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Waterman Ventures Portfolio Roundup

Waterman Ventures’ Managing Partner Ludwig Schulze and Senior Principal Dave Fan

The deadline for this year’s Waterman Ventures Fund is around the corner and the team is already beginning to deploy capital and build the portfolio. Watch our 40-minute on-demand webinar to hear Managing Partner Ludwig Schulze discuss some of the investments already made and how the team will continue to build a fully diversified venture portfolio.

The presentation is open to all alumni and friends of Brown. Waterman Ventures is Alumni Ventures’ Brown-focused venture capital fund.

During the session, we discuss:

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    A review of the current investments
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    The goal and structure of the fund
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    Benefits of diversifying into venture capital
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    Minimum requirements needed to invest in the fund

Note: You must be accredited to invest in venture capital. Important disclosure information can be found at av-funds.com/disclosures. 

The webinar recording does not feature our live Q&A, please make sure to join webinars live to participate in the discussion. 

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About your presenters

Ludwig Pierre Schulze
Ludwig Pierre Schulze

Managing Partner, Waterman Ventures & 116 Street Ventures

Ludwig has been on all sides of venture — as an entrepreneur, corporate buyer of ventures, and venture capitalist. Before Alumni Ventures, he experienced the daily realities of entrepreneurship as Founder and CEO of a mobile payments venture that served over 12 million people. Earlier, at a Fortune 100 telecommunications manufacturer (Nokia), he held general manager and business development roles that included investing in and acquiring venture-backed businesses. His first experience in venture capital was with an $800 million global fund that focused on enterprise and mobile software both before and after the dot.com crash. Ludwig began his career as a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He has a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia. He lives in NYC with his wife and 2 teenagers.

Dave Fan
Dave Fan

Dave helped scale sales and business development at 2 venture-backed companies focused on digital health (Zocdoc) and enterprise cloud software (Shibumi). He has also invested as a Venture Partner at NextGen and an LP at CRE Venture Capital. Dave began his career in investment banking and corporate strategy at Deutsche Bank. He has a BA in Economics from Brown. As the black sheep in a family of doctors and scientists, he is particularly interested in the intersection of health, education, and the environment. In his free time he enjoys tennis, travel, and piano.

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