For the second year in a row, Alumni Ventures was named the most active VC in the U.S. and third globally in the 2023 PitchBook Global League Tables! Thank you to our investors, entrepreneurs, and dedicated employees for making this possible. See the full rankings below!
Alumni Ventures
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Manchester, NH 43,947 followers
Alumni Ventures is America's Largest Venture Capital Firm for Individual Investors.
About us
Alumni Ventures is America’s largest venture firm for individual investors. Founded in 2014, we offer professional-grade venture capital portfolios to individual investors. • #1 Most Active Venture Firm in the US (PitchBook '22 & '23) • Top 20 Venture Firm (CB Insights '24) • World's Most Innovative Companies (Fast Company '22) • Portfolio of 1,300 venture-backed companies • 120 full-time employees, including 40 full-time, experienced venture investors Investors receive high-quality venture portfolios of 20-30 companies for as little as $10,000. Founders receive exclusive access through our CEO Services to our large network of 650,000 community members and 6,000 Expert Community.
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https://av-funds.com/3C3BkNb
External link for Alumni Ventures
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Manchester, NH
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2013
- Specialties
- Venture Capital and Alumni Investing
Locations
Employees at Alumni Ventures
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Lawrence Jen, CFA (任乐思)
Managing Partner @ Anderson Angels | Single Family Office Investment Leadership
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Brian Keil
Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures Group
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Brian Hughes
Public Company Board and Audit Committee Chair, Experienced Advisor to VC and PE-backed portfolio companies and Retired Partner KPMG
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David Shapiro
Founding Managing Partner at Blue Ivy Ventures, an Alumni Ventures fund
Updates
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On this episode of the Tech Optimist Podcast, hear from AV Managing Partner Laura (Bordewieck) Rippy and CoFounder & CEO of Flexe, Karl Siebrecht, as they discuss the journey from startup to industry leader. Learn how Flexe’s platform is redefining logistics and the benefits of shifting towards more adaptable business operations. Stream now on your preferred platform: https://lnkd.in/e2yQUPih.
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Managing Partner Ray W. recently joined top leaders in venture capital and #AI at the Ai4 conference in Las Vegas to speak on the rapidly evolving AI market and strategies for identifying promising startups. Read about some of the key trends from the conference below!
At the Ai4 conference in Las Vegas, key figures from Citi Ventures, Pinegrove Capital Partners, Alumni Ventures, Blitzscaling Ventures, and Radical Ventures discussed the evolving AI market and how they are identifying promising startups. Here are some of the most important trends from the conference 👇 https://adweek.it/3YGshR5
VCs Dish on Startup Red Flags, AI-Resistant Sectors, and How They Choose Where to Place AI Bets
adweek.com
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Inc. Magazine has unveiled its #Inc5000, a list of America's fastest-growing private companies, and several AV portfolio companies made the cut, including StatusPRO, Enable, Capital Rx, and more. Explore the complete list and discover the companies driving success ⬇
They thrived in spite of the pandemic, inflation, and supply chain woes. These are the companies building the future. Meet this year's #Inc5000, the fastest-growing private companies in America 🎉🎉 See the full list: https://trib.al/vCNSap9
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Explore how Neuralink, #AI, and #GLP-1 drugs are driving the future of healthcare in the latest episode of the Tech Optimist podcast. Discover how these innovations are at the forefront of medical and technological progress. Stream now 🎧: https://lnkd.in/eub3auTW.
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Sit down with three visionary founders—Meg Reiss, Founder and CEO of SolidIntel Inc., Fernando Rodriguez-Villa, Co-founder & CEO of AdeptID, and Anthony Tassone, CEO & Co-founder of Truleo—as they share their go-to interview questions and the valuable insights they uncover. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from these industry leaders and sharpen your interview skills: https://lnkd.in/eU9DaaZE.
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Congratulations to portfolio company Sahara AI on its $43M fundraise to build a collaborative #AI economy! This funding marks a significant step toward a future where AI is open, equitable, and secure through its decentralized AI blockchain platform. We're proud to be part of this journey alongside an incredible group of investors and AI visionaries. Learn more below!
