Alex Kinnier

General Partner at Builders VC

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Biography

Alex Kinnier is a General Partner at Builders VC. His firm bio says "While at Builders, Alex also serves as the founder and CEO of Upside, a DC based local commerce company"; Upside is listed on the Builders VC companies page under Consumer with a Growth label. Before Builders he was Senior Vice President of Product at Opower and a Partner at Khosla Ventures and at NEA, and earlier held product management roles at Google, where his bio says he built the agency display advertising team and led the acquisition of DoubleClick, and brand and product roles at Procter & Gamble. His bio lists prior investments in Climate Corporation, Skybox, Solumn, Pellion Technologies and AVOS; those predate Builders VC. He is named as a related person on the Form D filings for Builders VC Fund II, L.P. and Builders VC Fund III, L.P.

Education

• M.B.A. with distinction, Harvard Business School
• B.S. in Chemical Engineering with honors, Lehigh University

Previous Experience

• Senior Vice President of Product, Opower
• Partner, Khosla Ventures
• Partner, NEA
• Product management; built the agency display advertising team and led the acquisition of DoubleClick, Google
• Brand management and product development; led the launch of three new Febreze products, Procter & Gamble

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