Your Window Into the Innovation Economy

Join Mark Edwards, Chief Investment Officer at Alumni Ventures, and Andy Ervin for a behind-the-scenes look at four Foundation Fund portfolio companies — the reasons they earned capital, what the team saw early, and what each one reveals about how Alumni Ventures actually builds a venture portfolio.

Join Ray Wu, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ AI First Syndicate, alongside Senior Principals Jack Statza and Sophia Zhao, as they share a current look at the AI First portfolio — what’s been added, what’s breaking out, and where the team sees the most compelling AI venture opportunities forming next.

Join Glenn Borok and Ron Levin of Alumni Ventures’ Seed Fund 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?

Join Luca Giani, Senior Principal at Alumni Ventures, for an introduction to Alumni Ventures and a clear-eyed look at how individual accredited investors can access institutional-quality venture capital — once an asset class reserved almost entirely for endowments, pensions, and family offices.

Join Sophia Zhao, Senior Principal at Alumni Ventures, for a session on the rise of autonomous AI agents — the open-source revolution quietly reshaping how people work every day, and what it means for investors who want to be on the right side of it.

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.

Join Laura Rippy, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Women’s Fund, alongside Senior Partner Stacey Tsai, Senior Principals Meera Oak and Sophia Zhao, Principal Evy Chen, and Senior Associate Charlotte Jenkins, for a final opportunity to learn about the Women’s Fund before it closes — and hear directly from the team on the thesis, the portfolio, and where they see the highest-conviction opportunities forming next.

Join Jack Statza, Senior Principal at Alumni Ventures, and Investor Bryan Liu, for a candid look at where venture capital is actually deploying inside the next generation of financial infrastructure — the marketplaces, identity layers, and digital asset rails being built today that most investors haven’t yet put on their radar.

Join Mike Peri, Partner at Alumni Ventures’ Purple Arch Ventures, and Senior Principal Keaton Nankivil for a masterclass on how Purple Arch Ventures evaluates and invests in standout companies — featuring real examples from notable portfolio companies emerging from the Northwestern University ecosystem and beyond.

Join Rob Adams, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Ring Ventures, as he opens the doors on the next vintage of Ring Ventures — and walks Texas A&M-connected investors through how to get in early on a diversified, network-powered venture portfolio built around the Aggie community.

Join Laura Rippy, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Women’s Fund, alongside Senior Partner Stacey Tsai, Senior Principals Meera Oak and Sophia Zhao, Principal Evy Chen, and Senior Associate Charlotte Jenkins, for a final opportunity to learn about the Women’s Fund before it closes — and hear directly from the team on the thesis, the portfolio, and where they see the highest-conviction opportunities forming next.

Join Mark Edwards, Chief Investment Officer at Alumni Ventures, and Andy Ervin for a masterclass on how experienced venture investors actually evaluate a deal — the frameworks, signals, and red flags that separate the opportunities worth backing from the ones that look better on paper than they perform in practice.