Alex Felix
Alex Felix is Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of CoinFund, a leading cryptocurrency investment firm. As CIO, he leads CoinFund’s investments and evaluates the power and potential of blockchain-based business opportunities for the firm. Alex is a formidable force in the world of financial technology and has become a leading investor with a passion for fintech and crypto. He has personally and professionally invested early in over 100 blockchain-focused companies since 2013, spanning many widely recognized names including seed rounds of Ethereum and Blockdaemon. Prior to CoinFund, Alex spent 10 years across research, investing and structuring. Most recently, he arranged buyouts for American Capital, a private equity firm based in New York. He also held roles at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, RBS and Guggenheim Partners.
Alex Felix Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer
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Global Leveraged Finance and High Yield Analyst
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Real Estate Structured Finance Summer Associate
Academic History
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B.A., Economics and Earth Sciences
As CIO, Alex leads investments into digital asset networks and companies focused on blockchain technologies and their enabling services.
CoinFund is one of the world's first cryptonative investment firms. The firm is where Web3-capable meets Web3 capital.
The cryptoasset investment firm advances the blockchain ecosystem by strategically investing in the decentralized stack.
Alex has invested in many notable networks and infrastructure companies in cryptocurrency.
He has invested in Blockdaemon, Dapper Labs, Terra/LUNA, Coinlist, FTX and Serum, The Graph, Syndicate and more.
He is a public blockchain and venture investor. He is an active technology angel investor and has built ecommerce algorithms.
EARLY CAREER
Alex was Vice President for Equity and Capital Markets at American Capital, where he covered leveraged buyouts and high yielding credit.
He was a Credit Analyst at RBS, where he managed leverage loan, mezzanine debt and equity investments across a diversified group of industries.
He was an Analyst for the global leveraged finance and high yield at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he originated high yield bonds for clients in energy, power, and general industrial sectors.
At Guggenheim Partners, he analyzed leveraged commercial real estate development and investment opportunities.
MEDIA
Alex has been featured or quoted in financial media outlets such as Bloomberg, Forbes, Yahoo! Finance, and Financial Times.
He has also appeared in Binance, CoinDesk, The Block, and Real Vision, among others.