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Venture Syndicate

The Biggest Bottleneck to Prosperity

What It Is

A private venture community and investing syndicate that invests in companies addressing energy production, storage, distribution, and critical material supply chains – through selective deal by deal syndications. From advanced batteries and next-gen mining to grid innovation and resource efficiency, we back ventures tackling the physical constraints of global progress. Members have access to ventures and venture deals where we co-invest alongside tier-one VCs, with low minimums and due diligence sharing on each deal.

Who It Is For

Accredited investors who understand that energy and resource challenges underpin every industrial transformation. A great fit if you believe that unlocking sustainable prosperity requires bold, tech-driven solutions — and you value curated access and investing with like-minded people.

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It’s All About Access to Life-Changing Deals

You Get Access to Deals Led by Top VC Firms: Quality, Quantity, Diversification.

Designed for Retail Investors

Build a venture portfolio to fit your goals — deal by deal. Alumni Ventures invests across stages and geographies, co-investing with elite firms.

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    Pre-seed to Later-Stage

    We invest at a variety of stages, always evaluating upside vs. price.
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    Diverse Geographies + Leads

    We look for great deals everywhere and co-invest alongside a wide variety of strong lead VC firms.
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    Due Diligence by Alumni Ventures

    America's Largest Venture Firm for Individuals and an "America’s Top 20 Venture Capital Firm of 2025" (Time ‘25).
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    You Decide

    Invest in only the deals you pick.

Co-Invest With Elite VCs

The best ventures have their pick of lead investors — it only makes sense to invest alongside them. These firms have co-invested in many deals with Alumni Ventures:

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    Andreessen Horowitz

    51 investments with AV
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    Sequoia

    25 investments with AV
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    Bessemer Venture Partners

    22 investments with AV
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    Y Combinator

    56 investments with AV
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    Founders Fund

    28 investments with AV
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    Kleiner Perkins

    23 investments with AV
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    Khosla Ventures

    56 investments with AV

How It Works

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    Join the community and syndicate (it’s free)

    It takes < 3 minutes with EasyVest.
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    Receive ~1 deal per month with access to our due diligence

    See our "Why We Are Investing" video briefs. Participation is opt in.
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    Participate – as much or as little as you want

    Read our blogs and white papers, attend zoom webinars, attend IRL events.

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About Alumni Ventures

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    Top-Tier and Battle Tested

    PitchBook names AV the #1 most active VC in the U.S. (’22–’23) and CB Insights slots us in its 2024 Top 20; our 2016-20 funds sit in Cambridge Associates’ top-quartile performance ranks.
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    Diversification From Day One

    $1.4B+ deployed across 1,400+ venture-backed companies, with ~250-300 new investments added annually; diversification spreads risk and upside across stage, sector, and geography.
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    Co-Investing With the Best

    AV routinely co-invests alongside leading venture firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, and NEA, giving you the benefits of their negotiated terms and their support to portco companies.
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    Network You Can Lean On

    11,000 accredited investors and an 850,000-strong alumni & entrepreneur community create proprietary deal flow, talent pipelines, and follow-on capital impossible to assemble alone.
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    Dedicated, Nationwide Team

    40 full-time venture professionals spread across five U.S. offices source 50-75 fresh opportunities each quarter, vet them rigorously, and present only the deals we commit to doing for our funds.

The Team

 Energy & Strategic Minerals Content

Content at the intersection of entrepreneurship, venture capital, and our shared interests.

Five Compelling Reasons to Start Venture Investing

Today, there is no shortage of options for an investor to consider, with thousands of public equities to choose from and a bevy of apps that make trading as easy as a swipe. Private investments are increasingly popular for sophisticated portfolios, but options can be limited for many individual investors and deliver varying results. However, there is another asset class that can play an important role in your financial strategy, and it’s still missing from many seasoned investors’ portfolios.

by Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures CEO Mike Collins and CIO Anton Simunovic

VC 101: Why Venture Capital

AV Co-Founder Luke Antal’s VC 101 video series provides insights on venture capital essentials. In this episode, the AV Chief Community Officer presents a short video explaining the potential benefits of adding venture to your portfolio.

by Luke Antal

Venture Returns Outperform Public Markets Over Many Periods

Return potential plays a part in most individual and institutional investors’ decision criteria when reviewing investment options. But how does one compare the gains of asset classes that have different characteristics and measures of success?

by Luke Antal

AVG employee's taking part in a panel discussion

The Importance of Private Markets in Value Creation

Every day, our team speaks with hundreds of our community members who are interested in learning more about the venture capital asset class, and how Alumni Ventures Group can build them a smart, simple venture portfolio.

by Alumni Ventures

Five Compelling Reasons to Start Venture Investing

Today, there is no shortage of options for an investor to consider, with thousands of public equities to choose from and a bevy of apps that make trading as easy as a swipe. Private investments are increasingly popular for sophisticated portfolios, but options can be limited for many individual investors and deliver varying results. However, there is another asset class that can play an important role in your financial strategy, and it’s still missing from many seasoned investors’ portfolios.

by Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures CEO Mike Collins and CIO Anton Simunovic

VC 101: Why Venture Capital

AV Co-Founder Luke Antal’s VC 101 video series provides insights on venture capital essentials. In this episode, the AV Chief Community Officer presents a short video explaining the potential benefits of adding venture to your portfolio.

by Luke Antal

Sample Deals

We invest alongside other established venture firms in a broad range of companies to help build you a diversified portfolio.

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*Investments are shown for illustrative purposes only, are not necessarily representative of any other AV fund or AV investor experience, and are not accessible to future investors, except potentially in the case of follow-on investment.

Join Us (For Free)

Start Investing With the Energy & Strategic Minerals Community Today.

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    High-Quality Deals

    Typically unavailable to individual investors.
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    Co-Invest with Elite VCs

    AV co-investors include VCs like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Khosla, Accel, and more.
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    Exclusive Deal Information

    Diligence materials, investor decks, company financials all provided. NDA required & enforced.

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