Alexander Chalmers

Founder and Managing Partner

๐Ÿ“ Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area, United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 2 investments๐Ÿ“… 16 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Aug 2010
VC๐ŸŒ United States
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Founder and Board Member
Aug 2010
Bright Light Systems (BLS) is an American lighting manufacturer that integrates innovative LED lighting technology with wireless capabilities and an energy data management platform to deliver up to 80% energy savings to customers in the high mast lighting market. Our Bright Light Management System provides unprecedented control for enterprise operations through a cloud-based lighting management, monitoring, and reporting interface. Our high-quality, durable luminaires are ideal for industrial sites, ports and shipping terminals, rail yards, airports, highways, warehousing and manufacturing facilities. All products are designed and manufactured in the USA.
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2021
Founder
Mar 2021
Material Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on transformative technology and innovation. We focus on themes within sustainable real estate, consumer and financial technologies that are shaping the future of the built environment.
2018
Founder and Managing Partner
Jan 2018
Altriarch provides innovative private credit solutions tailored to the needs of our clients. We embrace a rigorous and research-intensive approach when creating bespoke financing solutions, spanning from senior secured facilities to opportunistic capital. Our primary objective is to provide asymmetric risk-return profiles, empowering clients to achieve their investment goals while enabling borrowers to expand their businesses. We place a strong emphasis on disciplined underwriting practices and value-added monitoring. This approach equips us to navigate complexity effectively while aiming for attractive risk-adjusted yields.
Founder and Managing Partner
Jan 2018
Material Capital Partners is a vertically integrated real estate development and investment management company based in Charleston, SC focused on purpose-built single-family rental home communities and select multi-family projects throughout the Southeast and Florida.
early stageReal Estate
2015
Advisor
2015
At Sway Capital, were transforming capital into catalysts and investing in tomorrows breakthroughs. As a global platform for alternative investments, were harnessing entrepreneurial innovation and institutional expertise to build a new paradigm in asset management. Our multi-strategy approach spans private equity, private credit, impact, media and advisory. From our venture studio to growth equity investments, were not just funders โ€“ were partners in industry transformation and category creation.
2011
Avenida Capital (acquired by Ashmore Group)
Founder and Managing Director
May 2011
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