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 Webinar - August 13th 2026
Welcome to Waterman Ventures Syndicate
Join Alumni Ventures’ Wesley Yiu and the Waterman Ventures team for a welcome webinar designed for new members of the Waterman Syndicate — an inside look at how the syndicate works, what to expect from our Brown-connected deal flow, and how to make the most of your access.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 13th 2026
Welcome to Ring Ventures Syndicate
Join Alumni Ventures’ Wesley Yiu and the Ring Ventures team for a welcome webinar designed for new members of the Ring Syndicate — an inside look at how the syndicate works, what to expect from our Texas A&M-connected deal flow, and how to make the most of your access.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 13th 2026
Welcome to Congress Avenue Ventures Syndicate
Join Alumni Ventures’ Wesley Yiu and the Congress Avenue Ventures team for a welcome webinar designed for new members of the Congress Avenue Syndicate — an inside look at how the syndicate works, what to expect from our UT Austin-connected deal flow, and how to make the most of your access.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 13th 2026
VC 201: Venture Capital Insights
Join Rob Adams, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Hilary Ncala for a deeper dive into how venture capital actually works — built for investors who already understand the basics and want a sharper view of what drives returns, risk, and access in the asset class.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 12th 2026
An Introduction to 116 Street Ventures
Join Rob Adams, Executive Partner of 116 Street Ventures, for an introduction to Alumni Ventures’ Columbia alumni-affiliated venture fund — and a clear-eyed look at how accredited investors can gain structured exposure to the founders emerging from one of the country’s most consequential innovation ecosystems.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 12th 2026
An Introduction to Waterman Ventures
Join Rob Adams, Executive Partner of Waterman Ventures, for an introduction to Alumni Ventures’ Brown alumni-affiliated venture fund — and a clear-eyed look at how accredited investors can gain structured exposure to the founders emerging from one of the country’s most distinctive innovation ecosystems.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 11th 2026
An Introduction to the AI First Fund
Join Ray Wu, Managing Partner, AI First Fund, alongside Partners Jack Statza and Sophia Zhao and Principal Bryan Liu, for 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 - August 11th 2026
Distilling Oil: The Unseen Cost of the Strait Closure
Join Ryan Musto, Senior Associate at Alumni Ventures, for a clear-eyed look at why the Strait of Hormuz disruption was never just an oil story — and why the cascading effects across plastics, fertilizer, aviation, freight, and global supply chains reveal one of the most consequential venture opportunities of the decade.
by Alumni Ventures
June 29, 2026
Deep Tech Eats Venture Capital
Deep tech is rapidly transforming venture capital landscape, growing from a niche category into one of the dominant forces shaping global investment. Fueled by breakthroughs in AI, robotics, defense, energy, semiconductors, and advanced manufacturing, investors are increasingly backing companies solving large-scale real-world problems with science and engineering at their core. This report explores the data behind deep tech’s accelerating rise, the market forces driving demand, and why many believe the next decade of venture capital will be defined by deep technology.
by Matt Caspari
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 Webinar - August 6th 2026
The Yard Ventures Last Call
Laura Rippy, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures, alongside Senior Partner Stacey Tsai, Senior Principal Luca Giani, Senior Associate Charlotte Jenkins, and Drew Wandzilak, Managing Partner, led an introduction to Yard Ventures — Alumni Ventures’ Harvard alumni-affiliated venture fund — and how accredited investors can gain structured exposure to the founders emerging from one of the world’s most consequential innovation ecosystems.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 5th 2026
The Rise of Physical AI: How Intelligent Machines Are Reshaping the Real World
Alumni Ventures’ Ron Levin and Jason Bird of the Seed Fund led a look at how physical AI is moving out of research labs and into the factories, warehouses, and infrastructure that run the real world — and why embodied intelligence is shaping up to be one of the most consequential venture opportunities of the decade.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 4th 2026
X-energy’s IPO and What It Means for Nuclear Energy
Alumni Ventures’ Senior Principal Keaton Nankivil led a clear-eyed look at X-energy’s IPO — one of the most consequential public listings in the nuclear space in decades — and what small modular reactors, AI compute demand, and a renewed appetite for baseload power mean for the venture opportunity forming across advanced energy today.
by Alumni Ventures

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