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 Webinar - June 25th 2026
From Chatbots to Daily Life: The Consumer AI Shift
Join Charlotte Jenkins and Bozhena Kulchyckyj, Senior Associates at Alumni Ventures, for a fast-moving look at the four AI consumer trends reshaping daily life — agentic commerce, ambient home AI, hyper-personalized health, and AI-powered learning — and the markets each one is set to define by 2030.
by Alumni Ventures
May 14, 2026
Analyzing Venture Deals - From Deal Review to Investment Decision-Making
This lesson explores how venture firms move from an initial startup introduction to a final investment decision. You’ll learn about the frameworks that Alumni Ventures uses to evaluate founders, analyze market dynamics, assess traction and competitive advantages, and apply structured scorecards to make disciplined investment decisions.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - June 23rd 2026
Deep Tech Eats Venture Capital: Two years after we called it, the data is in
Matt Caspari, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Deep Tech Fund, led 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.
by Alumni Ventures
May 8, 2026
The Little Lobster That Does Your Job
OpenClaw is a fast-growing, open-source autonomous AI agent that runs locally on your computer and can independently perform tasks — like managing emails, browsing the web, or executing workflows — without constant user prompting, marking a shift from reactive chatbots to proactive “digital coworkers.” Its rapid adoption, industry backing, and real-world use cases signal a broader transition in AI toward agent-based systems that act on users’ behalf, potentially reshaping how both individuals and businesses use artificial intelligence.
by Sophia Zhao
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 Webinar - June 18th 2026
AI First Fund Portfolio Update
Ray Wu, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ AI First Syndicate, alongside Senior Principals Jack Statza, Sophia Zhao, and Bryan Liu, shared 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.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - 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
May 6, 2026
Alumni Ventures Names 2026 Venture Fellow Cohort, Expanding Access for Venture’s Next Generation of Talent
Venture capital has long been one of the hardest industries to break into due to a classic demand and supply imbalance; an enormous amount of highly talented candidates compete for a very small number of open positions, which are usually gatekept through exclusive, hard-to-access networks. Alumni Ventures (AV), one of the world’s most active venture capital firms, built its Venture Fellow Program to change that. Now entering its twelfth year, the program is designed to give high-potential professionals from outside traditional venture circles a real pathway into the notoriously “clubby” industry: one built on learning, contribution, and direct exposure to the work itself.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - June 18th 2026
The Preclinical Arbitrage: Why Early Biotech Is Mispriced. For Now.
Luca Giani, Senior Principal at Alumni Ventures — biotech founder, Blavatnik Fellow, and former M&A and strategy professional — led a contrarian look at why early-stage biotech is one of the most structurally mispriced corners of venture today, and why the window to capture that arbitrage may be narrower than most investors realize.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - June 11th 2026
AI at Work Without You: The Rapid Rise of Autonomous Agents
Sophia Zhao, Senior Principal at Alumni Ventures, led 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.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - June 11th 2026
Foundation Fund Final Call
Greg Baker, Executive Partner of the Foundation Fund, led an introduction to Alumni Ventures’ flagship diversified venture fund — and a clear-eyed look at how the Foundation Fund gives accredited investors a single, professionally managed vehicle to access institutional-quality venture across sectors, stages, and the broader Alumni Ventures platform.
by Alumni Ventures
April 30, 2026
How Venture Investments Exit
This lesson introduces one of the most important moments in venture capital: the exit. You’ll learn what an exit is, why it matters to investors, and the three primary ways venture-backed companies generate outcomes — IPOs, mergers or acquisitions, and, in some cases, liquidation. This class is designed to help you understand how returns are ultimately realized in venture investing.
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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