Dub

Democratizing active wealth management and promoting investment transparency. $17m seed.

Operations Specialist

Special operations to maximize onboarding and retention across product, ops/cx, and growth.

Bloom

The investing app that teaches you how to invest. Backed by Y Combinator (YC W21). $4.4 million seed.

Head of Operations

Sept 2021 - January 2024 • 2 yrs 6 mos

  • founding team, 1st hire
  • operations, finance, HR, compliance
  • curriculum design, education and writing for the "Learn & Earn"
  • Hit 1 million+ users in the US
  • Hit 20 million+ lessons taken
  • Grown from $300k to $3M+ in ARR
  • Achieved profitability while still growing double digit % MoM
  • Acquired a card company
  • Currently top 30 in the finance charts

Marketing Director

Jul 2021 - Sept 2021 • 3 mos

  • organic growth, socials, seo
  • strategic partnerships and community
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Contrary Capital

Illuminating private markets under Contrary Capital, a VC firm with $80 million in assets under management.

Research Fellow

  • Published 8 research reports that analyzed product, business model, and corporate valuation, including Midjourney, Webflow, Klarna, Intercom, Greenlight, and Zapier.
  • Klarna memo was the 2nd most read memo in June 2023, received by Contrary Research’s audience of 40K+ investors, founders, and tech reporters.

OTHEA

Democratizing opportunity by helping schools maximize community engagement and enrichment.

Founder

  • leading design and development of the product (NextJS, React, Tailwind, WorkOS)
  • running operations, sales, and partnerships to work with over 30+ nonprofit partners and two pilot schools
  • recruited a team with 5+ years of combined experience in edtech, supporting over 45K+ students
  • managing finance, compliance, and achieved 501(c)3 nonprofit status

Bagel Fund

Co-Founder

Even the most technical and relentless builders need a kickstart. Receiving a grant to build my first company at 15 from Insight Partner's Ian Sandler changed my life & taught me how important first believers are. To pay it forward, I helped start Bagel Fund with a group of tech friends. We give micro-grants ($100-$500) to young ambitious builders. Working on something cool and need some non-dilutive ideation capital? Apply at bagel.fund.

To date, we've funded:

  • Mason, 18, making a 2-octave electric piano
  • Harish, 15, working on an energy-saving smart home platform
  • Santiago, 21, building a 4-wheel independent steering car
  • Yash, 19, creating a computer from scratch
  • Sunir, 19, building self-driving RC cars
  • Aaryan, 16, using computer vision to detect falls in elder care
  • Advait, 18, building Teleoperation robots
  • Arielle, 20, working on Apple Tree cloning
  • Winston, 17, increasing AI literacy for students K-12

Kayman Ventures

Working with venture-backed startups going from 0 to 1 across deep-tech, edtech, and web infra. A venture studio scaling digital experiences from NYC to Moscow through design, development, research, and growth needs.

Founder

2019 - Present

  • product design for global supply chain, web infrastructure, and urban infrastructure YC, VC backed companies
  • development for edtech and political-tech nonprofits
  • helping longevity companies go from 0-1 through growth and revenue operations
  • founded and incorporated my own holding firm

The Generation

Connecting underserved high school students to scholarships, jobs, events and learning resources to cultivate passion and discover the future. $170k software funding. Backed by Hack+ and Rileys Way Foundation.

Founder, CEO

Jul 2020 - Feb 2022 • 1 yr 8 mos

  • $3k in cash grants
  • $170k in software funds
  • led team of 8 directors and 20 volunteers
  • designed & developed the product
  • operations, planning, partnerships and all the other fun chaos running something requires : )

Alect Political

Redefining political strategy. 3 congressional, 2 senate and 2 stealth startup campaigns.

Marketing Director, Board

Nov 2020 - Jun 2021 • 8 mos

  • Sourced and co-led projects for our largest retainer client to generate $20k+ avg. deal for campaigns
  • led client-facing marketing projects
  • Designed and developed Alect’s website
  • rebranded from “CTF” to Alect
  • built internal IT system, operations, planning

See all experiences

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Projects

osint investigator

An AI-powered tool that transforms investigation ideas into step-by-step plans from source collection to evidence compiling. Get structured investigations plans, architecture breakdowns, and free tools to guide your next investigation.

