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May 1, 2022
1 min read
Meet Alumni Ventures’ Edward Tsai
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
by AV Communications Team
April 26, 2022
3 min read
Meet Naren Ramaswamy
We’re pleased to welcome Naren Ramaswamy as a Senior Associate for Spike Ventures, Alumni Ventures’ fund for Stanford alumni and friends of the community. Naren combines a technical engineering background with experience at startups and VC firms. Read more about his background and why he decided to join AV.
by AV Communications Team
March 29, 2022
6 min read
Q&A with the Alumni Ventures Executive Team
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.
by AV Communications Team
February 23, 2022
1 min read
Sustainable Aviation: Getting to Carbon Neutral
In this video, Ron Levin of The Yard Ventures (AV’s fund for the Harvard community) is joined by sustainable aviation expert Robin Riedel to discuss the road to improving the environmental impacts of air transportation. Robin is a Partner at McKinsey & Company and an MIT alum.
by AV Communications Team
February 10, 2022
1 min read
CEO Services Spotlight: An Overview of CEO Desks
Watch a video highlighting our CEO Desks service, an opportunity for our portfolio company CEOs to utilize our offices as a workspace for meetings, interviews, collaboration, and more.
by AV Communications Team
February 2, 2022
2 min read
Meet Our January 2022 Cohort of Venture Fellows
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).
by AV Communications Team
January 27, 2022
1 min read
Michael Phillips: Vanguard Legal & Compliance Leader
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.
by AV Communications Team
January 20, 2022
1 min read
CEO Services Spotlight: What is AVTV?
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.
by AV Communications Team
January 13, 2022
5 min read
Case Study: How We Built a Relationship with Lacework
Lacework brings automation, speed, and scale to cloud security, enabling security and DevOps teams to keep data and applications in the cloud safe. Multiple Alumni Ventures funds have invested in Lacework, most recently a $1.3 billion Series D raised at an $8.3 billion valuation. We sat down with members of our investment team to learn how AV’s network-powered approach helped us connect with Lacework and access additional investment opportunities at higher valuations. 1
by AV Communications Team
January 5, 2022
2 min read
2021 Recap: Photos & Numbers from 116 Street Ventures
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.
by Ludwig Pierre Schulze
January 5, 2022
2 min read
2021 Recap: Photos & Numbers from Waterman Ventures
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.
by Ludwig Pierre Schulze
January 1, 2022
1 min read
Mark Edwards
Mark Edwards is a seasoned private equity executive who was an early investor in AVG and has served on the investment committees of Green D Ventures and Spike Ventures since inception.
by AV Communications Team
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