Sahara AI raised $43M to build a collaborative AI economy! Co-led by Pantera, Binance Labs, and Polychain Capital, this funding brings us closer to a future of open, equitable, and secure AI through our decentralized AI blockchain platform. We also saw participation from Samsung Next, Sequoia Capital, Matrix, dao5, GeekCartel, Nomad Capital, SCB 10X, Canonical, Mirana Ventures, Foresight Ventures, Aegis ventures, Dispersion Capital, Tangent, Alumni Ventures, among others. Moreover, we're proud to have the support from the brightest minds in AI like: - Laksh Vaaman Sehgal from Motherson Group - Rohan Taori from Anthropic & Stanford University AI Labs - Teknium from Nous Research - Vipul Ved Prakash from Together AI - Elvis Z. from Midjourney - and more Whether you're an AI enthusiast, a data scientist, a business leader, or simply passionate about the potential of technology to change the world, there's a place for you in the collaborative AI economy! Check out our Twitter to be part of the conversation! https://lnkd.in/gS5PeSeB
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We're thrilled to share that portfolio company Consensus recently secured $11M in funding to advance their #AI-driven search tool for academics. Consensus aims to transform how scientific research is accessed and utilized, bringing powerful AI tools to the academic community. This new funding will help them continue to innovate and expand their impact on how we consume and interact with research. Read the full article from Bloomberg below!
We are thrilled to share with the world that we have raised $11.5M in Series A funding led by Union Square Ventures! Alongside USV is an amazing group of investors joining the round like Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross (NFDG), Kevin Carter (Night Capital), lead seed investor Draper Associates and more. Scientific research is the most valuable source of knowledge humans have ever created. Yet - there is no easy way to search and consume it. We have built Consensus to change this. We’ve been humbled by the thousands of stories we’ve heard from users about how Consensus has helped them - from distinguished scientists to high-school students. To our amazing users, thank you. This round of funding enables us to expand our team of science-loving engineers and operators to double down on building the best scientific search engine ever. Consensus is just getting started. Read more on our fundraise here: https://lnkd.in/ga2w6iNR
Consensus Nabs $11 Million to Build AI Search Engine for Academics
bloomberg.com
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Congratulations to portfolio company Aalo Atomics on their impressive fundraising round! Aalo is at the forefront of driving a clean energy future for all, consistently innovating and redefining what's possible. We're eager to see what the second atomic age holds. Read more below! ⬇
Very excited to announce that Aalo has closed a $27M Series A! We’re honored to be partnering with an incredible group of investors going into this next chapter. The future of nuclear is bright, and Aalo is just getting started. We’re on a mission to make small nuclear reactors in large factories. This will enable predictable low costs and short construction timelines, making clean energy a reality, any place, any time. Here’s what resonated most with our backers: ➡️ Speed: We raised our $6M Seed just about a year ago, and in the past 9 months we've scaled the team to 15 ppl, finished conceptual design of our reactor, signed a Siting MOU with the DOE, and submitted our REP to the NRC with agreement from a first customer. ➡️ Technology: Compelling economics thanks to high fuel energy density, simplified reactor inherent safety, and a focus on factory manufacturability from day 1. There exists an optimal balance between economy of numbers and economy of scale in nuclear, and we intend to find it. ➡️ Team: Highly experienced and credible team. Many worked on MARVEL program, and delivered first DOE authorization for construction of a new reactor since the DOE was formed in 1977. VP of Regulatory Affairs who helped pioneer the modern RIPB licensing framework used by most advanced nuclear companies today. (And more). ➡️ Master Plan: Unique strategy around go-to-market, regulatory approval, and technical de-risking. More to be announced here soon! Interested in joining the team, partnering, or visiting us in Austin or Idaho Falls? Please do reach out! 👋 And once again, thanks to Fifty Years, Valor Equity Partners, Harpoon Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, SNR, Alumni Ventures, Preston-Werner Ventures, Earth Venture Capital, Garage Capital, Wayfinder Ventures, Jeff Dean, Nucleation Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Tyler Knight, Wheeler Gibson, Matthew Bellamy, Abhay Venkatesh, Guthrie Gintzler, Matt Sweeney, Calvin French-Owen, and some that we can't speak of publicly. Kudos to the whole Aalo Atomics team, cc Yasir Arafat, Amir Afzali, Richard Williams, MSME, MBA, P.E., Jeff Jones, Luke Andrew, Kyle Francis, Gavin Ridley, Asmaa Salem Farag, Kerwin G., Wheeler Gibson, Matt Hansink, and Nick Costelloe Blog post here: https://lnkd.in/gA-ahx7z
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