Partners, supporting deal sourcing and portfolio strategy. She previously led strategy research at Harvard Business School and worked with Techstars and the Deming Center Venture Fund.

How much does Alex Houghtalin invest?

Alex Houghtalin invests through Access Venture Partners, which writes checks of $500K to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Alex Houghtalin?

A warm intro from a founder Access Venture Partners backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Alex Houghtalin do before Access Venture Partners?

Project Director at Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School; Investment Associate at Deming Center Venture Fund; program team at Techstars Boulder; Interim COO at Terraseed.

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