Second Alpha is a private equity firm. Team members are concentrated in New York, United States. Among the 9 companies in the known portfolio are Coursera, DailyPay, tvScientific, Bespoke Post, HealthCare.com and Xoxoday.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- Secondaries
Who to pitch at Second Alpha
Second Alpha portfolio companies (9)
- Coursera
- DailyPay
- tvScientific
- Bespoke Post
- HealthCare.com
- Xoxoday
- EverQuote
- Code42
- SmarterTravel
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About Second Alpha
The firm's listing covers focus area Secondaries; known deals cluster at Growth, Late-Stage and Seed.
The team counts 3 people in our database. Richard Brekka (Managing Partner) and Jim Sanger (Managing Partner and Cofounder) are shown as the contacts to pitch.
Second Alpha shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Axis Capital Ventures, Oceanic Partners and T Capital Partners.
Frequently asked questions
What is Second Alpha?
Second Alpha is a private equity firm whose team is concentrated in New York, United States, with a known portfolio of 9 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Second Alpha invest in?
Listed focus areas include Secondaries. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Second Alpha invest at?
The known deals of Second Alpha include Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Second Alpha?
2 of the 3 people on file at Second Alpha are listed as contacts for the firm. All 3 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Second Alpha?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 3 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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