SUMMARY
- Making your first investment is simple. Pick your fund, e-sign docs in our secure Investor Portal, and transfer funds electronically. Then let us build your professional venture portfolio.
- Tracking your venture portfolio is easy through periodic investment alerts and regular statements delivered via email and social media.
- The experience and benefits of being an AV investor goes far beyond your fund investment. You’ll get access to our exclusive investor syndicate and enjoy exclusive educational opportunities, community events, networking, and more.
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Making your first investment
Prior to Alumni Ventures, most of our investors have never invested in venture capital. Some have made angel investments or done private real estate deals, but few have been limited partners in private funds. It’s very common to wonder “How complicated is this?”
From the outset, Alumni Ventures was dedicated to building an investment process that was smart, straightforward, seamless, and simple. To have gotten to this place in your career and wealth accumulation, you are sophisticated and successful, yet likely short on time and unforgiving of needless complexity. That’s why our investment process is grounded in two simple principles:
1. Make it simple. Investing with Alumni Ventures can be completed in as little as thirty minutes. Simply create an account using our secure investor portal, select your fund, e-sign fund documents, and initiate the electronic funds transfer. The one more manual step is providing proof of accreditation, and we’re making that simpler all the time with technology partners like Parallel Markets.
2. Provide outstanding personalized support as needed. Our Investor Relations Team is the heart and soul of the investor experience at Alumni Ventures. Each fund has a dedicated Investor Relations Manager to answer all your questions, guide you through the portal and process if needed, and process your investment. Led by our intrepid Vice President of Investor Relations, Hilary Ncala, this team is your go-to resource any time you need them.
Tracking your venture portfolio
We strive to set a new standard for visibility and transparency in private investing by providing real-time updates.
1. What are the exciting companies in my fund’s portfolio? Our fund Managing Partners will begin deploying fund capital towards near or just before the fund’s final close (for new investors to join) and will do so typically over twelve to eighteen months. As new investments are made, you’ll be notified of new companies in your portfolio via regular email updates and you can view the portfolio 24/7 in the Investor Portal. Some investors are keen to closely follow each deal and how the portfolio is built, while others chose to “set it and forget it.”
2. How are the companies in my portfolio doing? There is no shortage of exciting news about the companies in your portfolio. We aim to provide you with the most important news about your investments, such as IPOs, acquisitions, up-rounds, and significant milestones via email and in the Investor Portal. However, the best way to get even more and more timely news about your portfolio companies is to follow Alumni Ventures, your fund, and all the companies in your portfolio on social media.
3. What is the performance of my investment? AV’s Investor Portal is available 24/7 to view the performance of your investment. We strive for the highest level of transparency and accessibility in the data. Having said that, venture capital is a long-term asset class and the valuations of your investments change infrequently, certainly compared to the stock market. Quarterly, we make updates to portfolio company valuations based on public pricing events (e.g. IPO, acquisition, or updated valuation based on subsequent funding rounds). Most of the companies in your portfolio will reflect no movement for months or years at a time. When they do move, they are often big changes in valuation, which you’ll see over time. You can look anytime, but checking in 2-4 times per year is plenty.
The experience and benefits of being an AV investor
Alumni Ventures aims to provide a world-class experience to all our investors, whether they’ve completed one investment with us or dozens. This comes down to service, exclusive access, and learning and engagement opportunities:
Service. Your dedicated Investor Relations Manager is always available to you. They can be reached by email, phone, or Zoom meeting to assist you. Additionally, twice per year you’ll receive in-depth portfolio updates.
Exclusive access. As an investor with any Alumni Ventures fund, you’ll get preferred access to invest in any new funds (for example the Growth Fund) and have access to our syndicate, where we regularly offer investors the chance to double down and invest directly in a single company where additional allocation is available
Learning and engagement opportunities. We are a community of lifelong learners. Central to AV’s mission is broadening access to this previously opaque and restricted asset class and industry. We regularly bring you top-tier webinars with industry experts, technology thought leaders, and our professional venture capitalists. We host events in big cities, sponsor alumni pitch competitions, and organize the occasional tailgate at events like the Harvard-Yale football game or major conference sporting events at Texas A&M, Northwestern, and more. Our investors are always invited to join us at these events at no cost.