116 Street Ventures: Portfolio, So Far

Ludwig Pierre Schulze leads Alumni Ventures’ Office of Institutional Partnerships globally, serving corporate, sovereign, and family office investors with tailored strategies drawn from the firm’s 1,500+ portfolio companies. In his prior role, he managed multiple portfolios, with investments including Precision Neuroscience, HawkEye 360 (NYSE: HAWK), and Kapital.

Before Alumni Ventures, Ludwig founded an enterprise payments startup, weathering the highs and lows of building from zero to serve 12 million users in Asia. At Nokia, he was General Manager of the Digital Financial Services division and invested in startups while in Corporate Development. Ludwig began in venture capital at Groupe Arnault during the dot-com boom and bust. He started his career at The Boston Consulting Group.

Ludwig holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is based in New York City.

Andrew worked at Alumni Ventures from April 2021 to August 2025. Andrew has over a decade of experience in alternative investments, including roles as an investor, board advisor, and limited partner across venture capital and private equity. In addition, he previously founded an online lending platform that incorporated machine learning into consumer credit underwriting. Prior to joining Alumni Ventures, Andrew was an investor at Mithril Capital, a multi-stage global investment firm backed by Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal & Founders Fund), where he focused on deep tech and enterprise software investments. He began his career as a CPA with Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young. Andrew holds a BBA from Baylor University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.