Managing Partner, Brighteye

Alex is the founder and managing partner of Brighteye, which he runs with investment partner Ben Wirz. Founded in 2017, the 50m € Brighteye Ventures fund is the first and largest European EdTech focused VC. BEV invests at seed, series A and B, with a geographic focus on Europe, Israel and the USA and looks for early stage companies that leverage technology to help people and organisations learn and grow. Since founding the fund has rapidly become a thought leader in the European EdTech space, holding events, speaking at conferences and publishing frequent state of the art articles and market research reports.

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Alex is an entrepreneur and operator with 11+ years’ experience in media and technology businesses, across publishing, entertainment, mobile gaming and EdTech. In his career, he has sold IP to the likes of Disney, DreamWorks and Netflix, has produced Emmy award-winning content for children and is the co-founder and CEO of multiple award-winning kids mobile gaming outfit Minilab. He holds a degree in History from Oxford University, a second BA in Computer Graphics from Central Saint Martins and an MBA from LSE/HEC and NYU Stern (TRIUM).