Alex Welch
Angel Investor
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Alex Welch is a seed investor in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Social Media and Internet. Alex Welch - CEO and Co-Founder @ Lasso Media
- Total investments:
- 10
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Alex Welch invests in
Social MediaInternetLifestylePhotographyInformation Technology
Stages Alex Welch invests in
SeedSeries AConvertible NoteAngel
Countries Alex Welch invests in
United States
Round sizes
Seed $535k–$3.5MSeries A $3.5M–$5MConvertible Note $400k–$1.3M
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $535k–$3.5M
- Series A
- $3.5M–$5M
- Convertible Note
- $400k–$1.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Social Media 3 (30%)
- Internet 2 (20%)
- Lifestyle 2 (20%)
- Photography 2 (20%)
- Information Technology 2 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (50%)
- Series A 2 (20%)
- Convertible Note 2 (20%)
- Angel 1 (10%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Influential is an A.I. social data and conversion platform that partners with IBM Watson for influencer marketing and technology. Leveraging a network of over 1 Million social media influencers, Influential's technology powers seamless talent discovery, comprehensive brand safety, and creative and execution services. Through strategicpartnerships with first and third-party data providers, Influential's Optimized Paid Media offering enables bespoke targeting and measurement solutions, including both online and offline attribution, such as sales lift, TV tune-in lift, foot traffic, as well as brand lift studies. Influential works with Fortune 500 brands, including Walmart, McDonald’s, Pepsi, NFL, Nestlé, General Mills, Toyota, Samsung, and Sony Pictures. With offices in Los Angeles, NYC, and Las Vegas, Influential is a developer partner of IBM Watson, a strategic partner of WME and Oracle, and a Facebook and Instagram Marketing Partner. Influential has been featured in Forbes, WSJ, Ad Age, Venture Beat, INC., Fox News, Entrepreneur, Entertainment Tonight, HLN, Good Morning Britain, The Street, and Huffington Post.Influential specializes in Social Data, Demographics, Digital Media, Social Media, Influencer Marketing, Enterprise Technology, Ad Tech, Native, Mobile, Traffic, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Snapchat, Facebook, YouTube, Creating Conversations, User Generated Content, Virality, Worldwide Trends, Organic Messaging, Mobile Apps, e-Commerce, Contest Entries. | $5M / Series A / Jul 26, 2016 | ||
| We are a manufacture of a brewery grade personal mini-keg system that fits in your fridge or goes anywhere you may want delicious beer served fresh, served right. In 2015 we launched the ManCan 128 on Kickstarter. Staff Pick, goal of $70,000 and raised $320,000 in 30 days. Our Mancan has been described as the YETI of growlers and is this thatfuels the recurring membership revenue model we call "The Tribe". We have three forms of revenue 1) B2B2C Membership: Recurring Netflix like $5/month fee Tribe Program $5.3mm growing recurring Netlflix like stream + equipment sales2) Wholesale Distribution: Whole Food, HEB Grocery, Lowes Foods, Sysco Foods, Sierra Nevada, Ska Brewery Etc3) Online Retail | $400K / Convertible Note / Jun 20, 2016 | ||
| Self Financial is a venture-backed fintech startup that helps customers build credit and save money.It provides tools necessary for building on-time payment history and responsible use of credit, in collaboration with issuing banks.s services are for those who are new to credit or who might not have access to traditional financial products. Itoffers Self Credit Builder Account to help consumers build both credit and savings without relying on credit history and Self Visa Credit Card, a card that helps existing customers build their security deposit in instalments. Self Financial is formerly known as Self Lender.The startup was founded by Conor Swanson and James Garvey in 2015 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $535K / Seed / Mar 23, 2015 | ||
