Alexis Ohanian

Biography

Alexis Ohanian co-founded Initialized Capital with Garry Tan and left the firm in June 2020. He co-founded Reddit and attended the University of Virginia, graduating in 2005. Axios reported that he stepped back from Initialized in 2014 to return to Reddit, rejoined full time in 2018, and backed companies including GOAT, Ro and Patreon before departing. He founded Seven Seven Six in 2020.

Education

University of Virginia (Class of 2005)

Previous Experience

Co-founder, Reddit

Notable Investments

GOATRoPatreon

Career Timeline

2005

Co-founded Reddit and graduated from the University of Virginia.

2014

Stepped back from Initialized Capital to return to Reddit.

2018

Rejoined Initialized Capital full time as an investor and board member.

2020

Left Initialized Capital in June, weeks after resigning from Reddit's board.

2020

Founded Seven Seven Six, a venture firm built like a technology company.

Sources & References

Axios - Scoop: Alexis Ohanian leaves VC firm Initialized ↗TechCrunch - Alexis Ohanian is leaving Initialized Capital ↗IT Pro - Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian leaves Initialized Capital ↗UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy - Alexis Ohanian ↗Virginia Magazine - The Voice of His Generation ↗Initialized Capital - Team ↗