Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures Group, LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with additional offices in North America. The firm specializes in seed, early-stage, and late-stage pre-IPO investments, focusing on companies that have an alumni connection and an institutional lead investor with relevant expertise. It offers high-quality, diversified venture portfolios to individual investors, particularly accredited alumni from top entrepreneurial schools, who previously lacked access to venture capital opportunities. Alumni Ventures Group invests between $0.01 million and $3 million in various sectors and geographies, without seeking board or observer seats. Additionally, the firm provides focused funds that enable any accredited investor to access a diverse venture portfolio, allowing for investment across different types, sectors, stages, and geographical locations.

Gregory Baker

Managing Partner

Bryan Jurewicz

Venture Partner

Michael Madden

Managing Partner

Past deals in Indiana

Bolster

Series B in 2022
Bolster is an executive talent marketplace that connects high-growth companies with trusted and flexible executive talent. The company's platform matches executives with startup and scaleup CEOs based on each company’s unique needs and each executive’s unique experience. Its services engage its communities of executives, give executives the tools they need to manage their business or consulting practice, help CEOs understand the scalability of their executive teams and boards, and enable investors to seamlessly connect their networks to their portfolio companies.

Lessonly

Series C in 2020
Lessonly is a simple learning management software that helps teams learn, practice and do better work. They are used by over 3 million learners at more than 1,000 leading companies including Trunk Club, Ibotta, U.S. Cellular, and Jostens to share knowledge and reinforce best practices. Lessonly increases productivity, cuts onboarding time, raises CSAT scores. Other features include easy-to-use lesson creation, analytics to track impact, & coaching functionality to give feedback at scale. Lessonly enables busy teams to get on the same page, stay ahead of change, and deliver amazing experiences to customers and prospects. It allows users to build, share and track training materials and activity from a singular interface. Lessonly was founded in 2012 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

Lessonly

Venture Round in 2020
Lessonly is a simple learning management software that helps teams learn, practice and do better work. They are used by over 3 million learners at more than 1,000 leading companies including Trunk Club, Ibotta, U.S. Cellular, and Jostens to share knowledge and reinforce best practices. Lessonly increases productivity, cuts onboarding time, raises CSAT scores. Other features include easy-to-use lesson creation, analytics to track impact, & coaching functionality to give feedback at scale. Lessonly enables busy teams to get on the same page, stay ahead of change, and deliver amazing experiences to customers and prospects. It allows users to build, share and track training materials and activity from a singular interface. Lessonly was founded in 2012 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

SNAPSHYFT Labor Marketplace

Seed Round in 2018
The SnapShyft Labor Marketplace is a Staffing-as-a-Service software and mobile app connecting food service and food manufacturing businesses with fully vetted & experienced professionals, on-demand. We help fill shifts fast— combining the best attributes of the gig-economy and HR Tech while eliminating bias and discrimination in the process. As the #1 rated most reliable staffing solution in the market the SnapShyft platform is generating positive socio-economic outcomes through empowering businesses to staff-on-the-fly, and tens of thousands of essential workers to have full flexibility to generate income as needed, and the community at large.

Costello

Seed Round in 2018
Costello is a sales co-pilot software designed to enhance the efficiency of sales teams by keeping deals and conversations organized. The platform consolidates essential information about each deal in a user-friendly interface, allowing sales representatives to prioritize their efforts effectively. By highlighting gaps in the sales process, Costello helps identify at-risk deals and those that may not be a good fit. The intelligent assistant offers insights and actionable suggestions, enabling reps to prepare for calls with key questions and share relevant customer stories. This approach not only streamlines follow-up but also equips sales teams to navigate critical moments during sales calls, thereby increasing the likelihood of closing more deals.