Alex Clayton
Director/Board Member at Tray.io, Inc.
Profile
Alex joined Meritech in 2020 and helps lead the firm’s enterprise software, infrastructure and fintech practices.
Prior to Meritech, Alex was a partner on Spark Capital's Growth Fund where he primarily focused on enterprise software and infrastructure investments.
He was responsible for the firm’s investments in Braze, JFrog, Justworks, Outreach, Pendo and Tray.io.
Prior to Spark, Alex worked at Redpoint Ventures where he sourced or was actively involved in the firms investments in Duo Security (CSCO), Justworks, RelateIQ (CRM), Lifesize and Sourcegraph.
Alex started his career in the Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) investment banking division of Goldman Sachs, where he focused on software, Internet and semiconductor companies.
He advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, equity financings and LBO transactions and worked with companies like Intuit, Yelp, Marin Software, Gigamon, SanDisk and others.
Alex earned a B.A.
from Stanford University.
Prior to Stanford, Alex played on the ATP World Tennis Tour, competing in the U.S.
Open and many other ATP and Challenger events globally.
At Stanford, Alex was an All-American and three-time team captain on the Men's Tennis Team.
Alex Clayton active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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Tray.io, Inc.
 Tray.io, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Tray.io, Inc. operates a platform that makes users to build and share SaaS integrations. It provides event bus systems to send messages between modules and event loop based programming models. The company was founded by Rich Waldron, Alistair Russell and Dominic Lewis in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Extend, Inc.
 Extend, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Extend, Inc. engages in software industry. The firm provides a platform to merchants to extend warranties to customers. The company was founded by Woodrow H. Levin, Michael Darmousseh, Rohan Shah, and Joseph Moss and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Meritech Capital Partners
 Meritech Capital Partners Investment ManagersFinance Meritech Capital Partners (Meritech Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Mike Gorden, Paul Madera and Rob Ward. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | 2019-11-30 |
Xentral ERP Software GmbH
 Xentral ERP Software GmbH Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Xentral ERP Software GmbH is a holding company, with interests in the development and sales of an ERP and CRM software named Xentral. The company was founded on November 25, 2008 and is headquartered in Augsburg, Germany. | Director/Board Member | 2021-07-31 |
Personio GmbH
 Personio GmbH Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Personio GmbH engages in the development of human resource management software solutions. The firm specializes in salary management, performance and feedback, reports and exports, jobs and recruiting, HR reporting, and onboarding and offboarding services. The company was founded by Hanno Renner, Roman Schumacher, Ignaz Forstmeier, and Arseniy Vershinin in August 2015 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany. | Director/Board Member | 2020-11-30 |
Flock Group, Inc.
 Flock Group, Inc. Electronic Production EquipmentElectronic Technology Flock Group, Inc. develops wireless license plate reading security camera systems. Its products include read license plates, install everywhere, fast access, capture evidence, discreet design, and automatic updates. The company was founded by Garrett Langley and Matt Feury in 2017 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. | Director/Board Member | 2020-09-30 |
Former positions of Alex Clayton
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| JFROG LTD. | Director/Board Member | 2019-12-30 |
Spark Capital Partners LLC
 Spark Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Spark Capital Partners LLC (Spark Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Todd Dagres, Santo Politi, Alex Finkelstein and Paul Conway. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Private Equity Investor | 2019-12-30 |
Pendo.io, Inc.
 Pendo.io, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Pendo.io, Inc. provides cloud software for digital product teams and application services. It offers insights, sentiments, guidance, feedback, roadmap, integration, and adoption services. The company was founded by Todd Olson, Erik Troan, Eric Boduch and Rahul Jain in 2013 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC. | Director/Board Member | - |
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Training of Alex Clayton
| Stanford University | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| JFROG LTD. | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 12 |
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Outreach Corp.
 Outreach Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Outreach Corp. designs and develops a sales engagement platform. It specializes in sales acceleration, sales efficiency, and sales management analytics. The company was founded by Gordon Leland Hempton, Andrew Kinzer, Manuel Medina and Wesley R. Hather in 2014 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Technology Services |
Pendo.io, Inc.
Pendo.io, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Pendo.io, Inc. provides cloud software for digital product teams and application services. It offers insights, sentiments, guidance, feedback, roadmap, integration, and adoption services. The company was founded by Todd Olson, Erik Troan, Eric Boduch and Rahul Jain in 2013 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC. | Technology Services |
Redpoint Ventures
 Redpoint Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Redpoint Ventures (Redpoint Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Jeffrey Brody, Tom Dyal, Tim Haley, Brad Jones, John Walecka and Geoff Yang. The firm is headquartered in Woodside, California. | Finance |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Financial ConglomeratesFinance Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis. | Finance |
Meritech Capital Partners
Meritech Capital Partners Investment ManagersFinance Meritech Capital Partners (Meritech Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Mike Gorden, Paul Madera and Rob Ward. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Spark Capital Partners LLC
Spark Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Spark Capital Partners LLC (Spark Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Todd Dagres, Santo Politi, Alex Finkelstein and Paul Conway. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
Extend, Inc.
Extend, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Extend, Inc. engages in software industry. The firm provides a platform to merchants to extend warranties to customers. The company was founded by Woodrow H. Levin, Michael Darmousseh, Rohan Shah, and Joseph Moss and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Mango Technologies, Inc.
 Mango Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Mango Technologies, Inc. develops mobile application and user interface framework solutions. It offers Mimri, which is a video social network; and a project management tool called ClickUp. The company was founded by Zeb Evans and Alex Yurkowski in March 2017 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
Personio GmbH
Personio GmbH Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Personio GmbH engages in the development of human resource management software solutions. The firm specializes in salary management, performance and feedback, reports and exports, jobs and recruiting, HR reporting, and onboarding and offboarding services. The company was founded by Hanno Renner, Roman Schumacher, Ignaz Forstmeier, and Arseniy Vershinin in August 2015 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany. | Technology Services |
Flock Group, Inc.
Flock Group, Inc. Electronic Production EquipmentElectronic Technology Flock Group, Inc. develops wireless license plate reading security camera systems. Its products include read license plates, install everywhere, fast access, capture evidence, discreet design, and automatic updates. The company was founded by Garrett Langley and Matt Feury in 2017 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. | Electronic Technology |
Xentral ERP Software GmbH
Xentral ERP Software GmbH Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Xentral ERP Software GmbH is a holding company, with interests in the development and sales of an ERP and CRM software named Xentral. The company was founded on November 25, 2008 and is headquartered in Augsburg, Germany. | Technology Services |
Tray.io, Inc.
Tray.io, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Tray.io, Inc. operates a platform that makes users to build and share SaaS integrations. It provides event bus systems to send messages between modules and event loop based programming models. The company was founded by Rich Waldron, Alistair Russell and Dominic Lewis in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
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