Alumni Ventures Group
Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices across North America. It provides access to venture investing for individual accredited investors, particularly alumni networks, by offering diversified portfolios of venture opportunities and allowing members to invest alongside fellow alumni in ventures led by peers. The firm backs early-stage and later-stage opportunities across technology, consumer, healthcare, financial services, and other sectors, with a sector- and geography-agnostic approach. It typically invests between $10,000 and $3 million per deal and emphasizes the involvement of alumni connections and an institutional lead investor in opportunities. Alumni Ventures also offers focused funds to broaden participation, enabling accredited investors to access venture portfolios diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography. The model aims to democratize access to venture capital while maintaining rigorous selection standards through alumni networks.
Top Sectors
Top Regions
https://crunchbase.com/organization/***
https://linkedin.com/company/***
https://signal.nfx.com/firms/***
Past deals in Navigation and Mapping
Rypplzz
Seed Round in 2024
Rypplzz is a 3D geospatial technology company that develops a platform to link digital content to precise geo-locations in airspace and to transform physical spaces into smart, addressable environments. Its patented software connects digital files to exact locations across campuses and large venues, enabling monetizable engagement opportunities and location-based experiences in airspace. The platform supports interactive 3D geolocation-based content for sports, entertainment, hospitality, and security applications, turning airspace and real-world spaces into connected, data-enabled environments. By enabling creation, sharing and deployment of location-based digital files, Rypplzz aims to enhance audience engagement and operational intelligence through precise geolocation, improved connectivity, and spatial engineering.
HavocAI
Seed Round in 2024
HavocAI specializes in developing autonomous maritime solutions for both defense and commercial sectors. The company produces small, uncrewed surface vessels equipped with modular designs and AI-driven services. These services aim to enhance mission efficiency, mitigate communication and navigation challenges, and secure asset management, enabling a single operator to oversee multiple unmanned assets.
Bionaut Labs
Series B in 2024
Founded in 2016, Bionaut Labs specializes in developing intra-tissue navigation platforms using micro-robots for precise anatomical targeting. Its innovative technology enables remote-controlled delivery of therapeutics to challenging clinical settings, revolutionizing the treatment of central nervous system disorders and other diseases.
Cyvl.ai
Venture Round in 2024
Cyvl.ai is a technology company focused on enhancing the management of physical infrastructure assets for civil engineers and government entities. Utilizing advanced 3D mapping technology and proprietary machine learning algorithms, Cyvl.ai provides a web-based software platform that enables users to efficiently gather and analyze data on various infrastructure elements such as roads, sidewalks, signs, and trees. Their vehicle-mounted mapping sensors streamline the process of infrastructure inspections, ultimately saving time and improving safety. The platform's capability for direct integration with other asset management tools further facilitates effective data utilization, making it a valuable resource for managing infrastructure assets more effectively and affordably.
Kayhan Space
Seed Round in 2023
Kayhan Space is a company that specializes in providing satellite operators with enhanced space situational awareness through its mission analysis platform. It offers a cloud-based collision avoidance service that integrates various spaceflight operations tools. By delivering timely collision avoidance warnings and decision guidance, Kayhan Space enables satellite operators to receive clear and actionable recommendations for safely navigating their missions. This focus on trust and transparency helps ensure that operators can effectively manage the challenges of space traffic, allowing them to maintain their core operations regardless of their location in orbit.
Terradepth
Series A in 2023
Terradepth, Inc. is a data-as-a-service company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2018. The company focuses on increasing ocean knowledge by centralizing and monetizing ocean data through its cloud-based platform, Absolute Ocean. Terradepth employs unmanned submersibles for autonomous and high-resolution data collection, creating a scalable repository of processed ocean data. It offers various data products, surveys on request, and maintains a collection of analytical reports for sale. By providing access to this comprehensive ocean data, Terradepth enables organizations and individuals to make informed, ecologically responsible decisions regarding ocean resources.
BusRight
Series A in 2023
BusRight provides a transportation management platform that enhances school bus operations. The system offers routing software, real‑time GPS tracking, and dynamic driver navigation to improve efficiency and safety. Parents can use a bus‑tracking app to monitor their child’s journey, while school districts gain tools to streamline student transportation and manage routes more effectively.
Vayu Robotics
Seed Round in 2023
Vayu Robotics develops and commercializes advanced robotics technology for automotive sensing, autonomous vehicles, and other applications. The company specializes in creating scalable mobile robotics platforms that incorporate bio-inspired sensing, machine learning, and purposeful robotic design.
