Venture Investing For Proud Alumni


A Proud, Connected Venture Community

Invest with Alumni Ventures—America’s Largest Venture Capital Firm for Individual Investors. Join fellow alumni in building your school’s legacy while co-investing alongside elite firms like Kleiner Perkins and Khosla Ventures.

Investment Insights for Passionate Alumni

At Alumni Ventures, we understand that investing alongside fellow alumni creates powerful opportunities for both returns and impact. Our alumni-driven venture funds provide accredited investors with a trusted path to participate in high-quality deals, co-investing alongside elite firms like Kleiner Perkins and Khosla Ventures.

Watch our exclusive video, “Our Approach to Redefining Venture Investing” for an insider’s look at how fellow graduates are building something meaningful together while accessing institutional-quality venture investments through their trusted alumni network.


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Content for Proud Alumni

AV Named a Top Performing VC Firm

Alumni Ventures (AV), built by and for alumni like you, has been recognized by CB Insights as one of the top 20 performing North American venture firms in 2024. Our community of alumni investors joins prestigious firms such as Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Khosla Ventures, and Accel in receiving this recognition for “portfolio strength and ability to predict future winners” — another validation of how alumni working together can achieve remarkable success.

How a Co-Investor Actually Gets Into a Deal

Our exit of portfolio company Upstart is a success story for the firm and an excellent example of the power of Alumni Ventures’ network of proud alumni and of our investing model in action.

Does Your Alma Mater Have a Fund?

Learn the unique role venture capital plays in diversifying portfolios, offering exposure to high-growth opportunities, and enhancing overall returns. We have alumni funds for alums of schools like Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale, and more that maintain portfolios fully diversified by stage, sector, geography, and lead investor.

Next Step: Find the Fund That Fits Your Interests

Core Funds

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    ~20-30 investments diversified by stage, sector, geography, and lead investor

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    Investments sourced by our entire team of ~40 full-time venture investment professionals

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    Co-investing alongside other established venture firms

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    Portfolio constructed by our Office of the CIO, with 20% reserved for follow-ons

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    Includes access to deal Syndications and engagement opportunities with other investors

Typical Investments are $50k-$100k
Minimum is $25k

Focused Funds

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    Diversified portfolios, deploying against specific strategy, with reserves for follow-ons

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    Investments sourced by our entire team of ~40 full-time venture investment professionals

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    Co-investing alongside other established venture firms

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    Each Focused Fund is led by dedicated full-time team with specific thematic expertise

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    Includes access to deal Syndications and engagement opportunities with other investors

Typical Investments are $50k-$100k
Minimums start at $25k

Syndications

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    Opportunities to invest in single venture deals.

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    Only for existing AV fund investors

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    All deals sourced by our investment professionals and invested in by one or more of our funds

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    Deal diligence materials shared via a secure data room

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    You decide how often you want to see Syndications and whether or not to invest

Typical Investments are $15-25k
Minimum is $10k

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Access the secure data room and fund materials for all our Core and Focused Funds


Why Join Fellow Alumni Building Tomorrow’s Success Stories?

Our community brings a trusted, proven approach to venture capital investing, uniting alumni with some of the most respected names in the industry:

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    VC has outperformed the public market equivalents in the 5-, 15-, and 25-year periods ending December 31, 2020.*
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    VC is largely uncorrelated to the public markets, making it attractive from a portfolio risk-mitigation perspective.*
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    Significantly more value is being created in the private markets today than in recent years.*
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    VC portfolios — if properly sized and diversified — have favorable risk/reward profiles that continue to attract more capital from the most sophisticated institutional investors.*