Alex Iskold

Founder and Partner at 2048 Ventures · Joined 2018

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Biography

Alex Iskold is Founder and Partner of 2048 Ventures. His team-page biography describes him as a 5x founder, a software engineer and an investor, and says he writes a startup blog called Startup Hacks. Before founding 2048 Ventures he spent five years at Techstars as Managing Director of the New York City program; before that he was founder and CEO of Info Lab, which the firm says was acquired by IBM, founder and CEO of GetGlue, which the firm says was backed by USV, RRE and Time Warner, and Chief Architect of the distributed computing company DataSynapse, which the firm says was acquired by TIBCO. He holds a B.S. in Math with Honors from Lehigh University and an M.S. in Computer Science from NYU. His team page also states that he is a VC in Residence at Harvard Business School and a member of the Board at NYU Entrepreneurship; neither is a portfolio-company board and neither was independently verified, so neither is recorded in boardSeats. He signed the Form D filings for all three 2048 Ventures funds, and is named as a Director in the Form D filings of two portfolio companies, Aclid and Rely Intelligence.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Rely IntelligenceAclidNimbus HealthAerodome

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2018
Founds 2048 Ventures, per the founding year given in Cooley's January 2022 note on the firm's Fund II close.
2019
Named as a Managing Partner of the general partner of 2048 Ventures I, LP in the fund's Form D filed 14 January 2019, alongside Paul Sethi.
2019
Announces a first fund of $27 million in TechCrunch on 8 May 2019.
2022
Signs the Form D for 2048 Ventures II, LP on 20 January 2022 as Manager of the general partner; Cooley reports the fund closed at $67 million on 26 January 2022.
2024
Listed as a Director of Aclid, Inc. in that company's Form D filed 28 February 2024.
2026
Signs the Form D/A for 2048 Ventures III, LP on 2 March 2026 as Managing Director of the general partner, reporting $82,048,000 sold.
2026
Listed as a Director of Rely Intelligence, Inc. in that company's Form D filed 1 June 2026.

Sources & References

2048 Ventures - Team (biography and title) ↗SEC Form D - 2048 Ventures I, LP (14 January 2019) ↗SEC Form D - 2048 Ventures II, LP (20 January 2022) ↗SEC Form D/A - 2048 Ventures III, LP (2 March 2026) ↗SEC Form D - Rely Intelligence, Inc. (1 June 2026), listing Alex Iskold as Director ↗SEC Form D - Aclid, Inc. (28 February 2024), listing Alex Iskold as Director ↗2048 Ventures - Our Investment in Rely Intelligence (19 May 2026), authored by Alex Iskold, Zann Ali and Alice Iskold ↗2048 Ventures - Our Investment in Aerodome (12 October 2023), authored by Zann Ali and Alex Iskold ↗2048 Ventures - Our Investment in Nimbus Health (13 June 2025), authored by Daniella Cohen, Alex Iskold and Julie Wolf ↗TechCrunch - 2048 Ventures raises $27M fund (8 May 2019) ↗Cooley - 2048 Ventures Closes $67 Million Fund (26 January 2022) ↗EDGAR full-text search for "Alex Iskold" in Form D filings ↗