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We are delighted to share that Alpha portfolio companies Gecko, Apptronik, Shield AI, and Rad AI for being named to the 2025 CNBC Disruptor list. The annual list recognizes private, venture-backed companies that are transforming industries and challenging incumbents with their innovation, scalability, and growth. Companies are selected through a rigorous process that takes both quantitative metrics (e.g., sales, user growth, and funding data) and qualitative assessments by CNBC editors and advisory boards into account, with a strong emphasis on assessing their long-term disruptive potential. Congratulations Jake, Jeff, Gary, and Doktor, and to your respective teams, on this fantastic accomplishment.
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Gecko Robotics, a company using robotics and AI to transform how organizations build, operate, and maintain their most critical infrastructure, raised $125 million for its Series D funding round, bringing it to unicorn status with a total valuation of $1.25 billion. Gecko will use the funding to accelerate its growth and continued push into sectors like defense, energy, and manufacturing. Congratulations again to Jake and the Gecko team.
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Late last month, Apollo, the leading go-to-market solution for revenue teams, hit a major milestone: $150 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). It did so by deploying AI strategically to solve real problems in unconventional ways to help millions of GTM pros grow faster. Apollo’s AI platform has surged 500 percent year-over-year, with over 50,000 weekly active users who rely on it to connect with high-value leads, faster. Congratulations to Tim Zheng and the entire Apollo team on this amazing achievement.
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In a recent Business Insider article about Arfur Rock, one of the most intriguing anonymous voices in venture capital on X, Alpha Managing Partner Steve Brotman shared his take on what this trend means for both founders and investors. Brotman noted “What Arfur Rock is doing is essentially hacking the system. It enables fundraising information to leak anonymously.”
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From reshoring supply chains to automating critical industries, robotics and AI are reshaping the global economy. In this episode of Driving Alpha, Lisa Chai, a General Partner at Interwoven, discusses the megatrends fueling AI and robotics, including industrial automation, labor shortages, and government-backed tech initiatives.
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What lessons does a 25-year career in venture teach about founder relationships, timing, and long-term success? In this episode of Driving Alpha, Matt McIlwain, Managing Director at Madrona, talks about everything from his early days navigating the dot-com bust to investing in breakout winners like Smartsheet and Apptio.
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We are currently seeking portfolio company and growth equity investor speakers for our upcoming event on October 22, 2025. If you have insights to share or know someone who does, we’d love to hear from you.
Additionally, we are looking for sponsors to partner with us in making this event a success. Interested? Email hello@alphapartners.com.
Want to see what previous years were like? Check out these recaps of AlphaMarket 2023 and AlphaMarket 2024.
Register for AlphaMarket 2025
If you’re interested in attending AlphaMarket 2025, please click the RSVP button below. 1:1 virtual networking will begin later this year.
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We'd love to see you at one of our upcoming events.
Partner2Partner Breakfasts
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September 9: HOF Capital, New York City
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September 16: Rackhouse, San Francisco
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October 8: 8VC, San Francisco (SF Tech Week)
If you are interested in attending or hosting a quarterly Partner2Partner Breakfast in New York, San Francisco, Miami, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, or Austin, please start here.
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We had an incredible time during NY Tech Week! New York’s tech ecosystem is buzzing and it was exciting to bring so many great people together. We’d like to extend a huge thank you to Greycroft for hosting our Partner2Partner Breakfast, and to Interwoven Ventures and Runway Growth Capital for partnering with us. If you'd like to team up for SF Tech Week this October, email us at hello@alphapartners.com.
Alpha Investor Zoe van den Bol also spoke in June on an AI investor panel at the NYU Stern School of Business. The group discussed emerging trends in AI and how investors are adapting to evaluate and invest in this disruptive technology.
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Looking for an opportunity with a high-growth company that’s scaling to the moon? Know someone who is? Check out our career board for open positions across our portfolio of fantastic companies.
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After struggling to build its products on three continents, Apple was lured by China’s seemingly inexhaustible supply of cheap labor. Soon it was sending thousands of engineers across the Pacific, training millions of workers, and spending hundreds of billions of dollars to create the world’s most sophisticated supply chain. In Apple in China, Patrick McGee writes about how these capabilities enabled Apple to build the 21st century’s most iconic products — in staggering volume and for enormous profit.
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