Capella Space
Series C in 2022
Capella Space is an information services company based in San Francisco that operates a constellation of small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar, delivering on-demand, high-resolution radar imagery of the Earth's surface. The SAR imagery can be acquired through clouds, smoke, fog, and darkness, enabling continuous global monitoring and rapid insight across industries. Capella's services support infrastructure monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, maritime domain awareness, city planning and mapping, and business intelligence, helping customers detect sub-meter surface changes, track economic activity, and monitor environmental and security-related conditions. Founded in 2016, Capella Space provides timely earth observation for commerce, conservation, and safety.
Proxi
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Proxi develops a no-code mapping software that enables local experts and influencers to create, customize, and embed highly interactive maps into their social media platforms, websites, and apps. This platform facilitates crowdsourcing of geographic recommendations, powering future location-based experiences.
Point One Navigation
Series A in 2021
Point One Navigation, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing precise location services for autonomous systems, including self-driving vehicles, commercial drones, and various robotic applications. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, the company aims to provide localization solutions that achieve accuracy within a few centimeters at a significantly reduced cost compared to existing offerings. Point One Navigation combines Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), inertial measurement, and computer vision technologies through proprietary algorithms to create high-performance navigation systems. These systems are designed to support a range of applications, enabling users to enhance the safety and efficiency of vehicles, drones, and other automated devices.
ANRA Technologies
Venture Round in 2021
ANRA Technologies is a provider of cloud-based drone operations software that supports commercial drone programs. Its platform combines flight planning, airspace management, data analytics, compliance, drone management, resource management, and maintenance information in a single system, giving operators and service providers centralized command and control for one or multiple unmanned aerial vehicle operations. The company offers real-time flight planning, automated authorization workflows for airspace access, autonomous execution, live sensor data and video streaming, and seamless data integration with enterprise systems. It serves applications such as unmanned air traffic management, controlled airspace approvals, and consulting to integrate drone operations with existing workflows. Founded in 2014 and based in Tysons, Virginia, ANRA focuses on enabling scalable, compliant, and efficient drone operations for commercial customers through its UTM and operations platforms.
Zendar
Venture Round in 2021
Zendar Inc. is a manufacturer of advanced radar systems specifically designed for autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, the company focuses on developing high-definition radar technology that integrates the advantages of traditional radar—such as long-range detection and all-weather functionality—with the high resolution typically associated with lidar systems. Zendar's radar solutions enable self-driving cars to operate safely in adverse weather conditions, providing high-resolution imaging that enhances situational awareness and overall safety for autonomous driving.
Arrive
Venture Round in 2020
Arrive is a global urban mobility company that operates a platform uniting smart parking with broader mobility services. Its solution predicts and recommends optimal parking options for any journey and powers smart parking and connected mobility through apps, websites, voice interfaces, and in-dash integrations. The platform serves hundreds of clients including smart cities, automakers, fleets, venues, and navigation and voice platforms, and supports its consumer brands ParkWhiz and BestParking, which offer parking reservations and drive-up access in garages and lots. ParkWhiz provides users with daily, monthly, and event parking across North America, with price comparisons and reviews to help users choose options quickly. Arrive's technology enables businesses to offer transactional parking as a value-added service within travel, hospitality, sports, and automotive ecosystems, integrating with in-vehicle systems and other mobility services.
Capella Space
Series B in 2019
Capella Space is an information services company based in San Francisco that operates a constellation of small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar, delivering on-demand, high-resolution radar imagery of the Earth's surface. The SAR imagery can be acquired through clouds, smoke, fog, and darkness, enabling continuous global monitoring and rapid insight across industries. Capella's services support infrastructure monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, maritime domain awareness, city planning and mapping, and business intelligence, helping customers detect sub-meter surface changes, track economic activity, and monitor environmental and security-related conditions. Founded in 2016, Capella Space provides timely earth observation for commerce, conservation, and safety.
Capella Space
Venture Round in 2019
Capella Space is an information services company based in San Francisco that operates a constellation of small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar, delivering on-demand, high-resolution radar imagery of the Earth's surface. The SAR imagery can be acquired through clouds, smoke, fog, and darkness, enabling continuous global monitoring and rapid insight across industries. Capella's services support infrastructure monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, maritime domain awareness, city planning and mapping, and business intelligence, helping customers detect sub-meter surface changes, track economic activity, and monitor environmental and security-related conditions. Founded in 2016, Capella Space provides timely earth observation for commerce, conservation, and safety.
