Alex Kaufman
Founder of APA Venture Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Director
2024 - Current
Helping build, support, and develop the innovation ecosystem from the earliest stages through scale.
Oversees relationships with the venture capital community and connects their portfolio companies to the right people at HSBC.
Co-Founder
2020
APA VP is an early-stage venture fund investing in the automation of legacy industries.
APA Venture Partners is a pre-seed stage venture capital firm. The fund invests in breakthrough technologies in legacy industries
Principal
2021 - 2024
Corporate venture fund making investments in companies across Consumer, B2B, and Enterprise.
Investment Principal
2017 - 2020
Early-stage CVC investing in disruptive technology companies at the intersection of travel and hospitality.
JetBlue Ventures invests in and partners with seed-stage startups improving the future of travel and hospitality.
Strategy & Finance
2012 - 2015
One Medical is a membership-based primary care provider across the US. The company went public in 2020, and was acquired by Amazon in 2023.
Amazon One Medical is a membership-based platform that provides concierge medical services for individuals and businesses.
Raised $532,065,000.00 from The Carlyle Group, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Benchmark, Google Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, Lifeforce Capital, Redmile Group and Maverick Ventures.
Technology Investment Banking
2010 - 2012
Analyst in Technology Investment Banking group.