Venture Insights

Laura Bordewieck Rippy, Managing Partner of Green D Ventures (Alumni Ventures fund for the Dartmouth community) shares her venture journey, including her first job, lessons learned, exciting investments, and more.

Larry Warnock, Managing Partner of Ring Ventures (Alumni Ventures fund for the Texas A&M community) shares his venture journey, including his first job, lessons learned, exciting investments, and more.

Justin Strausbaugh, Managing Partner of Lakeshore Ventures (Alumni Ventures fund for the UChicago community) shares his venture journey, including his first job, lessons learned, exciting investments, and more.

Brian Keil, Managing Partner of Chestnut Street Ventures (Alumni Ventures’ fund for the Penn community) shares his venture journey, including his first job, lessons learned, exciting investments, and more.

Like many of our peers in the venture community, we believe we’re entering into a new part of the venture cycle. We’ve already seen a dramatic reset of public market valuations — with impacts also affecting the private markets.

Nearly all of our belongings hold value, from homes to vehicles, furniture to collectibles, etc. Factors like age, wear and tear, upgrades, and demand can impact the valuation of these objects, and their physical traits are helpful in determining their worth. On the other hand, it’s much more complex to put a price on the value of an intangible asset, such as the current and potential worth of a young, fast-growing startup.

According to a PitchBook report, global investors closed as many climate-focused funds in 2021 as were raised during the previous five years combined. Alumni Ventures Managing Partner Matt Caspari and Partner Erik Hammer spoke with Venture Capital Journal to discuss the influx of capital VCs are deploying into ClimateTech. They shared their thoughts on the profitability of climate-focused startups, consumer demand for sustainability, and the lessons investors and entrepreneurs alike have learned from companies like Tesla.

There are a number of smart reasons to consider adding venture capital (VC) to your investment mix. VC can play an important role in a sophisticated wealth-building strategy, yet it’s still missing from the majority of investors’ portfolios. If you’re one of the 10+ million accredited investors in the U.S., it is easier than ever to start investing in high-growth startups. In our conversations with potential investors, we’ve found that many misperceptions persist about VC investing. Here we’ll share with you the top three, with the goal of busting these myths once and for all.

In this video, Ludwig Schulze describes which stage a venture-backed company is in based on its valuation, revenue, and types of investors.