ANRA Technologies
Seed Round in 2019
ANRA Technologies is a provider of cloud-based drone operations software that supports commercial drone programs. Its platform combines flight planning, airspace management, data analytics, compliance, drone management, resource management, and maintenance information in a single system, giving operators and service providers centralized command and control for one or multiple unmanned aerial vehicle operations. The company offers real-time flight planning, automated authorization workflows for airspace access, autonomous execution, live sensor data and video streaming, and seamless data integration with enterprise systems. It serves applications such as unmanned air traffic management, controlled airspace approvals, and consulting to integrate drone operations with existing workflows. Founded in 2014 and based in Tysons, Virginia, ANRA focuses on enabling scalable, compliant, and efficient drone operations for commercial customers through its UTM and operations platforms.
What3words
Series C in 2019
What3Words Limited, established in 2013 and headquartered in Baldock, UK, specializes in a unique global addressing system. It has divided the world into a 3m x 3m grid, assigning each square a unique address consisting of three words. This innovative solution enables precise location finding and sharing, benefiting various industries such as delivery, emergency response, navigation, and property search. The company offers its service through an API, allowing businesses and individuals to integrate it into their products and services. Additionally, What3Words provides a free mobile app and online map for general use.
6D.ai
Venture Round in 2019
6D.ai is a technology company specializing in the development of application programming interfaces for the augmented reality (AR) industry. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company focuses on creating a robust AR cloud platform that enables real-time, three-dimensional mapping of the environment using data sourced from standard smartphone cameras and mobile sensors. Its technology facilitates the construction of dense, interactive 3D meshes, allowing for multi-user AR experiences and enhancing spatial computing capabilities. By leveraging crowdsourced data, 6D.ai's solutions empower developers to create applications that seamlessly integrate with the physical world, thereby enriching user engagement and interaction. As of March 2020, 6D.ai operates as a subsidiary of Niantic, Inc.
What3words
Venture Round in 2019
What3Words Limited, established in 2013 and headquartered in Baldock, UK, specializes in a unique global addressing system. It has divided the world into a 3m x 3m grid, assigning each square a unique address consisting of three words. This innovative solution enables precise location finding and sharing, benefiting various industries such as delivery, emergency response, navigation, and property search. The company offers its service through an API, allowing businesses and individuals to integrate it into their products and services. Additionally, What3Words provides a free mobile app and online map for general use.
Optimus Ride
Venture Round in 2019
Optimus Ride is a self-driving vehicle company located in Boston, Massachusetts, focused on developing technologies that promote efficient, sustainable, and equitable mobility systems. As a spinoff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the company leverages over 30 years of interdisciplinary research in self-driving technologies, electric vehicles, and Mobility-on-Demand Systems. Optimus Ride specializes in creating self-driving technology systems tailored for geofenced environments, utilizing innovations in complex sensor fusion, mapping, computer vision, and machine learning. The company's expertise is further enhanced by a team with extensive industrial and entrepreneurial experience in manufacturing robots, urban design, and shared vehicle fleet management, allowing it to offer versatile transportation solutions that range from commercial vessel operations to transit options.
Knoq
Seed Round in 2019
Knoq is a technology company that empowers local representatives, called Knoqers, to conduct in‑person outreach within their own neighborhoods. Its platform guides representatives through prospect identification, route optimization, and data capture, enabling businesses and political campaigns to manage door‑to‑door sales and canvassing efficiently. The solution has been adopted by brands such as Google Fiber, NRG, Inspire Energy, and Fluent Home Security, and it supports political campaigns and other organizations. The company has experienced rapid growth, expanding its workforce by more than 200 employees this year, and is backed by investors including Haystack VC, Initialized, Liquid2, Fathom Capital, and Background Capital.
Arrive
Series D in 2018
Arrive is a global urban mobility company that operates a platform uniting smart parking with broader mobility services. Its solution predicts and recommends optimal parking options for any journey and powers smart parking and connected mobility through apps, websites, voice interfaces, and in-dash integrations. The platform serves hundreds of clients including smart cities, automakers, fleets, venues, and navigation and voice platforms, and supports its consumer brands ParkWhiz and BestParking, which offer parking reservations and drive-up access in garages and lots. ParkWhiz provides users with daily, monthly, and event parking across North America, with price comparisons and reviews to help users choose options quickly. Arrive's technology enables businesses to offer transactional parking as a value-added service within travel, hospitality, sports, and automotive ecosystems, integrating with in-vehicle systems and other mobility services.
Capella Space
Series B in 2018
Capella Space is an information services company based in San Francisco that operates a constellation of small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar, delivering on-demand, high-resolution radar imagery of the Earth's surface. The SAR imagery can be acquired through clouds, smoke, fog, and darkness, enabling continuous global monitoring and rapid insight across industries. Capella's services support infrastructure monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, maritime domain awareness, city planning and mapping, and business intelligence, helping customers detect sub-meter surface changes, track economic activity, and monitor environmental and security-related conditions. Founded in 2016, Capella Space provides timely earth observation for commerce, conservation, and safety.
