May 27, 2024
Alexis Ohanian is the General Partner and Founder of Seven Seven Six, an early-stage venture capital firm with $1 billion under management that he describes as a technology company that deploys venture capital. Alexis was the co-founder of Reddit, one of the most popular online forums in the world, which he sold 18 months after its 2005 launch for $10 million and returned as Executive Chair in 2014 to help lead the turnaround of the business. In between and since, he has invested in early-stage ventures as a partner at Y Combinator, a co-founder of Initialized Capital, and most recently founder of 776. Despite his success in entrepreneurship and investing, Alexis is most well known in the world at large as the husband of tennis star Serena Williams.
Our conversation covers Alexis’ initial ride at Reddit, taste of
early-stage venture capital, and return to Reddit to scale the
business alongside the challenges of managing a modern social media
platform. We then turn to his investing as a technology company,
including Cerebro – 776’s transparent operating system, thematic
ideas, traits of successful founders, social media engagement,
investments in women’s sports, and lessons learned from his wife
Serena.
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