Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures Group, LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with additional offices in major cities across North America. The firm specializes in seed, early-stage, and late-stage pre-IPO investments, focusing on companies with an alumni connection and supported by established institutional lead investors. Alumni Ventures aims to provide accredited investors, particularly alumni from top entrepreneurial schools, with access to diversified venture portfolios that span various sectors and geographic regions. The firm typically invests between $0.01 million and $3 million and does not require board or observer seats in its portfolio companies. Through its managed fund families, Alumni Ventures enables investors to participate in a collaborative investment approach, fostering connections among alumni while facilitating investment opportunities in innovative ventures.

Rob Adams

Managing Partner

Gail Ball

Venture Scout

Andrew Baum

Vice President, Treasury and Capital Management

David Beazley

Executive Partner

Ali Byrd

Investor Advisory Council Member

Matt Caspari

Managing Partner, Strawberry Creek and amp; Deep Tech

Matt Castellini

Senior Associate

Helen Chen

CEO Services Analyst

Cainon Coates

Managing Partner

Michael Collins

CEO

Thomas Edwards

Associate

Yev Gelfand

Investor

Mason Hale

Senior Associate, Chestnut Street and Triphammer Ven

Jin Kim

Senior Vice President, Office of Investments

Lucas Kirshenbaum

VC Investor

Ron Levin

Managing Partner, AV Seed Fund and Doctors Innovate Fund

Jess Liu-Brown

Principal

Michael Madden

Co-Founder and Investment Professionals

Jonathan Meltzer

Managing Partner

Tom Meyer

Managing Partner, Nassau Street

Keith Murphy

Director, Video Programs

David Muson

CFO

Aisha Robinson

Comms Team VP of Strategic Communications

Saad Shaheen

Investor Operations Manager

Stephen Stolzenberg

Senior Associate

Justin Strausbaugh

Managing Partner, Lakeshore

Brittney Wade

Senior Associate, Seed Fund

Sarah Worden

Venture Scout

Wesley Yiu

Partner

Henri Yuan

Investor

Michael Yuann

Director of Investment Operations

Past deals in New Jersey

Arable

Series C in 2022
Arable Labs, Inc. specializes in developing a solar-powered Internet of Things (IoT) device equipped with advanced sensors for in-field crop monitoring. This technology allows farmers to digitize and optimize their agricultural decisions by providing critical data about the impact of weather and other factors on crop yield, quality, and harvest timing. Arable's integrated system combines unique spectral and thermal sensors with agronomic modeling and software tools, enabling users to monitor crop development and identify stressors such as water or nutrient deficiencies. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including farmers, agronomists, researchers, food processors, and agricultural enterprises, facilitating real-time insights and predictive analytics that enhance productivity and sustainability. Established in 2014, Arable is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Princeton, New Jersey. The company has received various accolades, highlighting its innovation in agricultural technology.

Houwzer

Series B in 2021
Houwzer, LLC is a real estate brokerage based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with additional offices in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, and Haddonfield, New Jersey. Established in 2014, Houwzer provides comprehensive services for buying and selling homes, emphasizing a customer-centric approach. The company employs salaried agents and loan officers, enabling them to prioritize client service over sales commissions. Houwzer utilizes proprietary technology to streamline the entire real estate transaction process, offering an integrated platform that includes communication tools, featured listings, and transaction management services. With a focus on transparency and efficiency, Houwzer has achieved a high Net Promoter Score and consistently receives positive client reviews. Since its inception, the company has helped clients in the Mid-Atlantic region save significantly when selling their homes and has facilitated thousands of successful transactions.

Vahan

Series A in 2021
Vahan Inc. develops a mobile education platform for low-income populations. The company offers Vahan, an application for feature phones and smartphones that enables students to practice what they’re learning in the classroom, outside it. Its application helps students maximize learning outcomes; and Web-based learning management system allows instructors to track their students' scores and progress, review students' responses, and send them feedback via SMS or voice messages. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

BlockFi

Series E in 2021
BlockFi, Inc. is a financial services company focused on providing wealth management products for cryptocurrency investors. Established in 2017 and headquartered in New York, it offers a range of services including the BlockFi Interest Account, which allows clients to earn interest on their holdings of Bitcoin, Ether, and Gemini Dollar. The company also facilitates secured loans in U.S. dollars, backed by clients' cryptocurrency assets, thereby enhancing liquidity in the blockchain asset market. In addition to lending and interest-earning accounts, BlockFi provides a trading platform for exchanging various cryptocurrency pairs and offers services tailored for institutional clients. By holding clients' digital assets with a registered custodian, BlockFi aims to deliver transparency and efficiency in digital financial markets. The company's mission is to address the evolving needs of both individual and institutional investors in the cryptocurrency space.

Arable

Series B in 2020
Arable Labs, Inc. specializes in developing a solar-powered Internet of Things (IoT) device equipped with advanced sensors for in-field crop monitoring. This technology allows farmers to digitize and optimize their agricultural decisions by providing critical data about the impact of weather and other factors on crop yield, quality, and harvest timing. Arable's integrated system combines unique spectral and thermal sensors with agronomic modeling and software tools, enabling users to monitor crop development and identify stressors such as water or nutrient deficiencies. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including farmers, agronomists, researchers, food processors, and agricultural enterprises, facilitating real-time insights and predictive analytics that enhance productivity and sustainability. Established in 2014, Arable is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Princeton, New Jersey. The company has received various accolades, highlighting its innovation in agricultural technology.

