Webinar
Ring Ventures Portfolio Update
The deadline for Ring Ventures Fund 2 is around the corner and the team has already begun deploying capital and building the portfolio. Watch our on-demand, 35-minute presentation featuring Ring Ventures’ Managing Partner Larry Warnock and Alumni Ventures’ Senior Partner* Darrin Wizst about completed investments already made in Fund 2 and exciting new growth areas as the team continues to build a fully diversified venture portfolio.
During the session, we will discuss:
- HomeA review of the current investments in Fund 2 and an update from Fund 1
- HomeThe goal and structure of the fund
- HomeBenefits of diversifying into venture capital
- HomeSome examples of current portfolio companies
- HomeMinimum requirements needed to invest in the fund
Note: You must be accredited to invest in venture capital. Important disclosure information can be found at av-funds.com/disclosures.
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Ring Ventures enables Texas A&M Former Students and friends of the community to access to network-powered venture capital. This year’s fund will once again provide accredited investors with a diversified portfolio of ~20-30 promising, venture-backed companies, many with an Aggie connection. To learn more, click below to review fund materials or book a call with a member of our team.
About your presenters
Larry Warnock serves as Partner Emeritus of Ring Ventures. He is a seasoned venture-backed tech executive with multiple exits via acquisition or IPO. He launched Ring Ventures as the Founding Managing Partner. Prior to that he was the President & CEO of Olono, an AI platform for sales effectiveness (acquired by InsightSquared). Previously he was the CEO of Gazzang, a provider of big data security software (acquired by Cloudera), and Phurnace, a provider of DevOps software (acquired by BMC Software). After moving to Austin from Silicon Valley, Larry was a Venture Partner at AVLabs, the incubator fund of Austin Ventures. His career has allowed him to work with numerous VCs and companies across California, Colorado, and Texas. Lake LBJ is now his home with his wife of 37 years. He started his software career in sales and marketing and has been a VP executive at several successful high-growth companies, including Documentum, OnLink, Siebel, and Vignette. Larry is a graduate of Texas A&M and is a frequent speaker at Texas A&M’s Mays School of Business.
Senior Partner
Darrin is an investment professional with an extensive background in financial services and B2B. Throughout his 25 year career, he has worked with individual investors, investment advisors and their clients, and institutional (foundations and endowments) clients, with various investment vehicles including mutual funds, separately managed accounts, socially responsible portfolios, and alternative investments. He earned a BA in Economics & Public Management from UMaine and an MBA from Boston College.