Alex Trabulsi
Mobilizes and deploys capital for impact-driven ventures globally. Her work spans fundraising strategy, investor relations, portfolio support, and direct investment in early-stage companies building at the intersection of technology and social good.With 15+ years leading philanthropy across organizations like Acumen, Fast Forward, and the American Heart Association, Alex works with philanthropists, nonprofits, fund managers, and founders to design strategies that convert aligned interest into committed capital and sustained growth.
Background
Alex has spent her career mobilizing capital at the intersection of entrepreneurship, technology, and social impact. She brings deep expertise in fundraising, partnership development, and capital strategy, honed through leadership roles at premier impact organizations.Alex began her career at the American Heart Association, where she led major campaigns including the Research Roundtable and Cor Vitae, an ultra-high-net-worth giving society. She worked closely with Silicon Valley philanthropists, investors, and tech companies to fund critical cardiovascular research and improve corporate wellness programs.She then joined Code2040, where she led a national 8-figure growth campaign to build a more inclusive innovation economy, mobilizing capital to support underrepresented talent in the tech sector.At Acumen, a global impact investing organization, Alex spent seven years leading philanthropy and partner engagement across the capital spectrum—from pure philanthropy to sector-specific impact investing in areas like climate, workforce development, and health. She led strategic development of a $100M campaign and drove donor engagement strategies that immersed philanthropists in a transformative journey to hone their philanthropic vision, embed them in the context of global impact, and build a global community of like-minded changemakers.Most recently, as Vice President of Partnerships at Fast Forward, an accelerator for tech nonprofits, Alex mobilized capital from major foundations and corporates to advance AI for social good, while advising founders on capital formation and partnership strategy.Beyond organizational roles, Alex is an active angel investor and advisor to early-stage founders, with a growing focus on purpose-driven companies, women's health, and platforms that expand access and opportunity. She participates in multiple investing syndicates, including The Council, where she sources deals, conducts diligence, and invests directly in founders building purpose-driven companies. Additionally, Alex served on the board of the Junior League of San Francisco as Executive Vice President, overseeing grantmaking and community impact. She also supports fellowship programs at Stanford Graduate School of Business that advance social innovation and impact entrepreneurship.
Consulting Services
Alex works with nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, fund managers, and social entrepreneurs who are building the next generation of impact-driven organizations. Her consulting focuses on refining capital strategy, strengthening fundraising narratives, and mobilizing the relationships that fuel sustainable growth.
Services Include:Fundraising Narrative & Positioning
Clarifying the core story for both philanthropic and investment audiences.
Alex helps leaders articulate how their mission translates into fundable, scalable opportunities—whether they're running a nonprofit, launching a fund, or building a social enterprise. This work includes message development, audience segmentation, and positioning strategy that converts interest into committed capital.Capital Strategy & Targeting
Defining the right mix of funding sources and identifying high-potential donor and investor profiles.
Alex helps organizations understand who to approach, when, and with what ask—building strategies that prioritize momentum, credibility, and long-term sustainability rather than chasing every possible opportunity.Outreach & Engagement Planning
Designing practical, near-term roadmaps for relationship-building and capital raising.
This includes warm-intro strategies, conversation sequencing, event concepting, and creating materials that position leaders as trusted partners worth investing in. The goal is to build pipeline and credibility simultaneously.Readiness & Systems Assessment
Identifying gaps that may hinder fundraising success before they become roadblocks.
Alex assesses operational readiness, partnership infrastructure, and internal capacity to ensure organizations are positioned to absorb capital and deliver on their promises to funders and investors.
Investing & Portfolio Support
Alex works across the capital formation lifecycle—both as a direct investor and as a fractional team member for fund managers building their investor relations and portfolio platform operations.
Angel InvestingAlex is an active angel investor with a focus on early-stage companies building at the intersection of health, Femtech, consumer products, and mission-aligned technology. She participates in multiple investing syndicates, including The Council, where she sources opportunities, conducts early-stage diligence, and invests directly in founders.Her approach to investing mirrors her consulting work: she looks for founders with strategic clarity, compelling narratives, and the ability to build trusted relationships with customers, investors, and partners. She values companies that combine commercial viability with a broader sense of purpose—whether that's expanding access to healthcare, creating economic opportunity, or building platforms that shift how people live and work.
Fractional Investor Relations & Portfolio SupportDrawing on her experience in global impact investing, accelerator and Fellowship portfolio support, and direct investing, Alex works fractionally with fund managers to build and run their investor relations and portfolio platform functions.This includes executing LP engagement strategies, managing investor communications and reporting, designing and implementing portfolio support programming, organizing events and convenings that deepen community, and creating systems that extend value across the portfolio beyond capital deployment.She embeds with emerging fund managers who need experienced capacity to professionalize their investor relations—building the infrastructure, managing the relationships, and executing the touchpoints that keep LPs engaged and position the fund for continued growth. The work is hands-on: she's bringing on LPs, managing the CRM, writing the updates, planning the events, and building the relationships that turn a fund into a community.
