Alex Bouaziz

Experience

Deel2019 – now

1. Co-founder and CEO2019 – now

   Co-founded Deel with Shuo Wang; the company went through Y Combinator's Winter 2019 batch.1DeelY Combinator

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Sarona Ventures2016 – now

1. Founding Partner2016 – now

   Since February 2018 he sits only on the fund's investment committees, not its day-to-day work.2Alex Bouaziz on LinkedInLinkedIn

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Lifeslice2016 – 2018

1. Co-founder and CEO2016 – 2018

   A Tel Aviv startup making a mobile app for collaborative videos with friends and a tool for brands to collect videos from their community.2Alex Bouaziz on LinkedInLinkedIn

Imperial College London2015 – 2016

1. Researcher, Environmental Engineering2015 – 2016

   Worked on drinking water treatment technology sponsored by the five main UK water companies.2Alex Bouaziz on LinkedInLinkedIn

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology2013 – 2015

Master's degree, Civil and Environmental Engineering; also took classes at MIT Sloan and Harvard Business School2Alex Bouaziz on LinkedInLinkedIn

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology2009 – 2013

BSc, Civil and Environmental Engineering, magna cum laude2Alex Bouaziz on LinkedInLinkedIn

Y Combinator2019

Winter 2019 batch, with Deel1DeelY Combinator

Recognition

Milestones

1. 2013Starts a master's at MIT, where he meets his future co-founder Shuo Wang5Meet Alex Bouaziz, the Israeli entrepreneur behind Deel's $17 billion successYnetnews
2. 2016Leaves a PhD program at Imperial College London to start his own company3Who is the CEO of Deel?Deel
3. Sep 2016Co-founds the video startup Lifeslice and becomes a founding partner of Sarona Ventures2Alex Bouaziz on LinkedInLinkedIn
4. 2019Co-founds Deel with Shuo Wang; it joins Y Combinator's Winter 2019 batch1DeelY Combinator
5. May 2020Deel raises a $14 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz6Deel raises $14M Series A, adds new COOFinancial Advisor
6. Apr 2021Deel raises $156 million at a $1.25 billion valuation7Remote hiring startup Deel raises $156M at a $1.25B valuation after 20x growth in 2020TechCrunch
7. May 2022Deel raises $50 million at a reported $12 billion valuation; Bouaziz says it has passed $100 million in annual recurring revenue8Fueled by the remote work revolution, Deel more than doubles valuation to $12B with new raiseTechCrunch
8. Mar 2025Rippling sues Deel and several of its executives, including Bouaziz, alleging corporate espionage; Deel denies wrongdoing10Deel's countersuit against RipplingTechCrunch
9. Apr 2025Deel files its own lawsuit against Rippling in Delaware Superior Court10Deel's countersuit against RipplingTechCrunch
10. Oct 2025Deel raises a $300 million Series E at a $17.3 billion valuation, co-led by Ribbit Capital and Andreessen Horowitz9Deel's $300M Series E at a $17.3B valuationTechCrunch
11. Nov 2025Deel appoints former Intuit executive Joe Kauffman as president and CFO5Meet Alex Bouaziz, the Israeli entrepreneur behind Deel's $17 billion successYnetnews

Skills

• Start-ups
• Entrepreneurship
• New Business Development
• Project Management
• Public Speaking
• Environmental Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Water Treatment
• Wastewater Treatment
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Python
• MATLAB

Volunteering