Olivier Porte
Co-Founder of Alpha Vantage
Olivier Porte
Co-Founder of Alpha Vantage
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2017 - Current
Developer-first company providing financial market intelligence through developer-friendly APIs Proud to have been funded by Y Combinator in the Summer of 2018
Venture Partner
2021
Early stage investment fund with a mandate to invest in the top startups emerging each year from Y Combinator. Pioneer Fund's portfolio has gone on to raise from Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, Sequoia, and many other top VCs.
Seed Investor
2021
Wrote one of the first checks out of Y Combinator Demo Day when the company was still called Metaphor (LM-based search engine). The company subsequently pivoted and rebranded into the more ambitious Exa (Search for AI). Most recently, the company raised a $17m Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Nvidia's NVentures and Y Combinator.
Seed Investor
2020
It all started with an email sent by my former professor at HBS Jeff Rayport on Feb 17, 2020 introducing me to a student in his class who was working on "a fascinating startup in the consumer information and data management space." Sadly, not long after this the world changed forever as a result of the pandemic, but not before I had a chance to meet with this student and his co-founders in-person and make a small contribution towards their entrepreneurial journey. Today SafeBase is the leading Trust Center Platform for friction-free security reviews and has over 700 customers with 98%+ retention. I had an opportunity to invest in their seed round in 2020. In 2022 SafeBase raised an $18m Series A led by NEA (New Enterprise Associates). Most recently (2024), SafeBase raised a $33m Series B led by Touring Capital.
Seed Investor
2018 - 2021
Wrote one of the first seed checks into what was originally called "Camelot" after YC Demo Day. Pivoted / rebranded to "Lowkey" and went on to raise a $7m Series A from a16z. Acquired by Niantic in 2021
Analyst
2013 - 2016
Corpo lifepath at the real-life version of Arasaka Corporation
Graduate Trainee
2012 - 2013
Rotational Graduate Trainee Program at the real-life version of Arasaka Corporation
Investment Banking
2011 - 2011
Excel. Lots of Excel.