Michael Beer

Michael is an accomplished multi-stage venture investor with experience across investing, consulting, and company building. Before joining Alumni Ventures as a Principal, he held an investment role at Cerity Partners Ventures (formerly Touchdown Ventures), where he sourced and led diligence on investments across enterprise AI, energy transition, and media. Prior to that, Michael spent several years at BCG advising technology companies on turnarounds and strategic transformation, and at Comvest Partners executing private equity investments across the middle market.

At Alumni Ventures, Michael focuses on pre-seed through Series C opportunities with a thematic emphasis on enterprise AI, energy transition, and media.

Outside of work, Michael is an avid squash player and poker enthusiast. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, where he focused on finance and entrepreneurship and an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied philosophy, political science, and economics.