Alexis Alston

Alexis Alston is a seasoned investor, startup advocate, and tech evangelist. She began her career at a $3Bn AUM fund, Advantage Capital, investing in growing brands, AI, and healthtech companies, including Grainful, and Recursion Pharmaceuticals (IPO: RXRX). She is now a General Partner at Lightship Capital, a family of funds valued at over $2Bn dedicated to investing in remarkable founders and funders where she leads the investment team and has investments including Enable Injections, Kare Mobile, and Boddle Learning.

She also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Engineering at her alma mater, and Ivy League school, Brown University. Currently, she teaches at the Nelson Center of Entrepreneurship and leads the B-Lab program for entrepreneurship.

Most recently, she was awarded the designation of Forbes 30 Under 30 for Venture Capital. In addition, she is the Director of Revenue at Lightship Foundation, where she forges Fortune 500 partnerships with the organization, and leads curation for notable conferences such as Black Tech Week, raising millions of dollars for the organization annually.

In addition, Alston serves on the Entrepreneurial Council, an advisory board at Target Corporation, where she collaborates with Target to launch new programs towards their $2Bn commitment to working with diverse brands. Today she is writing her debut book - "The Pitch and The Proposal: VCs and Founders, a Love Story", slated for a 2025 release.