# Alex Brown

> Alex Brown is a seed investor at LaunchPad Venture (Boston) backing Robotics and Service Industry. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [LaunchPad Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchpad-venture-group)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderjbrown/

Alex Brown is a seed investor at LaunchPad Venture in Boston focused on Robotics and Service Industry. Alex has been involved in Launchpad since 2011 and is an active angel investor in a variety of New England-based startups. He co-manages The Beacon Venture Partners Fund, which invests in a diversified basket of local early-stage companies including the Launchpad portfolio. He mentors and advises several Boston-based companies. Alex is also theFounder and Principal of Glaessel Ventures, a consulting and training company that connects thoughtful strategy with effective product and service development. As a Certified Scrum Trainer, he helps a broader range of companies understand and implement Agile transformations that achieve sustainable success. As a management consultant, he focuses on go-to-market strategy, with expertise in consumer behavior, product & service innovation, and product/market fit.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 1 | 100% |
| Service Industry | 1 | 100% |
| Marine Technology | 1 | 100% |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jaia Robotics | Jaia Robotics is a provider and developer of microsized autonomous and subsurface marine vehicles. It also provides comprehensive data collection services helping clients to affordable aquatic data collection. It also provides a multi-sensor configurable technology that requires minimal user training with wide-ranging capabilities compared totraditional crewed or uncrewed data collection systems. | $1M | Seed | Jun 21, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bantam Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bantam-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beacon Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beacon-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cherrystone Angel Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherrystone-angel-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Walnut Venture Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/walnut-venture-associates) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About LaunchPad Venture

VC Fund · Newton, United States

Launchpad Venture Group is an angel investment group that provides funding to early-stage companies. It looks for innovative, technology-driven startup companies addressing a significant market opportunity where investors can make a difference. It is well connected to potential customers, service providers, partners, and future sources offinancing. It is providing human and financial capital to help entrepreneurs build successful companies.

5 contacts available at LaunchPad Venture.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Brown | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-brown-d760 |
| Andrew Stern | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-stern-2 |
| Raza Shaikh | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raza-shaikh |
| Adam Martel | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-martel |
| Christine Bunt | Angel Investor & Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christine-bunt |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Brown invest in?

Alex Brown invests primarily in Robotics, Service Industry and Marine Technology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alex Brown last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Brown closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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