Alpha Edison
Los Angeles, California · Invests in US · Website
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Identify and partner with visionary entrepreneurs building category-creating companies that unlock entirely new addressable markets. Focus on 'silent suffering' where customers tolerate suboptimal solutions. Use AI, data, and behavioral science to identify non-obvious market opportunities and founder-market fit.
Likely not a fit for
Not interested in incremental improvements to existing markets. Avoid founders without clear vision or execution capability. Selective about late-stage companies outside Series A. Pass on low-technology or commodity businesses.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Advisor
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
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