Alex Swieca

Investor, Builder, and Advisor

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2016
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Nov 2016
WSC Sports, the pioneer in AI-powered sports content technology, empowers the NBA, ESPN, YouTubeTV, LaLiga and 460 other sports organizations to connect with their fans through AI-tailored sports content experiences. WSC Sports platform automates the creation, management and distribution of content, enabling sports rights holders to expand reach, grow fan bases, and unlock revenue opportunities across digital platforms.
Investorpreneur-in-residence
Mar 2016
Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)
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2024
Strategic Advisor - Avenue Sports
Feb 2024
Avenue Capital Group, founded in 1995 by Marc Lasry and Sonia Gardner, is primarily focused on making opportunistic credit and other special situations investments across the United States, Europe and Asia. With over 185 employees worldwide, Avenue maintains dedicated accounting, operations, legal, risk management, compliance, business development and information technology teams. The Firm is headquartered in New York and has offices in Dublin, London, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney, Abu Dhabi and Silicon Valley. It has $13 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2023. Avenue’s team of over 60 investment professionals has deployed approximately $100 billion in investments across a variety of industries, regions and cycles with an eye towards value creation and capital conservation. Through rigorous due diligence and a robust network of relationships, the Firm proactively identifies public and private opportunities in fragmented, capital-constrained markets where excess premium can be extracted. Avenue approaches workplace diversity in its broadest sense, recognizing that strong performance is best achieved through the hiring of professionals with diverse backgrounds and experiences. In addition, the Firm has adopted and implemented comprehensive ESG principles for its personnel to consider when fulfilling their responsibilities and is a proud signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Information posted is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to sell or solicit investments. Such information should not be seen as legal, tax, or investment advice. Views expressed are based on conditions at publication and are subject to change. Information from third parties is believed reliable, but has not been verified by Avenue. Target returns are hypothetical and come with risks, including loss of capital. Past performance does not guarantee future results. www.avenuecapital.com/Disclosures
2017
BD & Strategic Partnerships
2017
Building on our heritage in public markets investing, Coatue’s lifecycle investment platform has expanded across public and private markets over the past 25+ years. Our singular obsession with technology drives how we operate as a firm. As investors, we seek out the greatest innovators with the biggest ideas. Follow Coatue on X: https://x.com/coatuemgmt Subscribe on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7396349911178420224 https://www.coatue.com/terms-of-use
2016
Investor
Nov 2016
WSC Sports, the pioneer in AI-powered sports content technology, empowers the NBA, ESPN, YouTubeTV, LaLiga and 460 other sports organizations to connect with their fans through AI-tailored sports content experiences. WSC Sports platform automates the creation, management and distribution of content, enabling sports rights holders to expand reach, grow fan bases, and unlock revenue opportunities across digital platforms.
Investorpreneur-in-residence
Mar 2016
Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)
2015
Value Creation Team
Dec 2015
Innovation Endeavors is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in cutting-edge technologies to drive generational change in order to solve problems that matter. The firm’s central investment thesis, the Super Evolution, combines data, computational capacity, and advanced engineering to transform a range of industries including engineering health, climate, computing infrastructure, intelligent software, the physical economy, and more. Its investments include Afresh, AlphaSense, Atom Computing, Color, Gatik, Eikon Therapeutics, Fabric, Homelight, Kong, Formlabs, Panther, Planet, Replica, SoFi, Uber, Upstart, Vicarious Surgical, and more.
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