# Alex Blumberg, Co-Founder and CEO

> Alex Blumberg, Co-Founder and CEO. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-blumberg (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

New York City, US · Angel

# Alex Blumberg

Co-Founder and CEO

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 2 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 3 +1 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator
- **Linked to a firm** No firm on record
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Descript](https://millionrounds.com/company/descript)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Gimlet Media, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director on 3 filings · since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raising **American Podcasting Corp** Executive Officer, Director on 2 filings · since 2014

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) · 1 Apr 2026 · 39 min Alex Blumberg on Turning Buildings into Grid Assets with DaisyChain Energy With [Alex Blumberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-blumberg) About this episode Alex Blumberg is Co-founder and CEO of DaisyChain Energy, a company building a hardware-enabled software platform that turns commercial buildings into flexible grid assets. Best known as the founder of Gimlet Media and co-creator of Planet Money, Blumberg’s second venture focuses on solving one… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) · 13 Feb 2023 · 1h 3m Alex Blumberg With [Alex Blumberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-blumberg) About this episode Today's guest is Alex Blumberg, who is most recently the co-host of the climate change-focused podcast, How to Save a Planet. Alex was co-founder and CEO of Gimlet Media, which was acquired by Spotify in 2019. Alex has a history of unpacking incredibly complex systemic issues and making them… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 21 Oct 2019 · 1h 24m Gimlet Media: Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber With [Alex Blumberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-blumberg) About this episode Alex Blumberg made his early career by helping build two of the most successful shows in radio and podcasting: Planet Money and This American Life. In 2014, convinced that podcasts could make money, he walked away from the safe umbrella of public media to start a new media company with co-founder… Listen on Apple Podcasts

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Alex Blumberg in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 15 Jan 2016 · 24 min 20 VC FF 030: Gimlet Media's Matt Lieber on The Future of Podcasting and Life @ Gimlet Mentions [Tim O'Reilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-o-reilly)[Alex Blumberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-blumberg) About this episode Matt Lieber is cofounder and President of Gimlet Media. In a previous life, Matt produced radio shows (On Point, Fair Game) and podcasts (Slate Culture Gabfest). He also worked as a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, where he focused on media and digital business. Then he… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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