Webinar
Why Daily Life is the Next Trillion-Dollar Frontier for Investing
Join Alumni Ventures Partners Bozhena Kulchyckyj and Charlotte Jenkins for a forward-looking discussion on how everyday experiences—from commuting and caregiving to food delivery and personal finance—are being transformed by innovative startups.
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This session will explore why “daily life” has become one of the most fertile and overlooked categories for venture capital and how early-stage companies are building massive value by solving mundane but essential consumer pain points. Bozhena and Charlotte will share how AV identifies and backs these opportunities, with examples from current and past portfolio investments that are shaping the future of how we live. You’ll gain insights into consumer tech trends, category-creating companies, and how venture capital can unlock value at the intersection of utility, emotion, and convenience.
Whether you’re new to venture or expanding your portfolio, this webinar will help you understand how innovation is being built into the rhythms of daily life. Reserve your seat now to explore how Alumni Ventures is investing in the next trillion-dollar category.
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Why Attend?
- HomeDiscover why the most impactful venture investments are often hiding in plain sight
- HomeLearn how AV sources and evaluates startups addressing real-world consumer behaviors
- HomeHear how you can gain exposure to startups transforming everyday routines
Alumni Ventures is America’s largest venture capital firm for individual investors.
About your presenters
Bozhena Kulchyckyj is a Senior Associate at Alumni Ventures on the Seed Investment team, where she supports venture investments across all sectors, with a focus on consumer, e-commerce, and emerging infrastructure themes. Earlier in her career, Bozhena worked at General Catalyst, True Ventures, and Sorenson Ventures, spending time across early-stage investments. She previously co-chaired and served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Boston College’s Shea Center for Entrepreneurship, where she ran the university’s entrepreneurial ecosystem — managing the venture competition and student investment program, leading accelerator and founder programming, and bringing in operators and investors across the broader venture network.
In addition to venture and ecosystem building, Bozhena has led design, operations, and growth initiatives at several early-stage startups. She also spent a year working in Western Ukraine and Eastern Poland, supporting humanitarian aid deployment and philanthropic fundraising efforts.
Bozhena holds a Bachelor of Science from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, where she majored in Information Systems, Business Analytics, and Studio Art. She combines a passion for product and design with a deep interest in AI-driven technologies and the next generation of builders.
Charlotte Jenkins is a Principal at Alumni Ventures, where she invests in early-stage companies across sectors, with a focus on AI and emerging technologies reshaping everyday life and work. Before joining Alumni Ventures, Charlotte helped build and scale startups spanning AI, consumer technology, and logistics, with operating experience from pre-seed through Series B. She brings an operator’s perspective to investing and is particularly drawn to the 0-to-1 stage, where creative problem-solving, rapid learning, and unconventional ideas can lay the foundation for transformative businesses.
Actively Works On:
- Green D Ventures
- Women’s Fund
- Next-Gen Consumer Syndicate
Investment Areas of FocusCharlotte focuses on AI and emerging technologies reshaping how people live, work, and interact with the world. Her investment interests span AI-native services, consumer technology, AI applications, and infrastructure, with a particular interest in products that move beyond enabling tasks to delivering outcomes. She approaches emerging technologies through a behavioral lens, exploring how new capabilities change what people expect from software, how they make decisions, and how businesses deliver value. She is particularly drawn to opportunities where technological shifts unlock entirely new products, services, and business models.