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Venture Capital Overview

Our strong belief is that a robust, diversified venture portfolio should have a place in every sophisticated investment portfolio.

How Venture Capital Works

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 AV Communications Team

Why Venture Capital?

Venture capital is an asset class that, until Alumni Ventures came along, had almost solely been accessible to institutional investors and the ultra-wealthy.

by AV Communications Team

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

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 AV Communications Team

5 Surprising Facts About Venture Investing

Venture capital can be an appropriate addition to an accredited investor’s portfolio for many reasons.

by AV Communications Team

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 AV Communications Team

Why Venture Capital?

Venture capital is an asset class that, until Alumni Ventures came along, had almost solely been accessible to institutional investors and the ultra-wealthy.

by AV Communications Team

Building Your Venture Portfolio

How You Customize Your Portfolio with Alumni Ventures Syndications

As an Alumni Ventures investor, you’re automatically eligible to invest in our Syndications. This program lets you opt into single Alumni Venture deals as you wish. For more about how they work, you can watch this brief video from our CIO Anton Simunovic.

by AV Communications Team

Hitting Home Runs in Venture by Playing Early in the Game

Slack, Pinterest, Zoom, Lyft, Uber. Which ones would you have chosen to back at the venture stage — and which at IPO?

by Alexandra "Sasha" Jostrom-Reiser

The Case for Diversification into Venture Capital

Venture capital can be an appropriate addition to an accredited investor’s portfolio, in part due to the potential of VC to deliver higher returns than other investment opportunities.

by Lacey Farrell Johnson

The Importance of a Large Venture Portfolio

Baby sea turtles are born into a dangerous world. Each clutch of about a hundred eggs will endure a never-ending gauntlet of hungry birds, deadly waves, and deep-sea predators. Only 2% of these young reptiles will ever make it to adulthood.

by Cainon Coates

Tax Benefits Most Venture Investors Aren’t Aware Of

When we connect with prospective accredited investors, we highlight how investors in promising, venture-backed startups can potentially realize greater gains than individuals who wait until companies IPO. However, even some seasoned VC investors are unaware of the potential tax advantages available for specific venture investments.

by AV Communications Team

How You Customize Your Portfolio with Alumni Ventures Syndications

As an Alumni Ventures investor, you’re automatically eligible to invest in our Syndications. This program lets you opt into single Alumni Venture deals as you wish. For more about how they work, you can watch this brief video from our CIO Anton Simunovic.

by AV Communications Team

Hitting Home Runs in Venture by Playing Early in the Game

Slack, Pinterest, Zoom, Lyft, Uber. Which ones would you have chosen to back at the venture stage — and which at IPO?

by Alexandra "Sasha" Jostrom-Reiser

Alumni Ventures’ Strategy & Funds

How Does Alumni Ventures Evaluate Deals?

Learn how Alumni Ventures evaluates a company for our fund portfolios.

by AV Communications Team

How We’ll Partner with You to Create a Venture Portfolio

Alumni Ventures is a network-powered venture capital firm helping accredited individuals become more successful venture investors. CEO and founder Mike Collins leveraged his own experience and frustrations as a private venture investor as inspiration to start Alumni Ventures.

by Michael Collins

Alumni Ventures Secret Recipe: How Fund Portfolios are Built

In this video, we hear from the portfolio builders themselves, the Partners of AV’s Alumni Funds who oversee the pipeline of investing activities from deal sourcing to portfolio monitoring.

by AV Communications Team

Closing the Ring: A Case Study of How We Access Deals

Oura, an Alumni Ventures Group portfolio company, is a Finland-based developer of a wellness ring and software application that tracks multiple body measurements, all designed to help the wearer get more restful sleep and perform better.

by AV Communications Team

How a Co-Investor Actually Gets Into a Deal

Alumni Ventures is one of the most active VC firms in the United States ( PitchBook 2020 Global League Tables).

by Michael Collins

How Does Alumni Ventures Evaluate Deals?

