I am originally from Marin County, California (see photo above). After spending some time in Washington, DC, I moved to Israel in 2016. I currently live in Jerusalem with my family and make regular trips to the US and Europe.
I have been working in finance and with startups since 2011. I genuinely enjoy building models for companies ranging from early stage SaaS companies to mid stage marketplaces to late stage robotics companies and everything in between.
I am an excel junkie by training, but also use other tools like Causal, Row64 and Google sheets, as they allow me to unlock powerful integrations, visualizations and other features that do a great job of telling a story with numbers and creating useful tools for operators.
I write about engineering approaches to business and finance.
Substack: https://alexoppenheimer.substack.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alexoppenheimer
Gumroad: https://alexopp.gumroad.com/ (my templates for managing a VC fund and for managing angel investments)
How I spend my time:
I run a venture fund called Verissimo Ventures that allows me to stay aligned with early stage entrepreneurs and companies that I advise. We don't always invest in the companies we advise and we don't always actively advise the companies we invest in, but we commit to being a resource for our entrepreneurs and companies at every step of the company lifecycle.
I advise companies on financial and strategic matters. I have worked with companies from pre-seed stage all the way through going and being public companies and every step in between. I generally focus on SaaS companies (consumer and enterprise), robotics/automotive/industrial businesses, and marketplaces. I have had the great opportunity to work with some awesome companies like DataRobot, Monday.com, Fabric, Phantom Auto, Demisto, ClearMotion, Avochato, IonQ, Vanta, Rossum and Airvet.
Some Chronology:
Grew up spending my time building (and breaking) stuff while also dabbling in finance (somehow).
My mom found this photo in my room in 2017... looks like it dates back to ~Q1 2000.
Studied Mechanical engineering at Stanford. Also did some finance stuff and took photos for the Football and Basketball teams.
Built some cool stuff:
Morgan Stanley technology investment banking based in Menlo Park. Worked with an internet company on an IPO, a software company on an M&A exit, a semiconductor company on an IPO, and a few other things. Learned from some of the best in the business about how to value and position fast-growing technology companies.
Had 3 great years working at NEA alongside some amazing partners including Harry Weller. Worked on 20 Series A, B and C investments; was involved with 10 boards.
Moved to Israel and spent the year working at GE Ventures on industrial tech and infra software.
Started advising companies full time including Monday.com, DataRobot, Demisto, Avochato, Fabric, Vanta, Airvet, Phantom Auto, Rossum, and others.
Launched verissimo.vc to scale up working with early stage companies by investing in early stage companies and being super hands on.