Your Window Into the Innovation Economy

Mike Peri, Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Keaton Nankivil, Senior Principal, provided a final look at Lakeshore Ventures before the fund closed — including a preview of the companies shaping its portfolio.

Mike Peri, Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Keaton Nankivil, Senior Principal, provided a final look at Arbor Street Ventures before the fund closed — including a preview of the companies shaping its portfolio.

Laura Rippy, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Patrick Trousdale, Founder and President of The Daily Upside, led a fireside conversation on the state of venture and private markets — where sophisticated capital was being deployed, how individual accredited investors were gaining access to the asset class, and what shifts across private markets meant for portfolios built for the next decade.

Brian Keil, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Triphammer Ventures, and Mason Hale, Senior Principal, introduced the firm’s Cornell alumni-affiliated venture fund — and explained how accredited investors could gain structured exposure to promising startups emerging from the Cornell ecosystem and beyond.

Rob Adams, Executive Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Congress Avenue Ventures, introduced the venture fund created for University of Texas alumni and friends of the Longhorn community.

Mike Peri, Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Keaton Nankivil, Senior Principal, provided a final look at Purple Arch Ventures before the fund closed — including a preview of the companies shaping its portfolio.

Meera Oak, Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Senior Associate Lucy Friedmann examined why AI inference — rather than training — was projected to account for 55% of AI-optimized cloud infrastructure spending in 2026 and more than 65% by 2029, and where the venture opportunity was forming across a compute layer racing to serve a plural, multi-model world at a steadily declining cost.

Meera Oak, Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Senior Associate Lucy Friedmann examined why AI inference — rather than training — was projected to account for 55% of AI-optimized cloud infrastructure spending in 2026 and more than 65% by 2029, and where the venture opportunity was forming across a compute layer racing to serve a plural, multi-model world at a steadily declining cost.

Rob Adams, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Ring Ventures, explained how individual investors could access venture capital through a diversified fund built for Texas A&M former students and friends of the community.

Greg Baker, Executive Partner at Alumni Ventures, led a final opportunity to learn about the CIO Select Fund before it closed — and explained how Alumni Ventures concentrated additional capital in select companies from across its existing portfolio.

Rob Adams, Executive Partner of Waterman Ventures, led a practical walkthrough of how to invest in Alumni Ventures’ Brown alumni-affiliated venture fund — covering the thesis, the portfolio, the mechanics, and what accredited investors needed to know before committing capital.

Join Rob Adams, Executive Partner of 116 Street Ventures, for a practical walkthrough of how to actually invest in Alumni Ventures’ Columbia alumni-affiliated venture fund — the thesis, the portfolio, the mechanics, and what accredited investors should know before committing capital.