Learn how Alumni Ventures evaluates a company for our fund portfolios.

by AV Communications Team

How We’ll Partner with You to Create a Venture Portfolio

Alumni Ventures is a network-powered venture capital firm helping accredited individuals become more successful venture investors. CEO and founder Mike Collins leveraged his own experience and frustrations as a private venture investor as inspiration to start Alumni Ventures.

by Michael Collins

Getting Started: Investor FAQs

How Do Exits Work?

Alumni Venture’s investment strategy is to co-invest alongside established lead VC firms. At exit, we seek to monetize our position expeditiously. At times, there might be exceptions, which we will address in this piece.

by AV Communications Team

How Do I Become an Accredited Investor?

Ready to start investing? Hilary Ncala, Vice President of Investor Engagement at Alumni Ventures, explains what it means to be accredited and the documentation investors are required to provide to verify their accreditation.

by AV Communications Team

What Are the Different Ways That I Can Invest?

Ready to start investing? Hilary Ncala, Vice President of Investor Engagement at Alumni Ventures, explains the different ways you can make a venture investment, including trust and retirement accounts.

by AV Communications Team

Infographic: How Fees Work in a Typical Alumni Ventures Fund

The Alumni Ventures family of funds encompasses core funds and focused funds, all tailored towards the retail investor.

by AV Communications Team

What To Expect in the Closing Process

Hilary Ncala, VP of Investor Engagement at Alumni Ventures Group, outlines what investors can expect in the closing process.

by AV Communications Team

How Do Exits Work?

Alumni Venture’s investment strategy is to co-invest alongside established lead VC firms. At exit, we seek to monetize our position expeditiously. At times, there might be exceptions, which we will address in this piece.

by AV Communications Team

How Do I Become an Accredited Investor?

Ready to start investing? Hilary Ncala, Vice President of Investor Engagement at Alumni Ventures, explains what it means to be accredited and the documentation investors are required to provide to verify their accreditation.

by AV Communications Team

For the Builders, Makers, and Creators

Expert Community Case Study: Sorcero

Sorcero offers an AI-powered platform that can ingest and understand scientific and medical language at scale to empower human experts. Alumni Ventures and Castor Ventures (for MIT alums and friends of the community) invested in the company in 2018.

by AV Communications Team

Introduction to AV for Entrepreneurial and VC Partners

We are pleased to work with a variety of entrepreneurs and venture firms. As strict co-investors, we only invest when we believe we can add meaningful value to you. We welcome inquiries if you have an investment opportunity or just want to get acquainted.

How We’ll Add Meaningful Value to Your Startup

Alumni Ventures is a network-powered VC firm. We are stage, sector, and geography agnostic, with more than $750 million raised from accredited investors. Our low-friction process and flexible check size are designed to meet the needs of entrepreneurs and lead VCs. We are strictly co-investors (800+ portfolio companies) and only invest when we believe we can add meaningful value to your company.

CEO Services Success Stories

Alumni Ventures’ CEO Services team helps our portfolio companies take their next critical steps to success. We boost your business across our ecosystem of 550k+ community members comprising alumni from top U.S. universities (Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Yale, and others), leading VCs, experienced entrepreneurs, and C-suite executives from companies of all sizes and industries.
Madison, Wisconsin

Our Network Power Helping Investors and Entrepreneurs Succeed

Alumni Ventures’ Bascom Ventures Fund is democratizing venture capital for the University of Wisconsin community and serving as a value-add investor to its portfolio companies.

by AV Communications Team

Expert Community Case Study: Sorcero

Sorcero offers an AI-powered platform that can ingest and understand scientific and medical language at scale to empower human experts. Alumni Ventures and Castor Ventures (for MIT alums and friends of the community) invested in the company in 2018.

by AV Communications Team

Introduction to AV for Entrepreneurial and VC Partners

We are pleased to work with a variety of entrepreneurs and venture firms. As strict co-investors, we only invest when we believe we can add meaningful value to you. We welcome inquiries if you have an investment opportunity or just want to get acquainted.

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