
Amazon Alexa Fund
Seattle, Washington, United StatesFounded 2015
The Amazon Alexa Fund is the corporate venture capital arm of Amazon, originally launched in 2015 to invest in voice technology and smart devices. It has since expanded its focus to back startups in AI-enabled hardware, generative media, smart agents, emerging AI architectures, and embodied AI.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Average disclosed round size is $31.1M (across 65 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
58
Fund Size
$200M
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
PB
Paul Bernard
Director of worldwide corporate development
AW
Angelica Weiner
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) BD and Investing
DP
David Petrisor
Investor
ZG
Zain Gulamali
VC
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
72 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | — | Jan 2026 | |
| Pre-Seed | $6M | Nov 2025 | |
| Series A | $32M | May 2025 | |
| IIXI | Series A | $32.2M | Apr 2025 |
| PPixieray | Series A | $36.5M | Apr 2025 |
| Seed | $3.5M | Aug 2024 | |
| Series A | $5.7M | Jun 2023 | |
| Series A | $20M | Feb 2023 | |
| Series B | $42M | Jan 2023 | |
| Series A | $42M | Dec 2022 | |
| Seed | $3.1M | Jan 2022 | |
| Series B | $45M | Jan 2022 | |
| Series A | $11.2M | Jan 2022 | |
| Series A | $8.5M | Jan 2022 | |
| CCognixion | Series A | $12M | Nov 2021 |
| CCognixion | Seed | $12M | Nov 2021 |
| Series B | $30M | Aug 2021 | |
| Series A | $9M | Jul 2021 | |
| Series B | $18.6M | Jun 2021 | |
| Series C | $100M | Mar 2021 | |
| Unknown | $2.5M | Jan 2021 | |
| VVesper MEMS | Series B | $23M | Jan 2021 |
| Series B | $8M | Jan 2021 | |
| Series C | $100M | Jan 2021 | |
| Series A | $5M | Sep 2020 |
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Top Co-Investors
Techstars13 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners9 shared
General Catalyst7 shared
Spark Capital6 shared
Amazon5 shared
BITKRAFT Ventures5 shared
AARP4 shared
Intel Capital4 shared
True Ventures4 shared
Energy Impact Partners4 shared
Portugal Ventures4 shared
Sony Innovation Fund4 shared
Obvious Ventures4 shared
Realty Corporation4 shared
Samsung Next3 shared
Sequoia Capital3 shared
Causeway Media Partners3 shared
Alumni Ventures3 shared
Mastercard3 shared
Kibo Ventures3 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026