Partners

Our partners are responsible for founding companies like ExactTarget, iGoDigital, and Studio Science and have created over $3B in exits. Our partners are a dedicated team of entrepreneurs, operators, and investors with a proven track record of building and scaling B2B SaaS companies.

Design

Our full-stack design team works hands-on with our portfolio to build world-class products, experiences, and brands. Over the years, our design team has worked with leading agencies and brands, including Salesforce, Zendesk, Publicis Sapient, Studio Science, Nordstrom, Starbucks, Stack Overflow, Shopify, T-Mobile, Microsoft, and more.

Engineering

The High Alpha engineering team architects the foundation for our studio companies’ products. Our engineers act as technical advisors, working alongside founders to create enterprise software applications in the most efficient, scalable manner.

Data Science

Our data science team has years experience building algorithms, from high-frequency trading to using AI to discover entirely new galaxies. We embed data science in our companies from their inception, combining a variety of skills, backgrounds, and experience to build differentiation through data. Our team works with the High Alpha portfolio as well as external companies to build complex data science and AI solutions.

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Marketing & Sales

Our team has built and launched marketing and go-to-market engines for over 15 SaaS companies, including HubSpot, Salesforce, and the High Alpha portfolio. High Alpha marketers build the marketing function from the ground up, including the brand, messaging, marketing funnel, product-led growth, PR, and demand gen flywheel. Our go-to-market team also builds the preliminary sales strategy, processes, and early pipeline alongside new companies.

Finance & Ventures

The High Alpha finance team is a true strategic partner to our CEOs throughout company formation, fundraising, and early-stage growth. The team builds a strong foundation for future growth by creating and maintaining accounting systems and processes, building financial models, and providing strategic guidance to the CEO and management team.

The High Alpha venture team manages High Alpha Capital’s venture fund, which invests in founders building innovative early-stage B2B software companies. The team supports entrepreneurs and their teams through High Alpha’s unique platform to help the companies grow and scale.

Business Design

Our business design team works with partners to generate and triage new business ideas, design and launch ventures that solve critical customer jobs to be done, and produce meaningful results. In addition to building partnerships with entrepreneurs, we facilitate High Alpha’s forcing function for new business creation: Sprint Week.

HR & Talent

Talent is the most valuable resource and differentiator for a high-growth startup. Our team helps our companies recruit, retain, and develop top-tier talent from around the country. We are passionate about building companies and establishing best practices with regards to compensation, team building, organizational design, and many other foundations that lay the groundwork for long-term success.

Operations

Companies need more than just capital to succeed. Our operations team supports High Alpha and our leadership team in countless ways, ensuring that both High Alpha and our companies are running efficiently and effectively. This team also plays a vital role in producing world-class events and experiences, while partnering with our young companies to make strategic real estate decisions.

High Alpha Innovation

With a background as entrepreneurs, strategy consultants at Innosight and McKinsey, and corporate innovation leaders, the High Alpha Innovation team understands how to deploy our venture studio playbook inside large organizations to drive strategic and financial impact. Our team has helped dozens of the world’s most influential corporations move beyond innovation theater to achieve real results.

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Operating Partners

Our operating partners have decades of experience building, scaling, and exiting successful tech companies. They partner with High Alpha portfolio company executives to create a strategic vision centered around long-term growth.