Arable

Venture Round in 2020
Arable Labs, Inc. specializes in developing a solar-powered Internet of Things (IoT) device equipped with advanced sensors for in-field crop monitoring. This technology allows farmers to digitize and optimize their agricultural decisions by providing critical data about the impact of weather and other factors on crop yield, quality, and harvest timing. Arable's integrated system combines unique spectral and thermal sensors with agronomic modeling and software tools, enabling users to monitor crop development and identify stressors such as water or nutrient deficiencies. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including farmers, agronomists, researchers, food processors, and agricultural enterprises, facilitating real-time insights and predictive analytics that enhance productivity and sustainability. Established in 2014, Arable is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Princeton, New Jersey. The company has received various accolades, highlighting its innovation in agricultural technology.

Ansel

Seed Round in 2020
Brella is modernizing supplemental health benefits to build a world where health hardship doesn’t mean financial hardship. Brella’s simple supplemental plan covers 13,000+ conditions and pays cash on the diagnosis that you can use for anything that is needed on the road to recovery. Brella Insurance was founded in 2019 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Houwzer

Series A in 2020
Houwzer, LLC is a real estate brokerage based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with additional offices in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, and Haddonfield, New Jersey. Established in 2014, Houwzer provides comprehensive services for buying and selling homes, emphasizing a customer-centric approach. The company employs salaried agents and loan officers, enabling them to prioritize client service over sales commissions. Houwzer utilizes proprietary technology to streamline the entire real estate transaction process, offering an integrated platform that includes communication tools, featured listings, and transaction management services. With a focus on transparency and efficiency, Houwzer has achieved a high Net Promoter Score and consistently receives positive client reviews. Since its inception, the company has helped clients in the Mid-Atlantic region save significantly when selling their homes and has facilitated thousands of successful transactions.

HENRY The Dentist

Series A in 2019
HENRY rolls up to corporate offices with a state-of-the-art mobile dental practice and has a brick-and-mortar facility in New Providence, New Jersey. They deliver in-network dental services at your company site through a high-end, technology enabled mobile practice. We charge your company's insurance, not your employees. It's a win-win.

HENRY The Dentist

Series A in 2019
HENRY rolls up to corporate offices with a state-of-the-art mobile dental practice and has a brick-and-mortar facility in New Providence, New Jersey. They deliver in-network dental services at your company site through a high-end, technology enabled mobile practice. We charge your company's insurance, not your employees. It's a win-win.

BlockFi

Seed Round in 2018
BlockFi, Inc. is a financial services company focused on providing wealth management products for cryptocurrency investors. Established in 2017 and headquartered in New York, it offers a range of services including the BlockFi Interest Account, which allows clients to earn interest on their holdings of Bitcoin, Ether, and Gemini Dollar. The company also facilitates secured loans in U.S. dollars, backed by clients' cryptocurrency assets, thereby enhancing liquidity in the blockchain asset market. In addition to lending and interest-earning accounts, BlockFi provides a trading platform for exchanging various cryptocurrency pairs and offers services tailored for institutional clients. By holding clients' digital assets with a registered custodian, BlockFi aims to deliver transparency and efficiency in digital financial markets. The company's mission is to address the evolving needs of both individual and institutional investors in the cryptocurrency space.

Vahan

Seed Round in 2018
Vahan Inc. develops a mobile education platform for low-income populations. The company offers Vahan, an application for feature phones and smartphones that enables students to practice what they’re learning in the classroom, outside it. Its application helps students maximize learning outcomes; and Web-based learning management system allows instructors to track their students' scores and progress, review students' responses, and send them feedback via SMS or voice messages. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

HENRY The Dentist

Seed Round in 2017
HENRY rolls up to corporate offices with a state-of-the-art mobile dental practice and has a brick-and-mortar facility in New Providence, New Jersey. They deliver in-network dental services at your company site through a high-end, technology enabled mobile practice. We charge your company's insurance, not your employees. It's a win-win.

Celularity

Venture Round in 2017
Celularity is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing innovative therapies using allogeneic cells and tissues derived from postpartum placenta. The company specializes in off-the-shelf placental-derived cell therapies, including both genetically modified and unmodified natural killer (NK) cells, engineered T cells such as CAR-T cells, and mesenchymal-like adherent stromal cells. These therapies are designed to treat a range of conditions, including cancer, autoimmune diseases, and degenerative disorders, while also enhancing immunity and promoting healing. Celularity operates through three main business segments: Cell Therapy, Degenerative Disease, and bio-banking, with the bio-banking segment contributing the majority of its revenue. The company aims to enable patients to initiate treatment more rapidly, thereby improving medical outcomes.

Tulip

Convertible Note in 2016
Tulip Products Inc. is a manufacturer based in Jersey City, New Jersey, that specializes in oral care products. Incorporated in 2015, the company offers a range of items including toothpaste, mints, and toothbrushes. Tulip aims to redefine oral hygiene by providing innovative products such as flavored toothpaste options, including coconut, ginger, and lavender, which are designed to enhance the overall experience of oral care and address issues like bad breath. Through its consumer platform, Tulip is committed to delivering effective solutions for maintaining oral health.
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