Allied Venture Syndicate
Investing in Technologies That Protect the Free World
Who Is This For?
Our community and syndicate bring together people looking to support and invest in strategic technologies and private ventures that are vital to protecting allied, trusted, and free nations. Key technologies include: AI, Defense, Energy, Cyber, and Space (to name a few).
Why Join
Get smart. Get access. Get involved.
Members of our syndicate receive curated access to 10–15 venture deals per year — and can choose to invest in any or none. There’s no fund commitment and no pressure. Just opt in when it’s right for you.
It’s free to be in the community and syndicate. Along the way, you’ll receive:
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Deal Flow:
10-15 venture deals per year, all led by strong VCs. - Home
Content:
Short, sharp updates via blogs, webinars, and analysis from trusted voices. - Home
Connections:
An annual in-person gathering in Europe, plus smaller meetups throughout the year. - Home
Founder Access:
Opportunities to meet the teams building the future of autonomy, energy, defense, and infrastructure.
The Types of Ventures We Access for You
Whether you’re looking to invest, learn, or contribute expertise, our syndicate puts you at the center of the action — with a group of interest-aligned peers.
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Mostly Pre-seed to Series B
Preference for startups with early revenue from government or critical infrastructure partners. - Home
Sectors include:
Secure AI/ML, autonomy & robotics, space systems, advanced sensing, grid and energy resilience, cyber-defense, critical infrastructure, hard-tech manufacturing. - Home
Geography:
Primarily non-U.S. strategic startups; with deals from NATO countries, Japan, South Korea, Israel, where IP/export compliance is aligned.
Takes almost no time to sign up through our EasyVestTM process.
Sample Deals:
Below are examples of Allied ventures AV has invested in. We only look at deals that have strong lead investors, with names you’ll recognize for their domain expertise. We do deals from seed through later stages. We like to invest early and put more money to work in the great companies gaining traction.
*Investments are shown for illustrative purposes only, are not necessarily representative of any other AV fund or AV investor experience, and are not accessible to future investors, except potentially in the case of follow-on investment.
How It Works:
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Join the community and syndicate (it’s free)
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Receive ~1 deal per month with access to our due diligence
See our "Why We Are Investing" Video Briefs. Participation is Opt-In. - Home
Participate – as much or as little as you want
Read our blogs and white papers, attend zoom webinars, attend IRL events. - Home
Get Early Access to our Funds
Gain entry to our funds with special terms.
Access Curated Deals Led by Top VC Firms
These firms have co-invested in many deals with Alumni Ventures
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.
Takes almost no time to sign up through our EasyVestTM process.
About Alumni Ventures
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Top-tier and battle-tested.
PitchBook names AV the #1 most active VC in the U.S. (’22–’23) and CB Insights slots us in its 2024 Top 20; our 2016-20 funds sit in Cambridge Associates’ top-quartile performance ranks. - Home
Diversification from day one.
$1.5 B+ deployed across 1,400+ venture-backed companies, with ~250-300 new investments added annually. Spreads risk and upside across stage, sector, and geography. - Home
Co-investing with the best.
AV has partnered on 250+ deals alongside blue-chip firms such as Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, and NEA, giving you similar terms and the benefit of their support. - Home
Network you can lean on.
11,000 accredited investors and an 850,000-strong alumni & entrepreneur community create proprietary deal flow, talent pipelines, and follow-on capital impossible to assemble alone. - Home
Dedicated, nationwide team.
40 full-time venture professionals spread across five U.S. offices source 50-75 fresh opportunities each quarter, vet them rigorously, and present only the deals we commit to doing for our funds.
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Join Us (For Free)
Review Live Deals & Optionally Invest Alongside Alumni Ventures and Other Elite Venture Capital Firms
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Easy Sign Up Process:
Our EasyVest makes accessing deal flow easy as pie, and takes almost no time. - Home
Professional-Grade Deal Access:
Get access to highly-competitive deals typically not available to individuals. - Home
Co-Invest with Elite VCs:
Invest alongside AV and other firms like Andreesen Horowitz, Sequoia, Bessemer, Khosla, and Google. - Home
Exclusive Deal Information:
Review all diligence materials and gain VIP access to live deal discussions with our investment teams. NDA required and enforced.