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 Cyber Security

Cyglera

Convertible Note in 2022
Our mission at Cylera is to protect healthcare organizations and their patients from those who wish to do them harm. Enabled by our breakthrough technology, we take a patient-centric approach to defend and optimize all of the devices that healthcare providers rely on to provide care including medical devices, operational technology, and enterprise IoT, so that together we can safeguard what matters most.

Lacework

Series D in 2022
Lacework, Inc. is a cloud security platform that specializes in automating security and compliance across various cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and private clouds. The company's flagship solution, Polygraph, enhances cloud workload security by integrating with cloud providers' security measures to protect customer accounts, workloads, and data. It effectively identifies anomalies and offers actionable insights for incident remediation. Lacework's offerings include continuous compliance, workload security, container security, and support for applications and services in cloud environments, leveraging DevOps processes and automated tools. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Lacework aims to provide a comprehensive view of risks associated with cloud workloads and containers, facilitating a secure transition to cloud infrastructure.

Pixm

Seed Round in 2022
Pixm is a computer and network company that specializes in cybersecurity and endpoint security. Its services also offer anti-phishing, email security, computer vision, and deep learning it helps companies, businesses, and organizations on website, network, and computer security. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Ockam

Series A in 2022
Ockam Inc. provides a server less platform for secure Internet-of-things (IOT) development. The company’s tool enables to interconnect hardware with software services and facilitate the exchange of information within connected systems; manage identities, cryptographic keys, and credentials for devices and services; and optimize connectivity and messaging for the exchange of information between entities and applications. Additionally, it connects application developers and system integrators; hardware and chipset engineers; and cloud service product managers. Ockam Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

SkySafe

Series B in 2021
The SkySafe system can take control of a rogue drone over the air and safely land it. With detailed event history and real-time notifications, SkySafe offers an unprecedented level of airspace security. SkySafe was founded in 2015 in San Diego, CA. The SkySafe team consists of drone experts from MIT, UC San Diego, the Air Force Research Lab, and more. Our goal is to build safe, secure airspaces as a new wild west of drone development and innovation emerges.

Appaegis

Seed Round in 2021
Appaegis simplifies enterprise data access while enforcing strong zero-trust security for remote access. Its patent-pending solution protects data access and gives administrators full control over how enterprise data is used. The company was founded by security veterans with successful security track records.

Clarity Security

Seed Round in 2021
Clarity Security offers a platform that provides tools to develop or enhance identity governance practices. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

TripleBlind

Series A in 2021
TripleBlind, Inc. is a Kansas City-based company established in 2019 that provides a platform designed for secure collaboration involving sensitive data and algorithms. The company offers digital privacy as a service, equipping organizations with a suite of tools that allows them to share and utilize highly sensitive information in an encrypted environment. This innovative approach ensures that privacy is maintained, enabling entities to work together without the risk of compromising their data security.

Strike Graph

Series A in 2021
Strike Graph, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that provides a compliance Security-as-a-Service solution, focusing on simplifying the process of security audits and certifications such as SOC 2 Type I and II. Founded in 2020, Strike Graph offers a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platform that allows organizations to efficiently manage their security programs, compliance controls, policies, and necessary documentation. The platform automates evidence collection for auditor review through integrations with common business systems and infrastructure, facilitating a streamlined audit process. By enabling collaboration among key stakeholders, including Risk Managers, CTOs, CISOs, and Auditors, Strike Graph helps businesses implement a risk-driven security framework that can significantly enhance revenue opportunities for B2B companies.

ThreatWarrior

Series A in 2021
ThreatWarrior is a cloud-native network threat intelligence platform designed to address both known and unknown cyber threats in real time. The platform employs an agentless, deep learning architecture to analyze network traffic, effectively eliminating blind spots, identifying security vulnerabilities, and mitigating active threats across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. By integrating unsupervised neural networks, continuous deep packet inspection, behavior monitoring, network intelligence, and automated response, ThreatWarrior provides a comprehensive solution for organizations. This enables users to gain visibility into their network activities, understand the behavior of all communications within their enterprise, and respond promptly to threats that may be overlooked by other solutions.

Ayraa

Seed Round in 2021
Ayraa AI is headquartered in the Silicon Valley with planned engineering operations in Mumbai & Pune, India. The company is on a mission to simplify and modernize workplace security, compliance, facilities & operations.

Breach Insurance

Seed Round in 2021
Breach develops, underwrites, and distributes insurance solutions for the digital asset marketplace. The company insures the loss of crypto assets due to cryptocurrency exchange hacks. It creates an intuitive dashboard that allows users to easily set up their policy, customize policy notifications, and submit a claim. It was founded in 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Breach Insurance

Seed Round in 2021
Breach develops, underwrites, and distributes insurance solutions for the digital asset marketplace. The company insures the loss of crypto assets due to cryptocurrency exchange hacks. It creates an intuitive dashboard that allows users to easily set up their policy, customize policy notifications, and submit a claim. It was founded in 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts.

