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Alexander Schmitt

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Berlin, Berlin

Overview 

Alexander Schmitt is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners in Berlin, with a background in entrepreneurship and project management. He has successfully founded and led MergerSpot as CEO & Co-Founder and has experience in investing in FinTech startups at various stages like Series A and Seed. Schmitt's career highlights include his role as a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and his successful leadership at MergerSpot as CEO & Co-Founder, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship and project management in the startup ecosystem.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2022 - Current

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.

  • Investor

    2020 - 2022

    European early-stage Venture Capital fund.

  • CEO & Co-Founder

    2017 - 2020

    With MergerSpot we built the Bloomberg for privately-held companies. Mergerspot is the technology-leader for providing detailed company and market profiles of German mid-sized companies. MergerSpot was acquired by Gain.Pro in 02/2020.

  • Fellow Intern

    2016 - 2016

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

  • Advisory Service (Consulting)

    2015 - 2015

Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.

  • Summer Analyst

    2015 - 2015

  • Working Student

    2014 - 2014

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