Webinar
CIO Select Introduction Webinar
Join Mark Edwards, Chief Investment Officer at Alumni Ventures, and Greg Baker, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures, for an introduction to the CIO Select Fund — and a clear-eyed look at how concentrating capital into AV’s highest-conviction portfolio companies works as a venture strategy for accredited investors.
In this session, Mark Edwards, Chief Investment Officer at Alumni Ventures, and Greg Baker, Managing Partner, will introduce the CIO Select Fund — AV’s concentrated follow-on strategy designed to deploy additional capital into the highest-conviction companies already backed across the AV platform. Mark and Greg will walk through how the fund is constructed, the data and signals that drive each follow-on decision, and how CIO Select fits alongside other AV fund options in a venture portfolio.
The conversation will go beyond fund mechanics to share why concentration — when paired with disciplined underwriting and access to existing portfolio data — can be a powerful complement to broader, more diversified venture exposure. Mark and Greg will discuss what they look for when sizing up a follow-on opportunity, how they think about pricing and pacing, and where the strategy sits within today’s market environment.
Whether you’re already familiar with Alumni Ventures or evaluating CIO Select for the first time, this session will give you the foundation you need to understand the fund’s thesis, structure, and fit within a long-term venture allocation. Register to hear directly from the team leading the strategy and bring any questions you’d like addressed during the session.
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Why Attend?
- HomeDiscover how the CIO Select Fund concentrates capital into AV's highest-conviction portfolio companies — and why follow-on access matters
- HomeUnderstand how Mark, Greg, and the team identify, prioritize, and price each follow-on opportunity across the AV platform
- HomeLearn how CIO Select fits alongside AV's other fund options to round out a long-term venture allocation
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About your presenters
Mark Edwards is the Chief Investment Officer at Alumni Ventures. A seasoned private equity executive who was an early investor in AV, Mark has served on the investment committees of Green D Ventures and Spike Ventures since inception. Mark has over 20 years of direct investing experience, having served in leadership roles at Five Peaks Capital Management, JLL Partners (~$4B of capital under management), and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (~$10B of capital under management). He holds an AB with honors from Stanford University and an MBA with distinction from Tuck (Tuck Scholar).
Overview:
Greg began as a Managing Partner with Alumni Ventures in 2017, where he has helped lead more than 100 investments across a wide range of sectors. He is the Founder of Bascom Ventures and also manages Towerview Ventures, Alumni Ventures’ Duke-focused fund, the Foundation Fund, and the CIO Select Fund. His portfolio includes innovative companies such as Axiom Space, SHINE Medical, American Gene Technologies, Juvena Therapeutics, Centaur Health Holdings, Canela Media, and Matchwell.
At Alumni Ventures, Greg has been a generalist investor, but his passion lies in infrastructure—investing in the tools and platforms that will enable and support the next generation of transformative industries, particularly in energy. He is especially interested in how foundational technologies create ripple effects that unlock growth across healthcare, frontier tech, and industrial innovation.
Prior to joining Alumni Ventures, Greg built a successful career as a senior executive across the electrical products, packaging, and chemical industries, with expertise spanning corporate leadership, business development, startups, M&A, and strategic growth. He began his career as a Design Engineer at Texas Instruments before pursuing his MBA at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
Funds actively worked on:
- Bascom Ventures
- Towerview Ventures
- Foundation Fund
- CIO Select Fund
Investment Lens:
Greg’s passion lies in infrastructure—tools and platforms that enable and support the next generation of transformative industries, particularly in energy. He is particularly interested in how foundational technologies create ripple effects that drive growth across:
- Healthcare
- Frontier technologies
- Industrial innovation
Representative investments include:
- Axiom Space (pioneering the commercial space industry)
- Juvena Therapeutics (unlocking regenerative medicines)
- Canela Media (leading digital media company serving Latino audiences)
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