OSINT Investigation AI Tool by AK

shell detector

Pattern detection for lightweight know-your-business requirements, starting with shell company detection. WIP as of Dec 2024. GitHub linked here. My first inkling towards OSINT...

Shell company detector by AK

cabbage coral conservation cones

Have you ever seen large concrete triangle structures along your favorite shoreline? You might have seen a tetrapod, a tetrahedral concrete block that breaks harsh waves and prevents shoreline erosion. They're also a little bit ugly...

What if we could use biomorphic shapes, specifically artificial cabbage coral, that protects shores, fosters marine fauna, and promotes human<>nature centric design?

A Blender simulation using fractal algorithms for repeating interlocking structures and differential growth to mimic cabbage coral surfaces, designed to reduce wave action against at-risk shores.

Artificial Cabbage Coral for Shoreline Conservation | Blender Simulation by AK

nycdistribution

A spatial distribution density map of NYC's population and the markets that shaped it overtime. Blender and RStudio.

morphix

Describe the data you want - export a .csv in seconds. Web scraping without page schemas or element definitions. Just describe the data you want.

  • Built with NextJs, React, GPT-3, and Tailwind

othea.org

A super tool for schools to secure accessible & exceptional extracurriculars for all students.

Othea Landing Page Preview

thegeneration.net

Democratizing opportunity. A database of jobs, scholarships, events and learning resources to help students cultivate passion and discover their future.

  • Designed with Figma
  • Built with Webflow
  • Memberships and gated content via Memberstack
  • Automation and light functionality with Zapier
  • Full functionality with Jetboost, Finsweet code snippets, and Airtable
  • Banking and fiscal 501(c)3 sponsorship with Hack+

Websites

kayman.ventures

A venture studio for your design, development, and research needs. More sites here for VC-backed startups across urban infra, deep-tech, and, inevitably, B2B SaaS.

alexakayman.com

The portfolio site you're on right now.

  • Inspired by and starter cloned from the amazing Tyler Hughey
  • Designed with Figma
  • Built with Webflow
  • Hosted with GitHub pages

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Writing

Illuminating Private Markets with Contrary Research. Researched, wrote, and published memos on the following companies:

Midjourney Research Report by Alexa Kayman under Contrary Research.
Midjourney
eToro Research Report by Alexa Kayman under Contrary Research.
eToro
Greenlight Research Report by Alexa Kayman under Contrary Research.
Greenlight
Web Research Report by Alexa Kayman under Contrary Research.
Webflow
Zapier Research Report by Alexa Kayman under Contrary Research.
Zapier
Intercom Research Report by Alexa Kayman under Contrary Research.
Intercom
Klarna Research Report by Alexa Kayman under Contrary Research.
Klarna

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SERENDIPITY

I'm excited about hardware solutions to conservation, supply chain logistics, edtech, longevity, economics-philosophy, and delightful digital experiences. If any of those resonate, please reach out!

As Anson Yu put it, I love meeting anyone who is "as kind as they are ambitious, and as thoughtful as they are optimistic."

Based in NYC. Always happy to grab coffee in Flatiron or SoHo.

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Alexa

Kayman

Chasing the rush of creation.
Interested in state craft (OSINT), edtech, urban infra, and philosophy.

Currently, special operations @ Dub ($17m seed), funding innovators @ Bagel Fund.

Prev, Head of Operations @ Bloom ($3 million+ ARR, YC W21) and Research Fellow @ Contrary.

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Table of contents

roles

work; the past & present

Chapter 1

building

projects small & large

Chapter 2

WRITING

research & thoughts

Chapter 3

serendipity

contact

Chapter 4

MOMENTS

pHOTOS

Chapter 5
Video
interviews
(sources)
having
fun?

We still have ( ) missing pieces of the ( ) story. Hopefully these videos can fill in the ( ) gaps.

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REEL

eToro Research Report by Alexa Kayman under Contrary Research.

EToro: Global social investing

Contrary Research memo on eToro.

Published December 21, 2023.

Midjourney: Art for all?

Contrary Research memo on Klarna, the first Buy Now, Pay Later company.

Published June 15, 2023.

Midjourney Research Report by Alexa Kayman under Contrary Research.
Webflow Research Report by Alexa Kayman under Contrary Research.

Webflow: Build with the power of code

Contrary Research memo on Webflow, a NoCode tool.

Published October 26, 2023.

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Findings from the interwebs and beyond.

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