# Alex Christ

> Alex Christ is a Series A investor at Advance Venture Partners backing Medical and Life Science. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Advance Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advance-vixeid-partners)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmchrist
- Website: https://www.avp.vc/

Alex Christ is a Partner of Advance Venture Partners. Alex led or sourced AVP’s investments in Affinity, DemandStar, GrayMatter Robotics, and Tegus and currently serves as a board member of Openly and PebblePost. He is also involved with the firm’s investments in Armstrong Robotics and Morning Consult.Prior to joining AVP in July 2015, Alex wasan early member of the growth equity investing team at ICONIQ Capital, where he focused on investments in enterprise software, financial technology, and consumer e‑commerce verticals. He began his career at Morgan Stanley in the firm’s Global Technology Group in Menlo Park, where he executed mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt offerings, and private placements.Alex received his BBA with a double major in Accounting and Finance from the University of Iowa.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 100% |
| Life Science | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Conceivable Life Sciences | Conceivable Life Sciences is building the first fully automated IVF lab to democratize access to IVF. | $50M | Series A | Sep 15, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ACME Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acme-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Artis Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artis) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Stride.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stride-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Advance Venture Partners

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Advance Venture Partners (""AVP"") is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm that combines the disciplined approach of an institutional equity investor with the strategic insights, access and impact of a strategic investor. AVP invests in early growth stage companies that can benefit from the Firm’s partnershipwith Advance Publications - one of the world’s premier global media franchises and the owner or substantial shareholder of media and technology businesses such as Conde Nast, Charter Communications, Discovery Communications, Reddit and 1010Data. AVP invests $10 million to $30 million in each of its investments, and is a hands-on partner to entrepreneurs in growing businesses and building value. AVP’s investments include Compass, Curology, Farfetch, Gigya, Mediamorph, Nativo, Rent the Runway and Vestiaire Collective.

5 contacts available at Advance Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Christ | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-christ |
| David ibnAle | Founding & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-ibnale |
| Ameen Dalli | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ameen-dalli |
| Courtney Robinson | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtney-robinson |
| Gina Sanders | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gina-sanders |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Christ invest in?

Alex Christ invests primarily in Medical, Life Science and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series A 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 Christ last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Christ closed in Sep 2025. 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?

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