Alex Hofmann
Founding Partner at Progression Fund
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
CEO & Co-Founder
2018 - Current
9count aims to build products that help people feel connected. 9 Count has raised $25M+ from top Silicon Valley VCs such as GGV and Redpoint as well as leading angel investors/operators from Calm, RobinHood, Coinbase.
9count exists to create products that help and connect people
Raised $27,500,000.00 from Progression Fund, Signia, Grishin Robotics, Greycroft, Redpoint, I2BF Global Ventures, Waverley Capital, Notable Capital, Marat Kichikov and Progression Fund.
Founding Partner
2020
Progression Venture Fund is founded by musical.ly / TikTok alumni. We bring growth, product and venture experience to early stage startups that are thinking about generational differences and building for human needs – social, esteem and cognitive.
President, Corporate Officer
2015 - 2018
Acquired by Bytedance As musical.ly's President, I oversaw all functions in North and South America. In this role, I led expansion efforts to build the world’s fastest growing entertainment social network. I was responsible for global marketing and licensing, in addition to content, brand, creator, music and entertainment partnerships.
Musical.ly is a video social network for creating, sharing, and discovering short videos.
Raised $150,350,000.00 from Goodwater Capital, SIG China (SIG Asia Investments), Legend Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, KUNLUN, DCM Ventures, GX Capital, Cheetah Mobile, Greylock and Morningside Group.
Director of Marketing and Product Management
2010 - 2015
High Potential Fellow
2011 - 2011
Fellowships offer High Potentials the opportunity to assume a new role for six months. A Fellowship is a full-time (100%) developmental assignment, typically outside the participant’s line of business and/or region. Fellowships are designed to develop more seasoned, cross functional leaders and allow High Potentials to participate in key strategic projects and activities.
SAP IoT Start up Accelerator is a global co-innovation program for B2B startups innovating in the world of the Internet of Things.
Project Manager (COO - Operations Team)
2008 - 2009
Marketing
2007 - 2007
SAP IoT Start up Accelerator is a global co-innovation program for B2B startups innovating in the world of the Internet of Things.
Marketing
2005 - 2005