HYPR

Series C in 2021
HYPR is The Passwordless Company backed by Comcast, Samsung, and Mastercard. The HYPR Cloud Platform makes it easy to go Passwordless across the enterprise by combining the security of a smart card with the convenience of a smartphone. With HYPR, businesses are finally able to solve the desktop MFA gap, eliminate customer passwords, and deliver lightning-fast login experiences their users love.

Baffle

Convertible Note in 2021
Baffle, Inc. specializes in data encryption software designed to secure sensitive information in cloud environments and throughout the analytics pipeline. Founded in 2015 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company provides a range of solutions, including advanced data protection, application tier security, and virtualized key management. Baffle's Data Protection Service enables organizations to de-identify data without altering applications, facilitating the secure transfer of data to the cloud for privacy-preserving analytics in artificial intelligence and machine learning. This capability allows businesses to enhance their data utilization while maintaining compliance and safeguarding user privacy.

Strike Graph

Seed Round in 2020
Strike Graph, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that provides a compliance Security-as-a-Service solution, focusing on simplifying the process of security audits and certifications such as SOC 2 Type I and II. Founded in 2020, Strike Graph offers a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platform that allows organizations to efficiently manage their security programs, compliance controls, policies, and necessary documentation. The platform automates evidence collection for auditor review through integrations with common business systems and infrastructure, facilitating a streamlined audit process. By enabling collaboration among key stakeholders, including Risk Managers, CTOs, CISOs, and Auditors, Strike Graph helps businesses implement a risk-driven security framework that can significantly enhance revenue opportunities for B2B companies.

Eclypsium

Series B in 2020
Eclypsium, Inc. develops a cloud-based device security platform for organizations. Its platform Eclypsium, an enterprise device security platform that offers security to the unprotected firmware and hardware layer of the enterprise including laptops, servers, and networking infrastructure. Eclypsium, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Portland, Oregon.

Eclypsium

Convertible Note in 2020
Eclypsium, Inc. develops a cloud-based device security platform for organizations. Its platform Eclypsium, an enterprise device security platform that offers security to the unprotected firmware and hardware layer of the enterprise including laptops, servers, and networking infrastructure. Eclypsium, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Portland, Oregon.

harbor

Seed Round in 2020
harbor's app and readiness platform provides a simple, relatable way to assess and develop preparedness and gain peace-of-mind. By curating expert advice and personalizing, automating, and gamifying key aspects of home safety, harbor aims to make getting ready for the unexpected a fun and easy part of everyday habits.

Kangaroo

Venture Round in 2020
Kangaroo is an electronics company specializing in home security systems that are designed to be simple, affordable, and app-enabled. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, the company aims to enhance safety by providing flexible security solutions that alert users to potential theft or external intrusions. Their self-contained alarm devices notify homeowners instantly of unwanted intrusions, ensuring that proper authorities can be informed if necessary. Additionally, Kangaroo prioritizes data security and privacy, taking extra measures to protect user information while striving to create a safer living environment.

Securrency

Series A in 2020
Securrency, Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in the tokenized issuance and trading of securities. Established in 2015 and based in Riva, Maryland, Securrency operates additional offices in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Abu Dhabi. The company’s platform integrates legacy financial services with modern distributed ledger technologies, allowing for efficient trading of illiquid asset classes. Its protocol supports various distributed ledgers, including Ethereum and Stellar, facilitating the seamless movement of tokens both on-chain and off-chain. By focusing on security and compliance, Securrency aims to enhance the transparency, efficiency, and accessibility of financial services, connecting investors seeking returns with asset owners, startups, and fund managers in need of capital.

Securrency

Venture Round in 2019
Securrency, Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in the tokenized issuance and trading of securities. Established in 2015 and based in Riva, Maryland, Securrency operates additional offices in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Abu Dhabi. The company’s platform integrates legacy financial services with modern distributed ledger technologies, allowing for efficient trading of illiquid asset classes. Its protocol supports various distributed ledgers, including Ethereum and Stellar, facilitating the seamless movement of tokens both on-chain and off-chain. By focusing on security and compliance, Securrency aims to enhance the transparency, efficiency, and accessibility of financial services, connecting investors seeking returns with asset owners, startups, and fund managers in need of capital.

HYPR

Series B in 2019
HYPR is The Passwordless Company backed by Comcast, Samsung, and Mastercard. The HYPR Cloud Platform makes it easy to go Passwordless across the enterprise by combining the security of a smart card with the convenience of a smartphone. With HYPR, businesses are finally able to solve the desktop MFA gap, eliminate customer passwords, and deliver lightning-fast login experiences their users love.