Humatics
Series B in 2018
Humatics develops microlocation technology and a Spatial Intelligence Platform that enables precise locating, navigation and collaboration for people and machines. Using simple radio-frequency technology, a Humatics system can track multiple moving transponder targets at ranges up to thirty meters with centimeter to millimeter precision, at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems. The platform networks multiple units to provide broad, ultra-precise positioning coverage from single work cells to large facilities, and its extensible architecture with APIs supports an ecosystem of position-based products and services. The company combines proprietary software and hardware, on-board sensors, and advanced algorithms to connect the physical and digital worlds, aiming to improve safety, efficiency, and productivity across sectors such as manufacturing and logistics. Humatics was founded in 2015 by MIT professor David Mindell and Gary Cohen and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Jump Bikes
Series A in 2018
JUMP is a provider of a dockless bike-sharing network focused on enhancing personal mobility through innovative transportation solutions. Established in 2010, the company has pioneered the integration of hardware and software in their bikes, making rides more enjoyable and efficient. JUMP bikes are designed in New York City and feature pedal-assist technology and e-bike options, allowing users to travel farther and faster. The company's network enables users to locate and unlock bikes via a mobile app, facilitating seamless access to transportation. Since its inception, JUMP has deployed 15,000 bikes across 40 markets and has facilitated over 5 million rides, contributing significantly to the evolution of bike-sharing systems and promoting sustainable urban mobility.
PreNav
Series A in 2017
PreNav develops autonomous drone-based inspection systems for infrastructure. Its solution combines a commercial drone, a ground-based guidance robot, and mission planning and data analysis software to assess complex assets such as cell towers, wind turbines, bridges, and buildings with centimeter-level precision. The platform enables automated capture of photos and measurements from targeted locations to create accurate 3D models and identify structural damage, wear, and key components like nuts, bolts, and cables. Founded in 2013 and based in San Carlos, California, PreNav has expanded its offerings to perform inspections on large industrial sites, including wind turbines, and uses computer vision and machine learning to automate localization, planning, and analysis, reducing the need for manual rope-access inspections and enabling data-driven asset management.
Humatics
Series A in 2017
Humatics develops microlocation technology and a Spatial Intelligence Platform that enables precise locating, navigation and collaboration for people and machines. Using simple radio-frequency technology, a Humatics system can track multiple moving transponder targets at ranges up to thirty meters with centimeter to millimeter precision, at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems. The platform networks multiple units to provide broad, ultra-precise positioning coverage from single work cells to large facilities, and its extensible architecture with APIs supports an ecosystem of position-based products and services. The company combines proprietary software and hardware, on-board sensors, and advanced algorithms to connect the physical and digital worlds, aiming to improve safety, efficiency, and productivity across sectors such as manufacturing and logistics. Humatics was founded in 2015 by MIT professor David Mindell and Gary Cohen and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Cognitive Operational Systems
Seed Round in 2017
Cognitive Operational Systems, LLC is an information technology company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, specializing in inventory management solutions for the retail sector. Established in 2012, the company utilizes advanced robotics powered by computer vision and artificial intelligence to navigate retail environments. Its technology not only manages inventory and ensures compliance with planograms and promotions but also provides indoor localization and turn-by-turn navigation. Additionally, Cognitive Operational Systems maps retail layouts and architecture, integrating university research to develop practical industry applications in machine perception and software as a service.
Capella Space
Venture Round in 2014
Capella Space is an information services company based in San Francisco that operates a constellation of small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar, delivering on-demand, high-resolution radar imagery of the Earth's surface. The SAR imagery can be acquired through clouds, smoke, fog, and darkness, enabling continuous global monitoring and rapid insight across industries. Capella's services support infrastructure monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, maritime domain awareness, city planning and mapping, and business intelligence, helping customers detect sub-meter surface changes, track economic activity, and monitor environmental and security-related conditions. Founded in 2016, Capella Space provides timely earth observation for commerce, conservation, and safety.
Schemata
Schemata is a technology company specializing in the creation of immersive, three-dimensional content. It serves the Department of Defense and enterprise clients by providing AI-driven, photorealistic simulation environments. These environments, derived from 2D images, enable real-time interaction and navigation, enhancing training efficiency, reducing costs, and aiding in operational planning and decision-making.
Spot something off? Help us improve by flagging any incorrect or outdated information. Just email us at support@teaserclub.com. Your feedback is most welcome.