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August 27th 2026
Ukraine's Startup Ecosystem: A roundtable discussion
Join Ron Levin, Managing Partner of the AV Seed Fund, and Senior Associate Bozhena Kulchyckyj — alongside special guests Andriy Kolodyuk, Founding Partner of AVentures Capital; Ali Javaheri, Senior Research Analyst at PitchBook Data; and Deborah Fairlamb, Founding Partner of Green Flag Ventures — for a roundtable on why Ukraine’s startup landscape hasn’t just adapted through war but accelerated, producing world-class engineers, deep-tech unicorns, and one of the most consequential venture opportunities forming outside Silicon Valley today.
by Alumni Ventures
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August 5th 2026
The Rise of Physical AI: How Intelligent Machines Are Reshaping the Real World
Alumni Ventures’ Ron Levin and Jason Bird of the Seed Fund led a look at how physical AI is moving out of research labs and into the factories, warehouses, and infrastructure that run the real world — and why embodied intelligence is shaping up to be one of the most consequential venture opportunities of the decade.
by Alumni Ventures
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July 15th 2026
AI Is Eating Software: Is B2B SaaS Dead?
A cross-firm panel of early-stage venture investors — Glenn Borok and Ron Levin of Alumni Ventures’ Seed Fund, John Harthorne, Founder & Managing Partner of Two Lanterns Venture Partners, Gregory Raiz, General Partner at FoundersEdge, and Catherine Ouellet-Dupuis, General Partner at White Star Capital — gathered for a sharp, contrarian look at one of the most consequential debates in venture today: as AI rewrites how software gets built, sold, and used, is the B2B SaaS model that has defined a generation of returns actually heading toward extinction — or evolving into something new?
by Alumni Ventures
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June 17th 2026
AI Is Eating Software: Is B2B SaaS Dead?
A cross-firm panel of early-stage venture investors — Glenn Borok and Ron Levin of Alumni Ventures’ Seed Fund, John Harthorne, Founder & Managing Partner of Two Lanterns Venture Partners, Gregory Raiz, General Partner at FoundersEdge, and Catherine Ouellet-Dupuis, General Partner at White Star Capital — gathered for a sharp, contrarian look at one of the most consequential debates in venture today: as AI rewrites how software gets built, sold, and used, is the B2B SaaS model that has defined a generation of returns actually heading toward extinction — or evolving into something new?
by Alumni Ventures
April 30, 2026
Startup Valuation and Venture Returns
Valuation is one of the most discussed — and often misunderstood — elements of venture capital. Prices are influenced by market conditions, competition, and negotiation, and can vary widely across deals. At the same time, valuation is only one part of the investment decision. In this lesson, you’ll learn how venture deals are evaluated, what drives valuation, and how returns are measured over time.
by Alumni Ventures
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April 30th 2026
The Rise of Physical AI: How Intelligent Machines Are Reshaping the Real World
Alumni Ventures hosted a live Founder Roundtable with Managing Partner Ron Levin and Senior Associate Jason Bird, joined by Rajesh Iyengar (CEO of Lincode), Daniel Pelaez (Co-Founder & CEO of Cyvl), and Cole Ashman (Founder & CEO of Pila), exploring how AI is moving beyond software to power real-world machines, infrastructure, and industries.
by Alumni Ventures
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April 21st 2026
Inside the AV 100: 10 Breakout Seed-Stage Startups
Alumni Ventures’ Ron Levin led an exclusive look inside the AV 100, spotlighting 10 breakout seed-stage startups that represent the cutting edge of early-stage innovation.
by Alumni Ventures
January 7, 2026
Why Daily Life is the Next Trillion-Dollar Frontier for Investing
AI doesn’t just change interfaces — it rewrites cognition. The companies that embed into daily routines and earn behavioral lock-in will become the next category-defining platforms. This is our thesis on why experience ↔ behavior fit creates the modern moat.
by Bozhena Kulchyckyj
December 16, 2025
What the Heck is the Power Law?
In the world of venture capital, our reality is governed by a mathematical principle that defies the intuition of the broader financial markets: the Power Law. While traditional equity investors often cite the “80/20 rule,” venture capital operates on a far more extreme distribution, typically closer to 95/5.
by Ron Levin
December 4, 2025
Meet the AV 100
This curated selection of 100 ventures from AV’s portfolio of over 1,600+ current and historical investments represents the names our 10 venture teams are most excited to spotlight. These companies were selected for their variety, innovative impact, performance, and upside potential.
by Michael Collins
November 24, 2025
5 min read
AV Holiday Gift Guide 2025
Give innovation. We’re pleased to present our community with a selection of innovative products and services from some of our portfolio companies. We hope you and your loved ones enjoy a wonderful holiday season.
by Alumni Ventures
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December 2nd 2025
Seed Fund Last Call
Join Alumni Ventures’ Ron Levin, Jason Bird, and Bozhena Kulchyckyj for a final opportunity to learn about the Seed Fund before it closes to new investors.
by Alumni Ventures
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