Alex

Your AI recruiter for interviewing and identifying the best talent

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Updated: Feb 17, 2026 ·

About

Alex is an AI recruiter for the future of hiring. Companies use us to get the best hiring signal on their applicant pool and hire in a fraction of the time.

Our AI recruiter has a live conversation over a video call with each of your candidates based on the interview questions you choose or that are recommended based on the job description. During the interview, our AI asks personalized follow-up questions in real-time based on the candidate's responses.

Our AI recruiter can be customized to your roles in minutes and has already conducted thousands of interviews across engineering, IT, retail, hospitality, and more.

Recent News & Mentions

Dec 1, 2024FundingAlex - Seed Dec 1, 2021FundingAlex - Seed

Financial History

Alex has raised $6.5M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $500K Seed in December 2024.

Total Raised

$6.5M

Valuation

N/A

Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Sep 1, 2025	Kin Insurance	$50.0M Series E	—	Avanta Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Bora&Sons, Commerce Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Hercules Capital, Infinite Niches, JLL Spark, Ligature, Lobby Capital, Picus Capital, QED Investors, Runway Growth Capital, Sandalphon Capital, Vouch Insurance, Chad Nitschke, Francisco Larrain, John M. Mueller, Jonathan Gheller, Sahin Boydas, Sung ho Choi
May 1, 2025	Agree.com	$7.0M Seed	—	AngelList, Ballistic Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Cambrian Ventures, Conversion Capital, Era Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Everywhere Ventures (The Fund), Founders Fund, Matchstick Ventures, Mucker Capital, NFX, Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Alex Alpert, Matt Macinnis, Max Mullen, Mengxi Lu, Russ Heddleston, Will Szczerbiak
Apr 1, 2025	Maggie's	$2.0M Seed	—	Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Everywhere Ventures (The Fund), Matchstick Ventures, Mucker Capital, Quona Capital
Jan 1, 2025	Eleos Health	$60.0M Series C	—	Alpha Edison, Bond, Drive Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, Ensemble VC, F-Prime Capital Partners, ‎GreatPoint Ventures, Hamilton Lane, Highbury Group, Erel Margalit, Yoav Tzruya, Maccabee Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Thylacine Capital, Uprising, VZVC, Anne Wojcicki
Jan 1, 2025	Highnote	$90.0M Series B	—	Adams Street Partners, Afore Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Countdown Capital, DocuSign, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Mischief Venture Capital, Oak HC/FT, Offline Ventures, Scout Ventures, Renaud Laplanche, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman
Sep 1, 2024	Agree.com	$3.0M Seed	—	AngelList, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Cambrian Ventures, Cedar Capital Group, E1 Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Everywhere Ventures (The Fund), Expedite Ventures, Lakeside Capital, Matchstick Ventures, Mucker Capital, NFX, SparkLabs Group, Sterling Equity, Summit Partners, Adeel Hussain, Alex Alpert, David S., Gokul Rajaram, Mattia Astori, Mengxi Lu, Richard Cooperstein, Ron Pragides, Russ Heddleston, Will Szczerbiak
Sep 1, 2024	Vironexis Biotherapeutics	$26.0M Seed	—	Alpha Edison, Bond, Coatue, Drive Capital, Ensemble VC, Future Ventures, ‎GreatPoint Ventures, Menlo Ventures, TCV, Anne Wojcicki
Aug 1, 2024	Companion Protect	$20.0M Series A	—	Avanta Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Bora&Sons, Commerce Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Hercules Capital, Infinite Niches, JLL Spark, Ligature, Lobby Capital, Picus Capital, QED Investors, Runway Growth Capital, Sandalphon Capital, Vouch Insurance, Chad Nitschke, Francisco Larrain, John M. Mueller, Jonathan Gheller, Sahin Boydas, Sung ho Choi
