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Join Alumni Ventures’ Brian Keil and Hilary Ncala for a practical and informative session designed for new investors.

For those looking to understand venture investing, a case study can be the best place to start. At AV, we learn by looking back at both our stellar and less successful deals. In the case of our investment in Oura, the story is one of strong conviction, strategic timing, and a company that continues to exceed expectations.

Join Alumni Ventures’ Greg Baker for an exclusive update on the 2023 Total Access Fund and Growth Fund 3, highlighting key milestones, portfolio progress, and future outlook.

Join Alumni Ventures’ Greg Baker for an exclusive update on the 2022 Total Access Fund and Growth Fund 2, highlighting key milestones, portfolio progress, and future outlook.

Mundus sine caesaribus — Latin for “a world without emperors” — was boldly printed on Jay Graber’s shirt as she took the stage at South by Southwest this March. It wasn’t just Latin flair, but a pointed parody of Mark Zuckerberg’s infamous motto, “aut Zuck aut nihil” (“either Zuck [Caesar] or nothing”). One shirt imagines a world without emperors. The other suggests total domination.

Join Alumni Ventures’ Laura Rippy, Shivani Singh, Meera Oak, Sophia Zhao, and Stacey Tsai for a final look at the Women’s Fund before the investment window closes.

The venture world has long recognized the outsized influence of alumni networks from breakout companies — none more famous than the PayPal Mafia. But today, we’re seeing the rise of a new and potentially more transformative force: the AI Mafia. At Alumni Ventures, we believe the dense networks forming within companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and others represent one of the most compelling engines of innovation and venture opportunity in a generation. In this piece, we unpack how these “mafias” are forming, why they have structural advantages unlike any previous tech wave, and what this means for the future of startup creation, enterprise adoption, and investment strategy.

Below, we explore nine areas where artificial intelligence will accelerate progress and reshape healthcare by 2035. Along the way, we highlight several Alumni Ventures portfolio companies helping advance these changes. Some ideas may sound like science fiction, but they build on real-world efforts underway across research labs, startups, and industry.

Join Alumni Ventures’ Greg Baker for an in-depth update on the 2020 Total Access Fund (TAF), highlighting key milestones, portfolio progress, and what lies ahead.

Join Alumni Ventures’ Wesley Yiu, Hilary Ncala, and Brian Keil for a practical and informative session designed for investors in Triphammer Ventures who want to better understand what happens after committing capital.

Alumni Ventures’ U.S. Strategic Tech Fund exists to back the builders and technologies shaping America’s future security and competitiveness. Biotechnology is no longer confined to medicine — it’s becoming infrastructure. It’s reshaping national defense, industrial resiliency, and human performance. That’s why we hosted Defying Darwin Night in San Francisco: to gather founders, operators, and national security leaders at the bleeding edge of this transformation.

Sports are often seen as entertainment, but beneath the surface, they are driven by innovation and substantial financial returns. Billions of fans engage with sports, supporting an ecosystem of products, services, and investments that can yield massive rewards. This blog explores key segments of sports investments, highlighting successful ventures and emerging opportunities that are shaping the future of the industry.