About AV

Alumni Ventures’ spring Blockchain Fund will offer a portfolio of high-potential, venture-backed companies innovating in areas like decentralized finance (DeFi), Web3, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and other blockchain-related products. The spring fund is actively managed by three experienced investment professionals, Managing Partner Ed Tsai, Principal Yiwen Li, and Analyst Drew Wandzilak. In this video, Managing Partner Ed Tsai introduces himself and discusses how the team sources and evaluates blockchain opportunities. 1

Living in 2022 means living in a state of a heightened online security posture — both for financial firms like Alumni Ventures and for our community members. Online threats have increased in recent years, and currently, government agencies have specifically asked financial services institutions to operate in a state of alertness given the war in Ukraine and potential for cyberthreats.

Alumni Ventures is a network-powered venture capital firm helping accredited individuals become more successful venture investors. CEO and founder Mike Collins leveraged his own experience and frustrations as a private venture investor as inspiration to start Alumni Ventures.

Alumni Ventures recently sat down with three key executives at Alumni Ventures to get their thoughts about the macro environment, venture, and the firm’s development.

The Alumni Ventures Token (AVT) program is our rewards program for all Alumni Ventures investors. Our investors earn AVT by making investments with our firm. Holding at least one AVT enables an investor to access Syndication investment opportunities.

Alumni Ventures is excited to welcome its January 2022 cohort of the Venture Fellow Program (VFP). The program is a one-of-a-kind career accelerator and educational experience that offers a groundbreaking on-ramp to a career in venture capital (VC).

Venture capital has historically been a challenging asset class for individuals to access, but it is no longer only available to the ultra-high-net-worth investor. Today, venture capital is an asset class that any accredited investor can own. Such access requires strong compliance, leading the way for Chief Compliance Officer Michael Phillips to join Alumni Ventures in 2020.

Did you know that seven out of ten of the world’s largest companies, including Apple and Amazon, were venture capital-backed? 1 In addition to the iPhone, venture capital financing has led to the electric car, mRNA vaccine, and the search engine. So, it’s not a hyperbolic claim that venture capital has transformed our day-to-day lives.

Watch a video highlighting our AVTV program, an opportunity for our portfolio companies to broadcast their elevator pitch and most salient asks to our community.

A fireplace, rocking chair, and a mild case of COVID — in other words, a quiet/quarantined moment to reflect on the numbers, people, and photos that shaped 116 Street in 2021.

A fireplace, a rocking chair, and a mild case of COVID — in other words, a quiet/quarantined moment to reflect on the numbers, people, and photos that shaped Waterman in 2021.