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Alex Chang

Fellow at On Deck

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Alex Chang is an early stage investor and Co-Founder of Underdog Labs, with a background in successful startup acquisitions and a strong focus on investing in diverse founders. His notable career highlights include serving as COO of Pillow (Acquired by Expedia Group) and Perfect Coffee (Acquired by Blue Bottle Coffee), showcasing his expertise in operations and business development. Currently, Alex Chang leads Underdog Labs as a Co-Founder and General Partner, investing in pre-seed and seed-stage startups primarily in sectors like Pharmaceuticals, Food and Beverage, and CleanTech.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder, GP

    2019 - Current

    Underdog Labs is a venture fund focused on very early stage opportunities (pre-seed & seed). We invest in mission driven Underdog founders and actively partner with them to navigate the start up waters to success.

UNDERDOG LABS IS A BOUTIQUE STARTUP STUDIO LOCATED IN THE SF BAY AREA AND NEW ENGLAND.

  • Fellow

    2021

    ODA3

On Deck is a community platform designed to develop different ideas and build companies.

Raised $20,000,000.00 from Pioneer Fund.

  • COO, Co-Founder

    2014 - 2015

    At Perfect Coffee we make it incredibly easy for coffee lovers to make amazing gourmet, specialty coffee at home. We've developed proprietary technology to ensure freshness and the perfect grind...and partner with the finest local roasters (Blue Bottle, Stumptown, Philz, and more)...to deliver pre-ground, single preparation coffee to your door. Just follow our incredibly easy instructions, or use our iPhone app - and you'll get amazing coffee in the comfort of your home.

  • Advisor

    2015 - 2015

    Frontleaf provides customer success software that helps SaaS companies drive customer adoption, engagement and retention.

  • EVP Marketing Solutions

    2012 - 2014

    Responsible for driving RealPage's industry leading Marketing Solutions businesses. Primary P&L owner for Marketing Solutions division consisting of Customer Acquisition (Websites, SEO, CRM, Social Media, Design services), Conversion (Contact Center) and Retention (Resident Portal) businesses. Managed a distributed team of over 500 employees across multiple cities and countries. Operational responsibility for Product Management & Development, Engineering, Product Marketing, Product Sales, Customer Support and Data Analytics within the division. Extensive participation in M&A from diligence & evaluation to post transaction integration and on-boarding. Executive Vice President reporting to the CEO, Sec 16 Officer and member of Executive Committee.

RealPage is a provider of cloud-based software for managing multi-family real estate.

Raised $105,044,577.00 from Camden Partners.

  • CEO & Founder

    2007 - 2012

    Founded, ran and ultimately sold Roost.com. Backed by top tier venture investors, our team built and grew a terrific & differentiated Real Estate product for consumers. We successfully pivoted Roost into a SaaS business after the real estate market crash of 2008. Roost was acquired by VerticalResponse, one of the leading email service providers in 2011 and I stayed with VR for approximately one year to steward the integration of our team and product into their platform.

  • SVP Operations, Strategy

    2004 - 2007

    Acting COO. Responsible for technology, operations and day to day management of the CA office.

  • Walmart.com - Sr Director, member of Operating Committee. P&L responsibility for all Online Services

    2000 - 2004

    Responsible for developing & managing all Service Businesses for Wal-Mart's online division. Point person for "site to store" integration initiatives and strategy. P&L owner for Photo Service, Pharmacy, Financial Services, Wireless, Travel, ISP. Core part of senior management team and member of Walmart.com "Operating Committee"

Walmart is a retail corporation that operates several chains of supermarkets, discount stores, and e-commerce platforms.

Raised $5,000,000,000.00.

  • VP Marketing

    1998 - 2000

    Oversaw sales and marketing for the company. Member of senior management team reporting to the CEO. We sold this to Expedia in 2000. Terrific experience.

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