Alex Iosilevich
Alex Iosilevich is a media and entertainment investor, co-founder and Managing Partner of Alignment GrowthAlignment GrowthAlignment Growth is a growth investment firm focused on media, entertainment and technology. Founded in 2021 by Alex Iosilevich, Kevin Tsujihara and Jeff Bewkes, it has offices in New York and Santa Monica. Its first fund closed at US$360 million in 2023. Its portfolio includes Crunchbase, Fever, Wheelhouse and PMY Group.Open the full entry, and a director of Crunchbase and Nexon. He previously led media investment banking businesses.
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Key facts
January 12, 1975Birth
Iosilevich was born on January 12, 1975.[1]
June 1998Early Finance and Media Career
He joined Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in June 1998, Credit Suisse First Boston in November 2000, Liberty Media in October 2001 and Bank of AmericaBank of AmericaBank of America Corporation is a bank holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with four segments: Consumer Banking, Global Wealth & Investment Management, Global Banking and Global Markets.Open the full entry Securities in April 2004.[1]
June 2007Leading US Media Banking at Lehman Brothers
He became Head of US Media Investment Banking and a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers.[1]
September 2008Joining Barclays
He took the corresponding US media banking leadership role at BarclaysBarclaysBarclays is a banking and financial services group headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with Barclays PLC as its parent company. It traces its origins to a London goldsmith bank established in 1690 and developed through bank mergers, overseas expansion and investment banking reorganisations. Its businesses span UK retail and corporate banking, private banking and wealth management, global investment banking and US consumer banking.Open the full entry Capital.[1]
October 2014Joining Deutsche Bank
He moved to Deutsche Bank as Head of Media Investment Banking Americas and Managing Director.[1]
June 2019Joining UBS
He became Head of Media Investment Banking Americas and Managing Director at UBSUBSUBS is a global financial group headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, operating wealth management, Swiss personal and corporate banking, asset management and investment banking. Its modern bank emerged from a 1998 merger, its holding company was incorporated in 2014, and it acquired Credit Suisse in 2023.Open the full entry Securities, and also served on UBS’s Equity Business Review Committee for the Americas.[1][2]
2021Co-founding Alignment Growth
July 2021NXC Investment Leadership
He became NXC’s Global President and Chief Investment Officer, positions still listed in Nexon’s February 2026 filing.[1]
March 2022Joining Nexon’s Board
He joined Nexon as an External Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee member.[1]
July 20, 2022Crunchbase Financing and Board Appointment
CrunchbaseCrunchbaseCrunchbase is a private-company data and intelligence platform headquartered in San Francisco. It launched in 2007 as TechCrunch’s startup database, and its own company profile lists Michael Arrington as founder. It passed to AOL with TechCrunch in 2010 and was spun out of AOL/Verizon in 2015 with backing from Emergence Capital, with Jager McConnell as CEO; it has since raised more than $100 million and launched Pro, Enterprise, API and Crunchbase News products. Since 2025 it has focused on using AI to forecast private companies’ funding, growth and exits, delivering its data through MCP, APIs and third-party AI platforms.Open the full entry announced a $50 million Series D led by Alignment Growth, with Iosilevich joining its board. He viewed its combination of company data and decision-maker information as useful for sales and recruiting, and emphasized capital efficiency in his investment assessment.[3][4]
2026Change in Nexon Board Role
April 20, 2026Alignment Growth Fund II Disclosure
When Nexon announced the consolidation of Alignment Growth Fund II, it disclosed that Iosilevich was both a Nexon director and a principal of the fund’s general partner. The filing identifies his concurrent roles across the two organizations.[6]
Topic: Education and Other Investment Roles
Iosilevich earned M.S. and Sc.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also co-founded private-credit manager Alignment Credit, focused on emerging growth companies, and serves as a board observer at G.O.A.T. Studios and Build a Rocket Boy.[7]
Topic: Organization Website and Public Professional Profile
Alignment Growth’s website (https://alignmentgrowth.com/about/ (opens in a new window)) hosts his professional biography. His public LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry profile is https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-iosilevich-0b343167 (opens in a new window) and lists New York, United States, as his location.[2][8]
Sources
- Announcement regarding Candidates for Directors including Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members (opens in a new window)
- About Us (opens in a new window)
- Crunchbase Announces $50 Million Series D Amid Tough Market For Late-Stage Funding (opens in a new window)
- Celebrating Crunchbase’s $50 Million Series D (opens in a new window)
- ABOUT NEXON (opens in a new window)
- Notice of Change in Specified Subsidiary (Sub-subsidiary) (opens in a new window)
- Speaker Alex Iosilevich (opens in a new window)
- Alex Iosilevich - Alignment Growth (opens in a new window)