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Alex Nwaka

Advisor at Seal Storage Technology

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Alex Nwaka is a Web3 Operator with a strong background in financial modeling, valuation, and investment banking. Currently serving as a Principal at Touchdown Ventures, Alex has experience as a Co-Founder at Validation Cloud and has made strategic investments in various companies like DraftWise, Aiwyn, Grata, Athennian, and Steno. Highlights of Alex's career include his role as a Limited Partner at Dash Fund and involvement in BLCK VC's Sponsorship Committee, showcasing his expertise in venture capital and corporate development. His educational background includes a BS from The Wharton School and dual MBAs from Columbia Business School and Management Leadership for Tomorrow.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder

    2022 - Current

    Validation Cloud is a premier institutional infrastructure provider that offers enterprise-grade Node & Staking-as-a-service. Our mission is to enable elite performance for billions of global transactions via our infrastructure. https://validationcloud.io/

  • Advisor

    2022

    Seal Storage (Seal) is a decentralized cloud storage provider that helps enterprises take advantage of the unique capabilities of Web3 storage. Today, Seal is the largest decentralized storage company in North America with ambitions to extend its leadership globally. https://www.sealstorage.io/

  • Limited Partner (Fund I & II)

    2020

    Micro-VC fund backing the next wave of category-defining founders and companies. https://dashfund.co/

Backing the next wave of category-defining FinTech founders and companies.

  • Sponsorship Committee

    2018

    BLCK VC was formed to connect, engage, empower, and advance black venture investors by providing a focused community built for and by black venture investors. Learn more at www.blckvc.com

  • Principal

    2019 - 2022

    I led investments in B2B SaaS companies, working across all aspects of the investment process, including sourcing, due diligence, transaction execution, and post-investment portfolio company support. 40 Under 40 Rising Stars 2021 by VC Journal

  • Senior Associate

    2015 - 2019

  • Associate

    2015 - 2015

Touchdown Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm that partners with corporations to invest in early and growth-stage companies.

  • Investor

    2021 - 2022

    Knowledge management and intelligence platform for precedent search and application

DraftWise provides an AI-powered contract and negotiation platform that assists law firms in procuring quality contracts.

Raised $27,950,000.00 from Y Combinator, Formus Capital, Index Ventures and Bek Ventures.

  • Investor

    2021 - 2022

    Artificial Intelligence for an easier, faster, smarter work-to-cash cycle

Aiwyn helps professional services firms speed up cash flow, save valuable time, & delight clients by revolutionizing the revenue cycle

Raised $14,000,000.00 from Touchdown Ventures, Revolution Ventures, Relevance Ventures (formerly Relevance Capital) and Merian Ventures.

  • Investor

    2021 - 2022

    Modern search engine and information services company for B2B

Grata is a business-to-business search engine for finding and targeting private companies.

Raised $34,500,000.00 from Bling Capital, Eigen Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, Accomplice, Altai Ventures, Craft Ventures and Touchdown Ventures.

  • Investor

    2021 - 2022

    Digital entity management solution

  • Investor - Board Observer

    2020 - 2022

    Next generation court reporting agency

Steno provides technology-enhanced court reporting and litigation services, including remote depositions and deferred payment solutions.

Raised $116,542,455.00 from Touchdown Ventures, Left Lane Capital, Clio Ventures, Le Lane Capital and Karman Ventures (fka Moving Capital).

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