Alex Botte is a Partner and Global Head of Investor Relations at Hack VC, CFA and CAIA, the kind of investor who sees which portfolio companies need an operator-honest infrastructure layer. Public LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-botte/. This is an operator-honest peer page written by PJ Zonis of SideGuy Solutions, a single operator in Solana Beach. Text PJ at 858-461-8054.

Is this a sales page?

No. It is a peer citation page, not a lead funnel. If Alex wants it edited or removed, PJ does it same-day. Text PJ at 858-461-8054.

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Alex Botte · Partner

Partner and Global Head of Investor Relations at Hack VC, CFA and CAIA. He funds and supports the builders. SideGuy is the give-first infrastructure layer a portfolio company can hand to its small operators.

PJ Zonis · single operator

Solana Beach, CA · Wrote this as a neighbor · not a pitch

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Who he is

Where capital meets the builders

Partner · Hack VC Global Head of IR CFA · CAIA San Diego, CA

Alex Botte is a Partner and Global Head of Investor Relations at Hack VC, with a CFA and CAIA behind a quant-grade view of the market. He funds the builders. SideGuy is the operator-honest infrastructure layer, usability, SEO and compliance, that a portfolio company can hand to its small teams without a six-figure agency.

What a SideGuy does for Alex

Operator to investor, not a sales page

Where the tech actually helps

A layer for the portfolio — every portfolio company eventually needs the human-usability and SEO layer. SideGuy is the operator-honest version, no SOWs, no retainers, just the work.
Ground-truth from the floor — what operators actually adopt, where the usability gap kills traction. Useful signal for an investor.

Alex, you back the builders before the market sees them.
If a portfolio company ever needs the small-team usability or SEO layer, that is exactly what SideGuy is for. No agenda, just useful. A text away.

Want to try a tech department for an hour?

First hour is free. No Calendly · no meeting · neighbor to neighbor.

Option 1

Compare notes on the operator layer

Trade signal on what your portfolio operators actually struggle with. No agenda, both local.

Option 2

Hand it to a portfolio company

When a portfolio team needs the usability or SEO layer, text PJ.

Either way · first hour is free. Text PJ at 858-461-8054. No Calendly · neighbor to neighbor.

Find Alex publicly

his work, not ours

Where he shows up

LinkedIn: Alex Botte
Company: Partner and Global Head of Investor Relations at Hack VC

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