Jun 1, 2024	Sidecar Health	$170.0M Series D	—	Acrew Capital, Alpha Edison, Atman Capital, Bond, Cathay Innovation, CRV, Drive Capital, Ensemble VC, Global Founders Capital, ‎GreatPoint Ventures, Incisive Ventures, Insight Partners, Kickstart Fund, Latitud, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Polaris Partners, Scale-Up Ventures, Section 32, Alex Anton, Anne Wojcicki, Benjamin Gleason
Jan 1, 2024	Pomelo	$40.0M Series B	—	Angelic Ventures, Cedar Capital Group, Kaszek Ventures, Manutara Ventures, monashees, Hans Tung, Notion Capital, Picus Capital, Carlos Julio Garcia, Diego Fleischmann, Jacqueline Reses, Nico Barawid, Oskar Hjertonsson, Ricardo Weder
Nov 1, 2023	Eleos Health	$40.0M Series B	—	Alpha Edison, Bond, Drive Capital, Ensemble VC, ‎GreatPoint Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Anne Wojcicki
Sep 1, 2023	Kin Insurance	$33.0M Series D	—	Avanta Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Bora&Sons, Commerce Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Hercules Capital, Infinite Niches, JLL Spark, Ligature, Lobby Capital, Picus Capital, QED Investors, Runway Growth Capital, Sandalphon Capital, Vouch Insurance, Chad Nitschke, Francisco Larrain, John M. Mueller, Jonathan Gheller, Sahin Boydas, Sung ho Choi
Aug 1, 2023	Companion Protect	$27.0M Series A	—	Avanta Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Bora&Sons, Commerce Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Hercules Capital, Infinite Niches, JLL Spark, Ligature, Lobby Capital, Picus Capital, QED Investors, Runway Growth Capital, Sandalphon Capital, Vouch Insurance, Chad Nitschke, Francisco Larrain, John M. Mueller, Jonathan Gheller, Sahin Boydas, Sung ho Choi
Aug 1, 2023	Tractian	$45.0M Series B	—	Atman Capital, C2 Investment, Calibrate Ventures, Cedar Capital Group, DGF Investimentos, General Catalyst, Global Founders Capital, Latitud, Lead Edge Capital, monashees, Scott Sandell, Next47, Picus Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Scale-Up Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Soma Capital, Stage Venture Partners, Tola Capital, Y Combinator, Alex Anton, Benjamin Gleason, Brandon Deer, Immad Akhund, Parker Treacy
Mar 1, 2023	Kin Insurance	$15.0M Series D	—	Avanta Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Bora&Sons, Commerce Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Hercules Capital, Infinite Niches, JLL Spark, Ligature, Lobby Capital, Picus Capital, QED Investors, Runway Growth Capital, Sandalphon Capital, Vouch Insurance, Chad Nitschke, Francisco Larrain, John M. Mueller, Jonathan Gheller, Sahin Boydas, Sung ho Choi
Jan 1, 2023	TrueBiz	$2.0M Seed	—	Avanta Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Bora&Sons, Commerce Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Hercules Capital, Infinite Niches, JLL Spark, Ligature, Lobby Capital, Picus Capital, QED Investors, Runway Growth Capital, Sandalphon Capital, Vouch Insurance, Chad Nitschke, Clark Landry, Francisco Larrain, John M. Mueller, Jonathan Gheller, Sahin Boydas, Sung ho Choi
Jan 1, 2023	Bamboo Debt Capital Markets Platform	$4.0M Seed	—	Atman Capital, Cathay Innovation, Global Founders Capital, Latitud, Matterscale Ventures, Norte Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Scale-Up Ventures, Alex Anton, Benjamin Gleason, Guilherme Bonifacio, Julian Shapiro, Parker Treacy, Sergio Furio
Dec 1, 2022	Complif	$3.0M Seed	—	Avanta Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Bora&Sons, Commerce Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Hercules Capital, Infinite Niches, JLL Spark, Latin Leap, Ligature, Lobby Capital, Magma Partners, Picus Capital, QED Investors, Runway Growth Capital, Sandalphon Capital, Vouch Insurance, Alexander Torrenegra, Arash Ferdowsi, Chad Nitschke, Francisco Larrain, John M. Mueller, Jonathan Gheller, Sahin Boydas, Sung ho Choi, Tom Blomfield
Nov 1, 2022	Better Trucks	$15.0M Series A	—	Avanta Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Bora&Sons, Commerce Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Hercules Capital, Infinite Niches, JLL Spark, Ligature, Lobby Capital, Picus Capital, QED Investors, Runway Growth Capital, Sandalphon Capital, Vouch Insurance, Chad Nitschke, Francisco Larrain, John M. Mueller, Jonathan Gheller, Sahin Boydas, Sung ho Choi
