Webinar
Spike Ventures: How we Evaluate Deals
Join Alumni Ventures Managing Partner Todd McIntyre for an inside look at how Spike Ventures evaluates investment opportunities in today’s competitive venture capital landscape.
This session will explore the diligence frameworks, sourcing practices, and criteria used to identify and back high-potential startups. Todd will walk attendees through real examples from the portfolio, highlighting what makes a startup stand out and how Spike Ventures aligns with Stanford’s innovative community.
Whether you’re already an investor or new to venture, this is a valuable opportunity to gain insight into how informed investment decisions are made. You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of the venture process and how Spike Ventures aims to build a world-class portfolio. Reserve your spot now to learn how Spike Ventures approaches venture investing with precision and purpose.
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Why Attend?
- HomeUnderstand the sourcing and diligence process behind Spike Ventures’ investments
- HomeLearn how the team identifies promising early-stage startups
- HomeGain insight into how Spike Ventures is building a diversified, high-quality portfolio
Alumni Ventures is America’s largest venture capital firm for individual investors.
About your presenter
Overview:
Todd McIntyre invests in transformative technologies that move markets and improve lives—where deep science, hardware innovation, and human health intersect. With 25+ years as both investor and operator, Todd has built, funded, and scaled companies from inception through exit. He focuses on opportunities where differentiated intellectual property and disciplined execution can create lasting value.
Before joining Alumni Ventures as Managing Partner of Spike Ventures (Stanford alumni fund), Todd co-founded Grey Sky Venture Partners, a healthtech venture capital fund that linked equity investment with fund-owned intellectual property. He sourced investments, guided portfolio companies as board member and mentor, and managed a 500+ patent portfolio. Earlier, as Vice President of Business Development at Invention Science Fund, he helped incubate and fund several landmark deep-tech startups, including TerraPower, Kymeta, Evolv Technologies, Echodyne, and Pivotal Commware.
Todd also played a leading role in growing Microvision from a three-person startup to a publicly traded innovator in display and imaging, and founded Lumera Corporation, a spinout focused on optical and biotech device technologies.
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Investment Lens:
Across healthcare, hardware, and deep tech, Todd backs founders who bring breakthrough ideas into reality. He looks for entrepreneurs who don’t just imagine the future—they engineer it, protect it, and scale it.
Todd’s investment lens emphasizes diversified venture portfolios: sector, stage, geography, and vintage. He has extensive experience negotiating and closing deals across the capital structure—from seed and early-stage ventures to M\&A and public financings. His track record spans pioneering work in healthtech, complex patent licensing transactions, and syndicating deals alongside top-tier venture firms.
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