Webinar
CIO Select Investor Update
Join Alumni Ventures’ Chief Investment Officer Mark Edwards and Managing Partner Greg Baker for a closed-door update on the CIO Select Fund — including portfolio activity to date, follow-on positioning across AV’s most promising portfolio companies, and the team’s outlook on where the strategy is heading next.
In this session, Mark Edwards, Chief Investment Officer at Alumni Ventures, and Greg Baker, Managing Partner, will share a behind-the-scenes look at the CIO Select Fund — AV’s concentrated follow-on strategy designed to deploy additional capital into the highest-conviction companies already in the AV portfolio. Mark and Greg will walk through recent investment activity, how the team prioritizes follow-on opportunities, and the data and signals that drive each allocation decision.
The conversation will cover portfolio construction across funds, what the team is seeing across stages and sectors, and how CIO Select fits within AV’s broader investment platform. Mark and Greg will offer a candid view of fund performance to date, the lessons being applied as the portfolio matures, and where they see the most compelling opportunities to lean in over the coming quarters.
This session is intended for current CIO Select and Growth Fund investors, and will provide the level of transparency and detail that AV reserves for its committed LPs. Reserve your spot to hear directly from the team leading the strategy and bring any questions you’d like addressed live.
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Why Attend?
- HomeGet a current portfolio update from the team directly responsible for CIO Select investment decisions
- HomeUnderstand how AV identifies and prioritizes follow-on opportunities within the broader portfolio
- HomeHear where Mark and Greg see the most compelling concentration plays heading into the next phase of the fund
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About your presenters
Mark Edwards is the Chief Investment Officer at Alumni Ventures, a leading venture capital firm managing over $1.5 billion of investor capital. In this capacity, Mr. Edwards directs all investment, portfolio management and capital allocation activity at Alumni Ventures and oversees a team of approximately 40 investment professionals. Prior to joining Alumni Ventures in 2021, Mr. Edwards worked for more than two decades in the private equity industry for firms including DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and JLL Partners. Previously, he was investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He has served on the boards of numerous private companies and is a Director at Alumni Ventures. Mr. Edwards holds a B.A. with Honors from Stanford University and an MBA with Distinction from Dartmouth College, where he graduated as an Edward 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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