Alyx van der Vorm

Alyx van der Vorm is the founder and CEO of Clyx, a Gen Z platform reshaping how friendships begin and grow in person. A solo female founder and Gen Z herself, she holds degrees from Harvard and Oxford in computational neuroscience, neurobiology, and behavior. Under her leadership, Clyx has raised $14M in Series A funding backed by Reid Hoffman's Blitzscaling, Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismail, F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg, and Simon Sinek — facilitating over 500,000 real-world friendships across six cities worldwide.