Chestnut Street Ventures

Chestnut Street Ventures has helped us to think big and find creative opportunities to boost our value creation. They've been a great partner to navigate through growth challenges and prepare ourselves for later, bigger rounds to enable us to execute our long term vision of becoming the leading eyecare player for Latin America.

Chestnut Street Ventures has been an incredible investment partner that not only provided the financial resources we needed to grow, but also jumped in the trenches with our team to make critical connections. Their support has been invaluable as they've joined us on our journey.

The team at Chestnut Street Ventures are the perfect vc partner – super smart, incredibly well-connected and lightning fast responsive...the connection to the broader universe of other Alumni Ventures funds makes the network even more powerful.

As an investor in Chestnut Street Ventures, I have had the opportunity to participate in some exciting early stage companies led by Penn Alums. The co-investors have included a group of elite venture capital funds that I would not have had access to as an individual investor.

As a member of the Investment Committee, I’m reviewing incredibly innovative deals and engaging with a powerful Penn Alum network. Penn entrepreneurs are transforming the world and the Investment Committee is helping to make that happen.

To date, I have invested in four Alumni Venture funds and a number of related direct investments. This reflects my confidence in the funds' management. Moreover Alumni Venture's investment portal, direct emails and programs provide transparency as to the investments and information regarding various trends, markets and products. These are investment opportunities that otherwise would not be available to me and I'm pleased to include them in my invesment portfolio.