J. Alexander Sloan

J. Alexander Sloan has spent his career involved with growing promising young enterprises. Alex is a Principal at Expansion Capital Partners, a leading venture capital firm focused on expansion stage clean technology companies. Prior to joining Expansion, Alex co-founded and was a Partner at Blackwolf Partners, an early stage Cleantech venture firm.

As a venture capital investor since the age of 24, Alex has worked on all aspects of making and growing portfolio investments from seed stage through IPO/acquisition. Alex has served as an investment professional and senior manager at JPMorgan Partners, Hambrecht & Quist's venture unit and Vietnam Fund Management Company with responsibility for managing staff, developing investment processes and overseeing firm operations.

Alex has also been deeply involved with growing non-profit organizations. Since 1992, Alex has served as founding Chairman and President of National Youth Leadership Forum, a leading non-profit company that organizes career-oriented educational programs for more than 20,000 American high school and college students annually. Alex has served as a board member of the National Peace Foundation since 2000. Alex is a member of the Advisory Council of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University and the Industrial Advisory Board of the Department of Materials Engineering at CalPoly.

Alex lectures frequently on venture capital financing, entrepreneurship and sustainable technologies.

Alex earned a B.A. degree in International Relations and Asian Studies from Tulane University, studied at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and holds an MBA from Cornell University. Alex currently resides in San Francisco.