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.

McGill University

Donor Experience Officer

Iqraa Youth Organization

A local NGO located by the border of Syria & Lebanon dedicated to empower communities that are affected by war and poverty. Donations are taken in order to improve the educational support that these children are receiving during these dire circumstances.

Fundraising Consultant - Canada

Meltwater

Meltwater is a global Software as a Service (SaaS) company developing disruptive, no-nonsense software designed to meet the specific needs of businesses around the world. 

Our SaaS solutions help drive efficiency, reduce costs and improve our clients' bottom line. Today, we offer solutions that enable businesses to manage their reputation, target the right journalists, collaborate more effectively, streamline their hiring processes and manage their online marketing campaigns.

Media Intelligence Consultant

Eyes of Damas

Personalized beaded & gold jewelry dedicated to share Damascus’ beauty

Co-Founder

Service Canada

Learning and analyzing the Canadian Government’s federal information and programs. Aiming to help the general public with any enquires in regards to the governments' services.

Information Officer

Narcity Media

Media Correspondent- Reporter

Envie Student

Resident Advisor

Stanstead College

Outdoor Leader

A highly motivated individual with a Bachelor of Communications and minor in Law from Carleton University. Currently working at McGill University's as a Donor Experience Officer.

Looking to make a positive impact in the fields of Communications, Public Relations and fundraising within an established organization which values its employees as well as clients/guests. 

Passionate about reporting social issues in need of awareness by using my voice and fundamental rights to stand up for what I believe in.

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