# Alyx van der Vorm

> Alyx van der Vorm is the founder and CEO of Clyx, a social app for discovering local events, making plans with existing friends and meeting new people. She studied neuroscience at Harvard, co-authored research on voter-registration website accessibility, and serves as an expert judge at MassChallenge. Clyx began in 2020 and announced a $14 million Series A in 2025.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Clyx
- **Organizations:** Clyx, MassChallenge
- **Nationality:** Dutch
- **Education:** BA, Neuroscience; minor in Government, Harvard University, University of Oxford
- **Known for:** Double John Harvard Scholar and Detur Prize winner, recorded in her Technology Science author biography., Co-author of published voter-registration website accessibility research., Led Clyx through a $14 million Series A announced in September 2025.

## Career timeline

- **2020** — Began building Clyx; Crunchbase dates the founder role to November 2020.
- **2021** — Co-authored The Inaccessibility of Many State Voter Registration Websites with Jinyan Zang and Juan Guzman.
- **2022** — Completed her Harvard BA and pursued Clyx full time; Clyx beta-launched in Miami.
- **2023** — Clyx launched in London; began an expert-judge role at MassChallenge.
- **2025** — Clyx announced a $14 million Series A led by Blitzscaling Ventures.
- **2026** — Spoke at MAU Vegas and published writing on community and brand partnerships.

## Achievements

- Double John Harvard Scholar and Detur Prize winner, recorded in her Technology Science author biography.
- Co-author of published voter-registration website accessibility research.
- Led Clyx through a $14 million Series A announced in September 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Listed as a speaker at MAU Vegas on May 21 for From Audience to Community: Turning IRL Connection into a Growth Channel.
- **2026-08** — An August 23 Forbes profile reported approximately 500,000 monthly active Clyx members and $1.4 million in 2025 revenue.
- **2026-08** — Published Community 101: What Brands Get Wrong About Building Belonging on August 25.

## Links

- Website: https://www.clyx.app/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyxvdv

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Last updated: 2026-10-10