Alex Gordon-Furse

portday

Portday is an AI-powered platform built just for shipping agents.

It automates your Proforma & Final Disbursement Accounts (PDA/FDA), handles port tariff updates, invoice reconciliation, document generation and more.

It does this all from one clean software product so that you can spend less time on manual data entry and more time managing your clients.

Co-Founder & CEO

Playmaker

Intelligent document processing for traditional industries, with customers across Financial Services, Real Estate, Logistics and more. 

After finding a specific need in the maritime logistics industry in late 2024, we decided to focus fully on that industry in early 2025.

Stealth Startup

Refining my opinions on where the world is going, and learning what people will need more of :)

Building something new

Community Hacked

Founded and ran a side project with a few of my friends where we built a global community of the best community builders & experts. 

Ran many events where I interviewed the global heads of community from companies like Salesforce, Notion, Peloton, Airtable, Canva, Zendesk and many more.

Co-Creator / Founder

Startup Grind

CSO for Startup Grind global: the world’s largest startup community across 600 locations in 120 countries.

Helped thousands of pre-seed and seed-stage startups gain access to funding, mentorship and customers.

Closed several $million in sales relating to innovation and sponsorship with some of the world's biggest tech brands like Microsoft and Snowflake during my time there.

We also ran the largest tech conference in Silicon Valley, hosting speakers like the founders/CEOs of Google, OpenAI, Zoom, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Uber, A16Z, Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital and many more.

Chief Strategy Officer

VP Sales & Startups

Director, Startup Programs

SG DAO

Built a DAO (Decentralised Autonomous Organisation) that aimed to be the world's first truly community-owned accelerator. 

Pivoted into a community-backed micro VC run by Startup Grind that invested into pre-seed and seed-stage companies. 

We made 8 investments before I left in Feb '23

Co-Founder & Co-Lead

Multiple startups

Angel investor in companies like Bevy (https://www.bevy.com/), Odin (https://www.joinodin.com/), Goodloans (https://www.goodloans.co/) and Paus (https://paus.tv/).

Angel Investor (temporarily paused)

Freshworks Inc. (formerly Freshdesk)

Led Freshservice (Freshworks's fastest-growing product) GTM in UK&I

One of the 5 winners of the first ever President’s Club in 2017.

Freshworks IPO'd in 2021 on NASDAQ under the ticker FRSH

Head of UK & I Sales

2nd hire in EMEA

Worked on developing and executing the go-to-market

Accenture

Front-to-back systems transformation project at UBS Investment Bank and blockchain research project for a presentation to the board of HSBC UK.

Won multiple awards as a top-performing Analyst at both Accenture and UBS Investment Bank.

Business & Systems Integration Consultant

iris worldwide

Worked on the ideation and development phases of projects for the Adidas and Durex accounts.

Account Management Intern

Co-Founder at Playmaker

Empowering shipping agents from across the world to transform their operations with AI.

Learn more at https://www.portday.com/

Co-Founder/Co-Lead

Aiming to be the world's first community-owned accelerator, and has recently pivoted into being an LP in the new community-backed Micro VC run by Startup Grind that is investing into pre-seed and seed-stage companies.

Startup Program
- Leading the global startup membership with 8k+ vetted founders
- Planning and execution of a startup exhibition program at our annual Global conference - startup booths, pitch opportunities, investor meetings etc
Partnerships
- Identifying & onboarding the right partners, who are looking to work with our startup community. These partners help startups leverage their products as they scale, resulting in a win-win for the startup and the partner

Senior Manager, Startup Program & Partnerships

- Leading the Global Startup Program Membership
- Managing lead generation & membership benefit delivery to startup members from across the world
- Also helping Startup Grind build partnerships with larger companies who are looking to engage with the startup ecosystem

Partnerships Manager & Startup Program Lead

- Helping corporate partners leverage our global startup community via the partner membership program
- Managing vetting & lead generation for our newly launched startup program membership

Partnerships & Startup Program, Exhibition Lead

- Managing lead generation & overall startup exhibitions for our 2 flagship conferences in London & Silicon Valley every year
- Helping build a year round startup program membership for the SG global community

Startup Program, Exhibition Lead

- Helped build a new Startup Program from scratch
- Spent hundreds of hours interviewing startups from across the world
- Managed half of the exhibiting startups at the SG Global Conference 2019 in Silicon Valley

Startup Program, Business Development

b-Easy Solutions India Private Ltd

- b-Easy is an online marketplace for aggregating all core construction materials under one platform
- Helped build the company from scratch and managed multiple teams
- Helped scale from 0 to around ₹50M in monthly turnover

Co-Founder

Kotak Securities

Worked on Discounted Cashflow Valuations (DCF) of listed companies

Finance Intern

With over 6 years of experience in the startup ecosystem, I am passionate about supporting and empowering entrepreneurs around the world. As Senior Manager of the Startup Program at Startup Grind, the largest community of startups, founders, and innovators, I lead the global startup membership program and the partnerships with companies that offer valuable products and services to our members. My mission is to help startups grow, learn, and connect through our events, media, and online platforms.

In my current role, I am responsible for planning and executing the startup exhibition program at our annual Global conference, where we showcase the most promising startups to investors, media, and potential customers. I also identify and onboard the right partners who are looking to work with our startup community and provide them with opportunities to engage, educate, and support our members. Some of the skills that I use daily are customer service, management, and strategic planning. I enjoy working with a diverse and talented team that shares my vision of making a positive impact in the world through entrepreneurship.

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