Alex Mittal

Co-Founder and CEO at FundersClub · Joined 2012

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Biography

Alex Mittal is co-founder and CEO of FundersClub, an online investment platform and venture fund manager based in San Francisco. His FundersClub profile gives his title as "Co-Founder and CEO of FundersClub" and states that before starting FundersClub he was the founding CEO of Innova Dynamics, a venture-backed touchscreen hardware company acquired by TPK Holding (TPE:3673), and the founding CTO of an enterprise software company. It states that he holds degrees in economics and engineering from the Wharton School and Penn Engineering via the University of Pennsylvania's M&T Program, and that he is an alumnus of Y Combinator. The same profile states that he was previously active in science research, has published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, is an inventor on multiple issued patents, and presented at the 2002 Nobel Prize Ceremonies. He is named as "Alexander Mittal", CEO of FundersClub Inc., in the SEC Form D filed by FCVC Fund III L.P. in June 2022, and he authors FundersClub's quarterly portfolio follow-on blog posts. No source read for this record ties him personally to a specific portfolio investment or names him as a director of a portfolio company, so notableInvestments and boardSeats are empty.

Education

Previous Experience

Career Timeline

2012
Co-founds FundersClub, which its own homepage says became the first online VC firm in March 2012.
2013
Named in press coverage of the SEC staff no-action letter recognising FundersClub's platform model; the letter itself is addressed to FundersClub Inc. and FundersClub Management LLC and is dated 26 March 2013.
2020
Author of the FundersClub blog post "Eight Years of FundersClub", 26 August 2020.
2022
Identified as "Alexander Mittal", CEO of FundersClub Inc. (manager of the general partner), in the Form D filed by FCVC Fund III L.P. on 16 June 2022.

Sources & References

FundersClub - Alex Mittal profile (title, bio, education, prior companies; checked 7 September 2026) ↗FundersClub - FundersClub fund profile, Managers section listing Alex Mittal and Boris Silver ↗SEC EDGAR - FCVC Fund III L.P. Form D, 16 June 2022 (Alexander Mittal, CEO of the Manager of the General Partner) ↗FundersClub - Eight Years of FundersClub, 26 August 2020 (authored by Alex Mittal) ↗SEC - No-action letter to FundersClub Inc. and FundersClub Management LLC, 26 March 2013 ↗