Webinar
From Software to Science: How Deep Tech Is Reshaping VC
Join Matt Caspari, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Deep Tech Fund, for a sharp look at why deep tech has moved from venture’s hardest, slowest-moving corner to the category quietly powering its biggest outcomes — and why the next decade of venture returns will be defined by the companies solving civilization-scale technical problems.
In this session, Matt Caspari, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Deep Tech Fund, will walk through the structural shift reshaping venture capital: the rise of deep tech as the dominant category driving outsized outcomes across the industry. Matt will share how technologies once considered too capital-intensive, too long-cycle, or too technically risky for traditional venture have become the defining stories of the past decade — from AI and biotech, to space, fusion, advanced manufacturing, and the rebuild of U.S. industrial capacity.
The conversation will go beyond the headlines to examine the forces behind this shift — why falling compute costs, breakthrough materials science, defense and infrastructure tailwinds, and a generational rebuild of American hard tech have collapsed the timelines deep tech once required. Matt will discuss how the Deep Tech Fund identifies and underwrites these companies, how the team thinks about risk and milestones in technically ambitious bets, and why deep tech increasingly belongs alongside software in any serious venture allocation.
Whether you’re a current Deep Tech Fund investor sharpening your view of where the asset class is heading, or an accredited investor evaluating frontier technology for the first time, this session will give you a grounded, investor-focused thesis on one of the most important shifts happening in venture today. Register to hear directly from the team building a portfolio around it.
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Why Attend?
- HomeDiscover why deep tech has gone from venture's hardest category to one of its most consequential return drivers
- HomeUnderstand the structural shifts — compute economics, defense and infrastructure tailwinds, industrial rebuild — that have collapsed deep tech's traditional timelines
- HomeLearn how the Deep Tech Fund identifies, underwrites, and builds a portfolio around the companies solving civilization-scale technical problems
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About your presenter
Matt Caspari is a Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures, where he leads the Deep Tech, Georgetown (Potomac Ventures) and UC Berkeley (Strawberry Creek Ventures) funds. He invests in mission-driven founders developing groundbreaking technologies. His investments encompass a diverse range of sectors, including AI, agriculture, aviation, battery technology, cybersecurity, direct air capture of CO2, energy generation, longevity, and robotics. Prior to Alumni Ventures, Matt gained operational experience as a two-time venture-backed founder/CEO and as a leader of the innovation team at Nike. He was the founding CEO of Aurora Biofuels, a deep tech venture that grew to 100+ employees, secured over $100 million in funding and was acquired by Reliance Industries. In earlier roles, Matt served as a strategic management consultant at Cambridge Pharma Consultancy, later acquired by IMS Health, and gained experience on the M&A team at Bloomberg. He holds a BS in Biochemistry from Georgetown University and an MBA with a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from UC Berkeley.