Alex Crisses also invested in LivingSocial, a company 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 daily at their favorite establishments, sporting events, and other community attractions in major cities.

Alex Crisses invested in Acronis, a business operating in the Infrastructure Software field. Acronis offers easy-to-use storage management solutions that are technically advanced for mission-critical applications. They provide data migration, privacy, boot management, partitioning, backup and restore, disaster recovery, and 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 from this academic institution. He previously graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He was the recipient of the school’s Highest Honor.

Specializing in expansion and late stage data-enabled, internet, and software companies, Alex Crisses invested in 6waves. This enterprise is a leading international publisher of gaming apps on the Facebook platform. Their objective is to publish the next generation of social games.

Alex Crisses focuses on internet investments at Insight. This includes a focus on investments in online gaming companies. Insight is a growth-oriented investor and is among the quickest growing venture capital and private equity firms.

A Managing Director at Insight, Alex Crisses became a member of the organization in 2002. Prior to joining Insight, Mr. Crisses worked with Credit Suisse First Boston’s Global Energy and Power Group as an investment banking Analyst.

A prior investment of Alex Crisses is Ticket Monster. Founded in 2010, Ticket Monster is Korea’s largest daily deals provider. The Company presently offers a deal-a-day in local cities, and uses their customer base and platform as a tactical lead-generation tool for local businesses.

Alex Crisses, by way of Insight Venture Partners, concentrates on infrastructure software. Founded in 1995, Insight Venture Partners supports and collaborates with experienced entrepreneurs and management. The Company is a financially flexible, entrepreneur-focused investor.

Alex Crisses believes in the mission of not-for-profit Minds Matter, an NYC- based charity for underprivileged high school students. Minds Matter’s objective is to enhance the lives of proficient high school students from low-income families. This is by way of expanding their dreams and desires and getting them ready for college success.

Moreover, Alex Crisses invested in Cvent, an enterprise in the Software-Enabled Service sector. Cvent is the world’s largest meetings management technology corporation. They have web-based software for web surveys, e-mail marketing, event management, online event registration, and meeting site selection.