2x founder

Alex Southmayd

Founder @ Bloomy (YC S26) | TFA alum | Helping kids learn faster

Founder

Bloomy· Summer 2026 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

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2026Founder· Bloomy (YC S26)

Founder · since 2012

Company

Bloomy (YC S26)

Role

Founder

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

San Francisco, CA

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Bloomy

AI-powered mastery learning for K-12

Summer 2026

Experience

Career

Bloomy (YC S26)
Founder
Founder · San Francisco, CA · 2026 – Present
2026
McKinsey & Company
Engagement Manager · London & San Francisco · 2024 – 2026
2024
McKinsey & Company
Associate · London, United Kingdom · 2022 – 2024
2022
Leland
GMAT & GRE Coach · 2021 – 2022
2021
Pear VC
Fellow · 2020 – 2022
2020
Manhattan Prep
GMAT & GRE Instructor · Boston, MA · 2018 – 2021
2018
Lyft
Senior Team Lead, Local Acquisition · 2019 – 2020
2019
Lyft
Local Acquisition Lead, New England · 2019
2019
Lyft
Business Development Lead, Boston · 2017 – 2019
2017
Lyft
Recruiter · 2015 – 2017
2015
UP Education Network
English Language Arts Teacher · Springfield, MA · 2016 – 2017
2016
Teach For America
Corps Member · 2015 – 2017
2015
Socratic (acquired by Google)
Technology Development Intern · New York, NY · 2013
2013
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Undergraduate Research Fellow · Amherst, MA · 2013
2013
Lore, Inc.
Founder
Campus Founder · 2012
2012
Refugees International
Intern · Washington, DC · 2012
2012
Brain Snacks for Teens on the Go! 50 Smart Ideas to Turbo-Charge Your Life
Author · 2010 – 2011
2010
Epiphany School
Counselor · 2011
2011
Epiphany School
Counselor · 2010
2010

Bio

Founder of Bloomy. Previously 7th grade teacher with Teach For America; GMAT/GRE instructor at Manhattan Prep; Head of Driver Acquisition for Lyft New England (built an acquisition playbook that scaled nationally); Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company (strategy, VC/PE diligence, sales acceleration). MA from Amherst College, M.Ed. from BU, MBA from Stanford GSB