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America's largest venture firm
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Let our expert team handle it. Our award-winning investment professionals will build a diversified portfolio of venture-backed companies.

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You make your own investment decisions. You’ll see 1-2 deals per month, including all AV diligence materials, and select which companies you want to invest in.

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Notable News

🏆Leading the Path in Private Markets

July 08, 2025 | Read More >>
How AV is Democratizing Venture Capital

🚀 AV portfolio company Circle goes IPO.

June 5, 2025 | Read More >>
Proud investors since 2018 and excited for what’s next.
Reuters: Circle’s shares surge in blowout NYSE debut

🚀 AV portfolio company OfferFit acquired.

June 2, 2025 | Read More >>
Proud investors since 2021 and looking ahead boldly.
Business Wire: Braze Completes Acquisition of OfferFit

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About Alumni Ventures

We are a venture capital firm that provides accredited investors & institutions with access to professionally-managed, diversified venture portfolios. Our network is among the largest and most well-connected in the industry.

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$1.3B+ capital raised since founding in 2014
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Diversified historical portfolio of 1,400+ venture-backed companies, adding ~250 / year
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10,500 individual accredited investors already trust us with their venture investing

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Top quartile and decile performance track record*
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Network of 850k+ investors, entrepreneurs, & community members
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5 national offices & ~40 full-time venture investors

2022 Pitchbook Global League Tables, 2023 Pitchbook Global League Tables

The Top 20 venture investors in North America

*Top-Quartile for AV Fund vintages 2016-2020 as of September 30, 2024. Top Quartile ranking against Cambridge Associates’ peer group for venture capital, according to the Distributions to Paid-in Capital (DPI) metric. Top-Quartile for 2016 vintage was .77 for Cambridge Associates peer group and .72 for Alumni Ventures funds. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

50 ventures from the Alumni Ventures portfolio that we’re excited about for 2025

Invest in Startups Like the Apex 50

Accredited investors can invest in startups like the Apex 50 with Alumni Ventures. Talk with a Senior Partner about our portfolio of over 1,400 companies from Bluesky to Groq to Goodles to learn more about becoming an investor.

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(650) 410-8600

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The Power of a Network

Venture capital has always been about connections and deal access. Our network, united by alumni connections and an interest in entrepreneurship, generates value via powerful flywheels.

Pitchbook states that well-connected VCs see better returns. Read more.

Why VC May Belong in Your Portfolio

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VC has outperformed the public market equivalents over the past 5, 15, and 25 years.
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VC has been the top-performing alternative asset class over the last decade.
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VC is largely uncorrelated to the public markets, making it attractive from a portfolio risk-mitigation perspective.
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More value is being created in the private markets than ever before, and the largest endowments and institutions are increasing allocations here.

Sources for the above claims

Returns shown are for the U.S. venture capital asset class, not Alumni Ventures. Venture capital investing involves substantial risk, including risk of loss of all capital invested. Past performance does not guarantee future results. SOURCE: Cambridge Associates Index and Select Benchmark Statistics, Sept 30, 2024

Why Investors Choose Alumni Ventures

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Top quartile and decile performance track record (1)
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Professional Fund Administration
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Education & Engagement Opportunities

(1) Performance data is from Cambridge Associates Venture Benchmarks and is as of 09/30/24. Industry Top Quartile as determined by Cambridge Associates. Distributions to Paid-In Capital (DPI) for AV Funds and Industry Top Quartile is net of management fees and net of incentive allocations applied to amounts distributed to investors. For additional information on Cambridge Associates and the data and calculations, see av-funds.com/disclosures.

AV Co-Invests with Experienced Venture Firms

250+ investments with leading VCs and many with other top-quartile firms.

These leading venture firms have backed some of the most successful companies in the world.
Co-investors are shown for illustrative purposes only, do not represent all co-investors with which Alumni Ventures has invested, and are not necessarily indicative of future co-investors. The identity of a co-investor does not guarantee investment quality or performance.