# Alex Kahn

> Alex Kahn is a Series A investor at Generation Ventures backing Internet and Health Care. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Generation Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/generation-ventures)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: May 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aikahn

Alex Kahn is a Series A investor at Generation Ventures in Palo Alto focused on Internet and Health Care. Trusted advisor to successful tech entrepreneurs and family offices.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $665k–$3.2M |
| Series A | $5M–$6.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 25% |
| Health Care | 2 | 25% |
| B2B | 1 | 13% |
| Local | 1 | 13% |
| Music | 1 | 13% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Angel | 1 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 13% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 63% |
| India | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aqueduct Critical Care | Aqueduct Critical Care addresses the critical care problem of managing inter-cranial pressure. Its working prototypes demonstrate the ability to allow the patient to move, and minimize attention from nursing staff. Aqueduct Critical Care was founded in 2013 and is based in Bothell, Washington. | $6.8M | Series A | May 10, 2016 |  |
| SnapMD | SnapMD, Inc. owns and operates a cloud-based patient-to-provider telemedicine platform that connects parents and their children with pediatric physicians in the United States. Its platform also enables healthcare providers to connect with patients needing time-sensitive consultations and follow-up medical visits; and facilitatesphysician-to-physician consultations. The company serves customers through smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktop computers, and other Internet enabled devices. SnapMD, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Glendale, California. | $5.3M | Series A | Jan 26, 2016 |  |
| Stimwave Technologies | Stimwave Technologies, Inc., a medical device company, engages in the development, manufacture, commercialization, and marketing of wireless microsize injectable medical devices for neurology markets. The company was formerly known as Neural Micro Incorporated. Stimwave Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Scottsdale,Arizona. |  | Angel | Sep 01, 2015 |  |
| JioSaavn | Saavn is an Indian digital music service, transforming how people around the world access and experience music on a daily basis. Saavn’s unique combination of Internet radio and on-demand music capabilities, coupled with proprietary social features like music tagging and music chat, deliver one of the richest media experiences available on mobileand Web today. Saavn has over 20 Million monthly active users and is currently accessed in more than 150 countries. Saavn currently has 35 Million+ tracks in 14 languages: Hindi, English (India only), Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Bhojpuri, Urdu, Rajasthani and Odia. The company has 900+ label partnerships and growing, including T-Series, Tips, YRF, Saregama, Eros, Universal, Sony, and Warner Music.The company's award-winning iOS and Android mobile products include phonetic search, dynamic bit-rate streaming, global native ad-serving, and industry-leading design. With Saavn Pro, users can listen to music ad-free and offline. And through partnerships with Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Shazam, Saavn reaches more music fans than any other South Asian music service. Saavn was founded in 2007, and has offices in New York, California, Mumbai, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, visit www.saavn.com or corporate.saavn.com. | $100M | Series C | Jul 07, 2015 |  |
| Inspire | At Inspire, we’re a team of purpose-driven avengers on a mission to democratize clean power. A venture-backed start-up founded by alumni of some of the fastest growing and most successful energy companies around. | $5M | Series A | Feb 20, 2015 |  |
| SnapMD | SnapMD, Inc. owns and operates a cloud-based patient-to-provider telemedicine platform that connects parents and their children with pediatric physicians in the United States. Its platform also enables healthcare providers to connect with patients needing time-sensitive consultations and follow-up medical visits; and facilitatesphysician-to-physician consultations. The company serves customers through smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktop computers, and other Internet enabled devices. SnapMD, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Glendale, California. |  | Convertible Note | Apr 01, 2014 |  |
| Inspire | At Inspire, we’re a team of purpose-driven avengers on a mission to democratize clean power. A venture-backed start-up founded by alumni of some of the fastest growing and most successful energy companies around. | $3.2M | Seed | Sep 02, 2013 |  |
| Pear (formerly Apparel Media Group) | Pear is a leader in brand engagement advertising. Our platform delivers authentic, meaningful relationships with target consumers that brands can leverage to drive digital engagement metrics vital to fan acquisition, video distribution, content creation, CRM, and consumer insights initiatives. National reach, performance pricing and industryleading results. | $665K | Seed | Dec 01, 2009 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Crosscut Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosscut-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Double M Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/double-m-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alliance of Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-of-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BAM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bam-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bertelsmann](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gravity Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gravity-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Generation Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

VC firm providing early stage capital and resources to transformational leaders focused on highly scalable opportunities.

2 contacts available at Generation Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Kahn | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-kahn-2 |
| Ali Torabi | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ali-torabi |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Kahn invest in?

Alex Kahn invests primarily in Internet, Health Care and B2B startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Alex Kahn's check size?

Alex Kahn typically joins rounds of $665k–$3.2M at Seed and $5M–$6.8M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alex Kahn participates in.

### When did Alex Kahn last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Kahn closed in May 2016. Shizune tracks 8 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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