Lacework

Series C in 2019
Lacework, Inc. is a cloud security platform that specializes in automating security and compliance across various cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and private clouds. The company's flagship solution, Polygraph, enhances cloud workload security by integrating with cloud providers' security measures to protect customer accounts, workloads, and data. It effectively identifies anomalies and offers actionable insights for incident remediation. Lacework's offerings include continuous compliance, workload security, container security, and support for applications and services in cloud environments, leveraging DevOps processes and automated tools. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Lacework aims to provide a comprehensive view of risks associated with cloud workloads and containers, facilitating a secure transition to cloud infrastructure.

Baffle

Venture Round in 2019
Baffle, Inc. specializes in data encryption software designed to secure sensitive information in cloud environments and throughout the analytics pipeline. Founded in 2015 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company provides a range of solutions, including advanced data protection, application tier security, and virtualized key management. Baffle's Data Protection Service enables organizations to de-identify data without altering applications, facilitating the secure transfer of data to the cloud for privacy-preserving analytics in artificial intelligence and machine learning. This capability allows businesses to enhance their data utilization while maintaining compliance and safeguarding user privacy.

Honcho

Venture Round in 2019
Honcho keeps companies safe by preventing damaging communications at work. Their software sits on each desktop, alerting them as they are typing in the word choice can be interpreted as inappropriate or risky, based on any of their pre-built Modules. Meanwhile, Honcho's Dashboard tracks and scores each alert for Management, taking into account the full context of the communication occurring before and after the alert. A win-win for the new world they all live in. Clean, thoughtful messaging that keeps employees out of the cross-hairs and companies out of the headlines.

Xaptum

Seed Round in 2018
Xaptum, Inc. develops messaging platform for the internet. It enables IoT device authentication, authorization, and auto-configuration for messaging over a single TCP connection. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Lacework

Series B in 2018
Lacework, Inc. is a cloud security platform that specializes in automating security and compliance across various cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and private clouds. The company's flagship solution, Polygraph, enhances cloud workload security by integrating with cloud providers' security measures to protect customer accounts, workloads, and data. It effectively identifies anomalies and offers actionable insights for incident remediation. Lacework's offerings include continuous compliance, workload security, container security, and support for applications and services in cloud environments, leveraging DevOps processes and automated tools. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Lacework aims to provide a comprehensive view of risks associated with cloud workloads and containers, facilitating a secure transition to cloud infrastructure.

Kognition

Seed Round in 2018
Kognition LLC designs and develops enterprise software solution for real estate property managers and security operators. The company's platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to allow buildings to see, think, act, and learn on their own responding to security, property activities, surveillance, logistics, environmental, and maintenance issues. The product includes SuperGuard solution which combines live security camera footage with sensor data to detect security threats. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

SimpliSafe

Secondary Market in 2017
SimpliSafe, Inc. is a manufacturer of home protection products based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2006, the company specializes in designing and selling wireless security systems, which include sensors, cameras, and monitoring services for residential and commercial properties. SimpliSafe’s security solutions provide an affordable and easy-to-install alternative to traditional options, featuring 24/7 professional monitoring without long-term contracts. The systems offer various protective features such as cellular connections, SMS alerts, and smoke and fire detection. In 2018, SimpliSafe redesigned its security system to enhance performance, making it more compact and efficient. The product lineup includes entry sensors, motion detectors, glassbreak sensors, and smoke detectors, with plans to introduce additional features like a video doorbell and smart locks. SimpliSafe has received recognition for its innovation and service quality, including awards and high ratings from consumer advocacy organizations.

Sqrrl

Series C in 2017
Sqrrl is a Big Data Analytics company that lets organizations pinpoint and react to unusual activity by automatically uncovering hidden connections in their data. Sqrrl's linked data analysis platform gives analysts a way to visually investigate these connections, allowing them to rapidly understand their surrounding contexts and take action. With Sqrrl's cybersecurity solution, users can detect and respond to advanced data breaches associated with cyber-espionage activity, insider threats, and other types of hard-to-detect attacks. At the core of Sqrrl’s architecture are a variety of Big Data technologies, including Hadoop, link analysis, machine learning, Data-Centric Security, and advanced visualization.

SimpliSafe

Venture Round in 2014
SimpliSafe, Inc. is a manufacturer of home protection products based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2006, the company specializes in designing and selling wireless security systems, which include sensors, cameras, and monitoring services for residential and commercial properties. SimpliSafe’s security solutions provide an affordable and easy-to-install alternative to traditional options, featuring 24/7 professional monitoring without long-term contracts. The systems offer various protective features such as cellular connections, SMS alerts, and smoke and fire detection. In 2018, SimpliSafe redesigned its security system to enhance performance, making it more compact and efficient. The product lineup includes entry sensors, motion detectors, glassbreak sensors, and smoke detectors, with plans to introduce additional features like a video doorbell and smart locks. SimpliSafe has received recognition for its innovation and service quality, including awards and high ratings from consumer advocacy organizations.