Oct 1, 2022	Agroshift	$2.0M Seed	—	—
Jun 1, 2022	Narmi	$35.0M Series B	—	Alumni Ventures, Angel investor, Cedar Capital Group, Coelius Capital, Kaszek Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Manutara Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Sheila Lirio Marcelo, New Enterprise Associates, Hans Tung, Rajan Anandan, Picus Capital, Carlos Julio Garcia, Diego Fleischmann, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jacqueline Reses, Nico Barawid, Oskar Hjertonsson, Othman Laraki, Ricardo Weder
May 1, 2022	Xepelin	$110.0M Series B	—	Accel, Alpha Capital Acquisition Company, Cedar Capital Group, Elevar Equity, FJ Labs, H.I.G. Capital, IGNIA Partners, Insight Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Manutara Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Newtopia VC, Hans Tung, Picus Capital, Ribbit Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Diego Fleischmann, Jacqueline Reses, Jamie Sutton, Nico Barawid, Oskar Hjertonsson, Ricardo Weder, Wences Casares
Feb 1, 2022	Kin Insurance	$82.0M Series D	—	Avanta Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Bennu, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Bora&Sons, Commerce Ventures, Company Capital, Cyphr VC, Flourish Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Hercules Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Infinite Niches, JLL Spark, Ligature, Lobby Capital, Monroe Capital, Mucker Capital, Picus Capital, QED Investors, Qualcomm Ventures, Runway Growth Capital, Sandalphon Capital, Vayner RSE, Vouch Insurance, Baron Davis, Chad Nitschke, Francisco Larrain, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Jason Gardner, Jason Robins, John M. Mueller, Jonathan Gheller, Omar Soliman, Peter Kight, Sahin Boydas, Sébastien Deguy, Sung ho Choi, Tamim Mourad, Will Kassoy, Yahya Mokhtarzada
Jan 1, 2022	Vest	$6.0M Seed	—	Canary Ventures, Cedar Capital Group, Founders Fund, Hummingbird Ventures, Insignia Ventures Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lionheart Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Manutara Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Mayfield, Hans Tung, Pear VC, Picus Capital, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Aaron Harris, Alexandre Prot, Andreas Ehn, Carlos Julio Garcia, Carlos Salinas, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, Diego Fleischmann, Jacqueline Reses, Manolo Atala, Oskar Hjertonsson, Pierpaolo Barbieri, Ricardo Weder, Sergio Furio, Steve Anavi
Jan 1, 2022	Palenca	$3.0M Seed	—	Cedar Capital Group, Kaszek Ventures, Manutara Ventures, Hans Tung, Picus Capital, Carlos Julio Garcia, Diego Fleischmann, Jacqueline Reses, Nico Barawid, Oskar Hjertonsson, Ricardo Weder

Funding Rounds Raised

Date	Round	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Dec 1, 2024	$500K Seed
Dec 1, 2021	$6.0M Seed		White Star Capital

Financial History

Alex has raised $6.5M across 2 funding rounds.

Total Raised

$6.5M

Valuation

N/A

Leadership Team

Key people at Alex.

Leadership Team

Key people at Alex.

Deep Dive

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who founded Alex?

Alex was founded in 2023 by John Rytel (Founder) and Aaron Wang (Founder).

How much funding has Alex raised?

Alex has raised $6.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.

Who are Alex's investors?

Alex's investors include White Star Capital.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who founded Alex?

Alex was founded in 2023 by John Rytel (Founder) and Aaron Wang (Founder).

How much funding has Alex raised?

Alex has raised $6.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.

To deliver the high-level overview, origin story, core differentiators, landscape analysis, and forward-looking outlook you've outlined, I would need you to specify:

Which investment firm should be the focus of this analysis?
Or which portfolio company should I examine?

Please let me know which firm or company you'd like me to profile, and I'll deliver a comprehensive analysis tailored to your specifications.