# Alex Tew, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman > Alex Tew, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-tew (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) GB · Angel # Alex Tew Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman at [Calm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/calm) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** - with regulators - **Podcasts:** 2 +1 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - **On filings** No filing names them - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Calm - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=alex-tew)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=alex-tew) ## The firm [**Calm** Investment firm · US **0** cheques in 12 months **0** all time **0** led unknown](https://millionrounds.com/fund/calm) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Humanity](https://millionrounds.com/startup/humanity) ## Also at Calm - [**David Ko** CEO and Board Member *4 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-ko) - [**Alexander Will** President *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexander-will) - [**Carlos Carranza** Founder & CEO *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/carlos-carranza) - [**Danny Wit** Managing Partner & Founder *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/danny-wit) - [**Mads Johnsen** Operating Executive *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/mads-johnsen) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 26 May 2025 · 1h 22m Calm: Alex Tew and Michael Acton Smith With [Alex Tew](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-tew) Mentions [Matthew McConaughey](https://millionrounds.com/person/matthew-mcconaughey) About this episode As a young entrepreneur in the Wild West days of the internet, Alex Tew was drawn to meditation for its simple calming power. Together with fellow tech founder Michael Acton Smith–known for hits like Moshi Monsters–the two brainstormed ways to bring the ancient practice of meditation into the 21st… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 11 Sept 2020 · 36 min 20VC: Calm Founder Alex Tew on What It Takes To Build Viral Products Today, The Current State of Customer Acquisition Costs, What Makes The Best Brands With [Alex Tew](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-tew) Mentions [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher)[Jason Calacanis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-calacanis)[Brad Feld](https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-feld)[Harry Styles](https://millionrounds.com/person/harry-styles)[Peter Fenton](https://millionrounds.com/person/peter-fenton) About this episode Alex Tew is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO @ Calm, the #1 App for Meditation and Sleep allowing you to find your calm, sleep more, stress less and live better. To date, the company has raised over $143M in funding from some of the best including Lightspeed, Insight, TPG and then some very cool names… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Alex Tew in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 1 Nov 2019 · 1h 2m E996: Clearbit CEO & Co-founder Alex MacCaw is creating god-mode for marketers with Clearbit X, gives insights on dynamic customer targeting, prioritizing profitability over valuation, GDPR's adverse effect on Facebook & Google, value of aggregated data With [Alex MacCaw](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-maccaw) Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant)[Alex Tew](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-tew) About this episode 0:58 Jason intros Alex MacCaw 2:26 What is Clearbit? 8:53 What are some Clearbit use cases? 12:48 Benefits of cashflow positivity in terms of fundraising 15:39 How Jason felt about Alex Tew's Calm investor updates 18:59 GDPRs effect on Clearbit and the industry as a whole 27:37 How did Alex go from… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=alex-tew). ## Find people like Alex Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)