Alex Taussig

Alex Taussig is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where he co-leads the consumer investment team across the Americas and Europe. He has over 15 years of experience as a venture capital investor, focusing on various industries including consumer packaged goods (CPG), education, and financial services.

In addition to his role at Lightspeed, Taussig serves as a Board Observer at Keychain, a company that connects packaged food brands with reliable manufacturers. He joined Keychain in August 2023, shortly after Lightspeed led the company's Series Seed funding round.12

Taussig's educational background includes a summa cum laude degree in physics from Harvard College, an MS in materials engineering from MIT, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was recognized as a Baker Scholar, indicating he was in the top 5% of his class.2 He is based in San Francisco and has a range of personal interests, including muay thai and anime.2