Paul Bernard

Investor, Alexa Fund atAmazon Alexa FundWashington

Paul Bernard leads Amazon's Alexa Fund, a corporate venturing fund focused on voice technology and AI. He has worked at Amazon since 2013 and previously spent over 12 years at Nokia.

What Paul can write

Writes checks of$3M to $30M
Comes in atSeries BMostly follows a lead
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Amazon Alexa Fund writes $3M to $30M checks, larger than 93% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Nokia · mobile phone manufacturer
  2. Amazon · director for worldwide corporate development
    2013-present
  3. Amazon Alexa Fund · Investor, Alexa Fund
    Now

Investments named in public bios

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Focus

voice technologyaiconnected homeshealthtechai-enabled hardware

Education

Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, master's degree in management

Also at Amazon Alexa Fund

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Questions

Who is Paul Bernard?

Paul Bernard leads Amazon's Alexa Fund, a corporate venturing fund focused on voice technology and AI. He has worked at Amazon since 2013 and previously spent over 12 years at Nokia.

How much does Paul Bernard invest?

Paul Bernard invests through Amazon Alexa Fund, which writes checks of $3M to $30M at series b.

How do I pitch Paul Bernard?

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What did Paul Bernard do before Amazon Alexa Fund?

mobile phone manufacturer at Nokia; director for worldwide corporate development at Amazon.

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