Alex Crisses also invested in LivingSocial, a business in the Internet & New Media sector. LivingSocial is the social commerce leader powering LivingSocial Deals. This group buying program invites people and their friends to save up to 90 percent each day at their preferred sporting events, establishments and other local attractions in major cities.
Alex Crisses invested in Acronis, a company operating in the Infrastructure Software field. Acronis provides user-friendly storage management solutions that are technically advanced for mission-critical applications. They provide disaster recovery, backup and restore, partitioning, boot management, privacy, data migration, along with other storage management products.
Alex Crisses earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School. He graduated as a Baker Scholar out of Harvard. He previously graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Economics. He was the recipient of the Highest Honor of this school.
Specializing in expansion and late stage software, internet, and data-enabled organizations, Alex Crisses invested in 6waves. 6waves is a top global publisher of gaming applications within the Facebook platform. Their objective is publishing the next generation of social games.
Alex Crisses focuses on internet investments at Insight. This includes attention on investments in online gaming companies. Insight is a growth-oriented investor and is one of the fastest growing private equity and venture capital firms.
A Managing Director at Insight, Alex Crisses joined the organization in 2002. Previous to joining Insight Venture Partners, Mr. Crisses worked with Global Energy and Power Group of Credit Suisse First Boston as an investment banking Analyst.
A previous Alex Crisses investment is the company Ticket Monster. Ticket Monster, founded in 2010, is Korea’s biggest daily deals provider. The Company presently offers a deal-a-day in local cities. Ticket Monster utilizes their customer base and platform as a tactical lead-generation tool for local business owners.
Alex Crisses, by way of Insight, concentrates on infrastructure software. Founded in 1995, Insight Venture Partners works with and supports experienced management as well as entrepreneurs. They are an entrepreneur-focused, financially flexible investor.
Alex Crisses believes in the mission of non-profit Minds Matter, a New York City-based charitable organization for disadvantaged high school students. This charitable organization’s objective is to enhance the lives of proficient high school students from low-income families. This is by way of broadening their desires and dreams and preparing them for success in college.
Additionally, Alex Crisses invested in Cvent, an organization in the Software-Enabled Service sector. Cvent is the world’s largest meetings management technology organization. They provide web-based software for web surveys, e-mail marketing, event management, online event registration, and meeting site selection.