| Influential is an A.I. social data and conversion platform that partners with IBM Watson for influencer marketing and technology. Leveraging a network of over 1 Million social media influencers, Influential's technology powers seamless talent discovery, comprehensive brand safety, and creative and execution services. Through strategicpartnerships with first and third-party data providers, Influential's Optimized Paid Media offering enables bespoke targeting and measurement solutions, including both online and offline attribution, such as sales lift, TV tune-in lift, foot traffic, as well as brand lift studies. Influential works with Fortune 500 brands, including Walmart, McDonald’s, Pepsi, NFL, Nestlé, General Mills, Toyota, Samsung, and Sony Pictures. With offices in Los Angeles, NYC, and Las Vegas, Influential is a developer partner of IBM Watson, a strategic partner of WME and Oracle, and a Facebook and Instagram Marketing Partner. Influential has been featured in Forbes, WSJ, Ad Age, Venture Beat, INC., Fox News, Entrepreneur, Entertainment Tonight, HLN, Good Morning Britain, The Street, and Huffington Post.Influential specializes in Social Data, Demographics, Digital Media, Social Media, Influencer Marketing, Enterprise Technology, Ad Tech, Native, Mobile, Traffic, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Snapchat, Facebook, YouTube, Creating Conversations, User Generated Content, Virality, Worldwide Trends, Organic Messaging, Mobile Apps, e-Commerce, Contest Entries. | $3.5M / Seed / Mar 09, 2014 | ||
| Lasso is the best way to stay connected with your friends and their photos. It lets friends ask for photos from each others’ camera rolls. | $1.3M / Convertible Note / Sep 01, 2012 | ||
| MySocialCloud.com is an online web application that allows you to manage your online life in one simple “cloud”—your secure entry point to the online world.Created at the University of Southern California, MySocialCloud is a very young start-up that is eager to bring ease and simplicity to the web experience. Their purpose is to help peoplemanage their online lives. MySocialCloud allows people to store usernames and passwords for automatic login to any site. On MySocialCloud, people can also view their various streams from across the Internet—from sites such as Facebook, Twitter—all pulled together onto one, easy-to-view page.MySocialCloud utilizes advanced encryption to ensure your information is always secure—from the inside and the outside. No one at MySocialCloud will ever be able to access any of your data. | $1M / Seed / Mar 16, 2012 | ||
| Kanvas Labs is building a mobile platform that allows its users to create micro-social networks around real world experiences. It enables its users to create videos with photos and gifs or record with a custom stop motion camera. These clips can be edited with text, stickers, overlays, drawings, or music and then shared with friends and followerson the networks, as well as other social destinations such as | $1M / Seed / Dec 21, 2011 | ||
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$1M / Seed / Oct 01, 2009 | ||
| SweetLabs helps developers reach millions of new users, and enables device manufacturers to better monetize and differentiate their products through app install services. With SweetLabs’ App Install Platform, Android and Windows OEMs can increase per-unit margins while improving customer satisfaction, by replacing the old app preload model withservices that optimize delivery of apps in real-time. SweetLabs drives over 1 million daily app installs and powers distribution for partners like Lenovo, Amazon, and Zynga. Based in San Diego and Seattle, SweetLabs is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Google Ventures, and Intel Capital. Visit http://www.sweetlabs.com for more information. | $3.5M / Series A / Sep 28, 2008 | ||
| DanceJam is a social media destination where users hang out and watch people dance, learn how to dance, or show off their moves online. DanceJam provides a community where users can watch and rate videos of people dancing, promote their profiles, compete in head-to-head dance-offs and competitions, register and get matched with people who sharesimilar interests, and learn about local dance-related events.DanceJam is founded by Geoffrey Arone, Anthony Young, and MC Hammer. | $1M / Angel / May 01, 2007 |
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FAQ
What does Alex Welch invest in?
Alex Welch invests primarily in Social Media, Internet and Lifestyle startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Alex Welch invest in?
Alex Welch typically joins rounds of $535k–$3.5M at Seed, $3.5M–$5M at Series A and $400k–$1.3M at Convertible Note. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Alex Welch's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Alex Welch took part in.
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When did Alex Welch last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Alex Welch closed in Jul 2016. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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