Alex Payne is an angel investor and advisor based in Portland, Oregon. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Alex Payne is an angel investor and advisor based in Portland, Oregon, who previously served as one of Twitter’s first engineers and as CTO at Simple, an online banking service. He focuses on early-stage companies and advises startups such as Sprint.ly, Lucky Sort, and Datadog. While his explicit investment thesis across stages, sectors, and geos is not fully detailed in available sources, he has invested in vegan burger restaurants and mentors startups in Portland. His typical check size and whether he leads or follows are not publicly documented. Notable portfolio companies include Sprint.ly, Lucky Sort, and Datadog, with additional involvement in vegan burger ventures. Payne is also a writer and programmer who co-authored *Programming Scala* and organizes the annual Emerging Languages conference, reflecting his distinctive focus on programming languages and open technology.
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