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September 10, 2025
Inside America’s Next Tech Boom: The Strategic Bets Reshaping Global Power
On a dusty stretch of desert outside Phoenix, Arizona, a skyline of steel frames and clean-room towers is rising. Not for apartments or office towers, but for a “city within a city” devoted to making the world’s most advanced semiconductors. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the linchpin of global chip supply, is pouring tens of billions into three new fabrication plants here, with help from the CHIPS and Science Act. The stakes are far larger than jobs or tax revenue. In a world where the tiniest chips control everything from F-35 fighters to the servers that train large language models, bringing this capacity onto U.S. soil is as much about deterrence as it is about commerce. As TSMC founder Morris Chang bluntly put it, “Globalization is almost dead. Free trade is almost dead.”
by Drew Wandzilak
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October 7th 2025
How to Invest in Congress Avenue Ventures
Join Alumni Ventures’ Managing Partner Rob Adams for an introductory session on Congress Avenue Ventures, a fund exclusively for the University of Texas community and its network.
by Alumni Ventures
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October 15th 2025
How to Invest in Triphammer Street Ventures
Join Alumni Ventures’ Managing Partner Brian Keil and Partner Wesley Yiu for an introductory session on Triphammer Street Ventures, a fund exclusively for the Cornell community and its network.
by Alumni Ventures
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October 2nd 2025
How to Invest in Chestnut Street Ventures
Join Alumni Ventures’ Managing Partner Brian Keil and Partner Mason Hale for an introductory session on Chestnut Street Ventures, a fund exclusively for the University of Pennsylvania community and its network.
by Alumni Ventures
September 8, 2025
Blue Ivy Ventures Investor Update
Join Alumni Ventures’ Managing Partner David Shapiro for an exclusive investor update on Blue Ivy Ventures, a fund built for the Yale community and its extended network.
by Alumni Ventures
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September 25th 2025
6 Ways AI is Going to Change Work and How to Invest In It
Join Alumni Ventures’ Sophia Zhao for an engaging conversation on the six most transformative ways AI is reshaping the future of work—and how investors can gain exposure to these paradigm shifts.
by Alumni Ventures
September 7, 2025
7 min read
4 Cyber Trends We’re Watching — and 5 Moats We Invest Behind
In June 2025, a significant cyberattack on a major U.S. grocery wholesaler shut down the company’s ordering system and left empty shelves in stores across the country — plus nearly half a billion in lost sales to the wholesaler. In 2024, a ransomware attack on the UK’s National Health System resulted in fatalities. In 2021, Russia’s cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline forced the shutdown of the largest U.S. fuel pipeline, triggering gas shortages across the East Coast.
by Lucas Pasch
September 7, 2025
The Deep Tech Frontier: 10 Game-Changing Companies
Alumni Ventures is one of the world’s most active venture capital firms, backing trailblazing companies that are reshaping industries and defining the future. Over the past decade, we’ve invested in breakthroughs across AI, biotechnology, quantum computing, and next-generation manufacturing — domains that push the boundaries of what’s possible. Today, we’re excited to introduce the AV Deep Tech 10 — a curated selection of 10 game-changing portfolio companies at the forefront of deep tech innovation.
by Matt Caspari
September 4, 2025
8 min read
Recapping AV's Birdies and Breaches at Black Hat
Cybersecurity Insights from Black Hat 2025 | AV’s Topgolf Networking Recap Missed Black Hat this year? No worries! Join Mike Collins, CEO of Alumni Ventures, and Lucas Pash as they recap the most exciting moments from the world’s premier cybersecurity event. From groundbreaking research and emerging tech trends to high-energy networking at the Top Golf happy hour hosted by Alumni Ventures, Dune Security, Blu Venture Investors, and Squadra Ventures. Get a front-row seat to the insights, connections, and highlights shaping the cyber ecosystem. Whether you’re a founder, investor, or cybersecurity enthusiast, this recap delivers the inside scoop you won’t want to miss.
by Alumni Ventures
September 4, 2025
4 min read
Killing the Young Founder Myth
The Problem With the Story We’ve Been Sold Silicon Valley loves a certain image: the hoodie-wearing college dropout who changes the world before being allowed to rent car. There’s even a fellowship that pays kids under 23 to quit school and start companies. The message? Younger is better. Here’s the problem: it’s just not true. Middle-aged founders crush young ones when it comes to building high-growth companies — it’s not even close. And I’m one of them. At the age of 49, I started Alumni Ventures, recently valued as a unicorn.*
by Michael Collins
September 4, 2025
From Disruptive Idea to Recognized Leader
When we founded Alumni Ventures in 2014, people thought the idea was crazy. We were asked “Why bother with retail investors, too small and too fragmented to matter? Collecting many small checks? Sounds like a nightmare.” But we believed that a community working together — with networks, discipline, and rigor — could achieve more in venture investing than any of us could alone. A decade later, that conviction has fueled our growth and put us on lists alongside the world’s leading VC firms.
by Luke Antal
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September 23rd 2025
Everything to Know About the AV Syndicate
Join Alumni Ventures CIO Mark Edwards and Deputy CIO Andy Ervin for an in-depth overview of the AV Syndicate, a unique platform giving individual investors access to exclusive, high-quality venture deals.
by Alumni Ventures
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