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Meet Meera Oak. A Partner at Alumni Ventures based in Menlo Park, she’s at the center of one of the most competitive venture ecosystems in the world. Meera reviews hundreds of pitches and selects only a small fraction — backing visionary founders before the rest of the market catches on.
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In this video, get to know Meera Oak and how she approaches venture investing at the highest level. From building deep relationships with top-tier Silicon Valley funds to rigorously evaluating early-stage startups, Meera shares what it takes to earn access to the toughest deals and identify breakout founders early. Learn how she builds conviction, collaborates with leading investors, and partners with entrepreneurs who are creating game-changing products — often before anyone else recognizes their potential.
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Ray Wu
Managing Partner, AI FundRay is a seasoned venture capitalist with over 20 years of investing experience across a wide range of industries and geographies. Before joining Alumni Ventures, Ray was a partner and adviser at several global venture funds focusing on AI, Web3, FinTech and SaaS investment opportunities across the U.S. and Asia Pacific. Earlier, he spent more than 10 years in the corporate venture space: He was the managing director of HP’s new business ventures, responsible for startup technology evaluation, new business incubation, VC relationships, and minority investments, and earlier at Cisco Systems, holding several senior positions leading investment, M&A, internal incubation, and global consulting. Previously, Ray was a managing partner of a leading Internet consulting firm working with Fortune 1000 companies across North America. He earned a dual MBA degree from the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University.
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Narrator (00:01):Okay. Meet Mira. She’s a partner at Alumni Ventures, based in Menlo Park. Yes, that Menlo Park.
Meera Oak (00:10):
Almost every top tier venture fund has a presence in the San Francisco area. And so as a result, I have the ability to meet these investors where they are in their offices. We socialize together, we collaborate around different deals, but also different events. Translation, she knows everyone. These are very tough deals to get into. So honestly, just to have visibility on what the next new innovative solution in the market is with the level of diligence that we offer is pretty unheard of across other platforms.
Narrator (00:46):
She sees a hundred pitches and picks maybe one of them.
Meera Oak (00:50):
So there’s really like a 1% of deals that we’re actually evaluating and bringing through our process.
Narrator (00:55):
And the founders that she backs? She believes in them before anyone else does.
Meera Oak (01:00):
We are backing visionary founders who are creating game changing products. It’s before the market really has recognized it. It’s a really delicate sort of relationship building activity to ensure that we not only have conviction in the founder and the team, but that they also understand the strategic value that we’re bringing to the table.
Narrator (01:24):
Mira Oak, rising star. But we could have told you that.
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