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 Beauty

Prismpop

Seed Round in 2022
PrismPop, Inc. is a social commerce platform focused on the beauty industry, facilitating the discovery of personalized beauty products through a mobile interface. Launched in 2018 and based in Pasadena, California, the platform fosters an online beauty community where users can engage with content and connect with third-party manufacturers to explore a variety of products and services tailored to their individual preferences.

Crown Affair

Seed Round in 2021
Crown Affair, Inc. is an online retailer specializing in personal haircare products, founded in 2019 and based in New York. The company emphasizes a holistic approach to hair care, offering a range of vegan and cruelty-free products such as brushes, towels, oils, scrunchies, and renewal masks. Each product is designed to work in harmony with others, transforming routine hair care into a meaningful ritual. Crown Affair is committed to sustainability, utilizing recyclable, reusable, and compostable packaging to ensure that their offerings are environmentally friendly. By providing guidance, tools, and a supportive community, Crown Affair aims to redefine consumers' relationships with their hair.

Prima

Seed Round in 2021
Prima is a wellness brand based in Santa Monica, California, that specializes in hemp-based CBD and innovative botanical products. It aims to address modern stress through a commitment to education and the provision of high-quality, pure products. The brand emphasizes the importance of balance as a fundamental aspect of health and happiness. By integrating science and nature, Prima seeks to empower consumers to enhance their well-being and improve their quality of life. As a privately held Public Benefit Corporation, Prima also focuses on social impact, reinforcing its mission to promote holistic wellness and transparency in the wellness industry.

Womaness

Seed Round in 2021
Womaness️ develops and offers a collection of modern menopause products. Womaness changes the conversation around menopause through innovative products that offer solutions from head to toe (and everything in-between), trusted advice on symptoms from hot flashes to sleep issues to fine lines, and support from an inspired community of women.

Full Reign

Seed Round in 2020
Full Reign, founded in 2020 and based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operates a recommendation platform focused on hair-care products. The company specializes in formulating sustainable hair care solutions tailored for wavy to curly hair types. By providing alternatives that simplify the hair routine, Full Reign aims to enhance the customer experience while minimizing environmental impact through its innovative packaging and refill processes. This approach not only reduces costs for consumers but also promotes responsible hair care practices.

Crown Affair

Venture Round in 2020
Crown Affair, Inc. is an online retailer specializing in personal haircare products, founded in 2019 and based in New York. The company emphasizes a holistic approach to hair care, offering a range of vegan and cruelty-free products such as brushes, towels, oils, scrunchies, and renewal masks. Each product is designed to work in harmony with others, transforming routine hair care into a meaningful ritual. Crown Affair is committed to sustainability, utilizing recyclable, reusable, and compostable packaging to ensure that their offerings are environmentally friendly. By providing guidance, tools, and a supportive community, Crown Affair aims to redefine consumers' relationships with their hair.

Crown Affair

Seed Round in 2020
Crown Affair, Inc. is an online retailer specializing in personal haircare products, founded in 2019 and based in New York. The company emphasizes a holistic approach to hair care, offering a range of vegan and cruelty-free products such as brushes, towels, oils, scrunchies, and renewal masks. Each product is designed to work in harmony with others, transforming routine hair care into a meaningful ritual. Crown Affair is committed to sustainability, utilizing recyclable, reusable, and compostable packaging to ensure that their offerings are environmentally friendly. By providing guidance, tools, and a supportive community, Crown Affair aims to redefine consumers' relationships with their hair.

Prismpop

Pre Seed Round in 2020
PrismPop, Inc. is a social commerce platform focused on the beauty industry, facilitating the discovery of personalized beauty products through a mobile interface. Launched in 2018 and based in Pasadena, California, the platform fosters an online beauty community where users can engage with content and connect with third-party manufacturers to explore a variety of products and services tailored to their individual preferences.

Prismpop

Convertible Note in 2020
PrismPop, Inc. is a social commerce platform focused on the beauty industry, facilitating the discovery of personalized beauty products through a mobile interface. Launched in 2018 and based in Pasadena, California, the platform fosters an online beauty community where users can engage with content and connect with third-party manufacturers to explore a variety of products and services tailored to their individual preferences.

Yours

Seed Round in 2019
Yours is an early stage consumer-tech startup that creates personalised skincare products based on user's skin, lifestyle, and environment. Founded by former Uber employees, Yours is reimagining the decades-old skincare industry through personalisation at scale. All their products are clean, cruelty-free, environmentally-friendly, and made in Switzerland.

Busy Co

Venture Round in 2019
Welcome to the first-ever zero-waste wipes. - Upcycled, unbleached cotton that biodegrades fast and is better for your skin - First-of-its-kind recyclable packaging - Real skincare benefits thanks to cosmetic quality ingredients We've been featured in Business Insider, Forbes, Reader's Digest, BuzzFeed, Bustle, Total Beauty, and Beauty Independent.

Friendshop

Seed Round in 2019
Friendshop is an online retailer specializing in beauty and skincare products. The company offers a wide range of makeup items for the eyes, face, and lips, including eyeliners, foundations, lipsticks, and various skincare essentials like face masks and sunscreens. Based in San Francisco, California, Friendshop innovates the shopping experience by enabling users to recruit friends to shop together, which allows them to unlock exclusive deals on popular brands such as Urban Decay, NARS, and Drunk Elephant. This approach to social shopping sets Friendshop apart in the beauty retail sector.

Madison Reed

Series C in 2015
Madison Reed, Inc. is a beauty company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in manufacturing hair care products, particularly hair color formulations. Founded in 2013, the company offers a range of products, including permanent hair colors, root touch-up solutions, color reviving glosses, and various treatment products. Madison Reed emphasizes the use of a proprietary ammonia-free formula enriched with ingredients like argan oil and keratin, aiming to provide salon-quality hair color at an accessible price point. In addition to its online sales, the company operates hair color salons in California and offers franchising opportunities. It also markets a selection of hair care accessories and tools. Madison Reed's focus on using safe, high-quality ingredients has positioned it as a leader in the hair color industry, catering to consumers seeking effective and gentle hair care solutions.
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