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.

Rob Adams

Managing Partner

Gail Ball

Venture Scout

Andrew Baum

Vice President, Treasury and Capital Management

David Beazley

Managing Partner

Matthew Caspari

Managing Partner

Matt Castellini

Senior Associate

Helen Chen

CEO Services Analyst

Cainon Coates

Partner

Michael Collins

Investor

David Cynn

Managing Partner

Thomas Edwards

Associate

Mason Hale

Senior Associate, Chestnut Street and Triphammer Ven

Erik Hammer

Partner

Brian Keil

Managing Partner

Jin Kim

Senior Vice President, Office of Investments

Ron Levin

Jess Liu-Brown

Principal

Catherine Lu

Managing Partner, Spike and Deep Tech Fund

Michael Madden

Managing Partner and Co-Founder

Todd McIntyre

Managing Partner

Jonathan Meltzer

Partner

Tom Meyer

Managing Partner

Keith Murphy

Director, Video Programs

David S. Muson

CFO

Kayla Phillips

Senior Associate

Aisha Robinson

VP of Strategic Communications

Ludwig Schulze

Managing Partner

Matt Scott

Managing Partner

Saad Shaheen

Investor Operations Manager

David Shapiro

Managing Partner

Anton Simunovic

Investor

Chris Sklarin

Managing Partner

Stephen Stolzenberg

Senior Associate

Edward Tsai

Managing Partner

Drew Wandzilak

Senior Associate

Ray Wu

Managing Partner

Wesley Yiu

Principal

Henri Yuan

Investor / President

Past deals in Open Source

Cake AI

Seed Round in 2024
Bundled managed open source AI infrastructure

Tembo

Series A in 2024
Tembo develops a background engineering platform that automates routine tasks for software teams. Its always-on agents monitor systems, fix bugs automatically, and complete assigned tasks, enhancing pull request velocity and reducing manual workload.

Cake AI

Seed Round in 2024
Bundled managed open source AI infrastructure

SigNoz

Seed Round in 2023
SigNoz is an open-source observability platform that provides an alternative to SaaS products like DataDog. It enables companies to keep critical data within their boundaries, addressing security and privacy concerns.

Unstructured

Series A in 2023
Unstructured is a developer of an open-source data transformation platform that simplifies the process of converting raw data, such as PDFs and Microsoft Office documents, into formats compatible with language models. The platform supports over 25 file types, including PDF, DOC, and PPTX, and offers connectors to various systems like SharePoint, S3, and Databricks. By facilitating effortless data extraction and integration into AI workflows, Unstructured enhances the accessibility of human-generated information, ensuring that it is readily available for generative AI systems. Its modular architecture allows users to incorporate any third-party model, making it a versatile solution for preprocessing natural language data for machine learning applications.

Aklivity

Seed Round in 2022
Aklivity develops an event-native API infrastructure that connects applications and services to streaming data. The company offers a multi-protocol edge proxy and an open source API gateway that expose event streams through unified external interfaces, enabling seamless interaction across web apps, IoT clients, and microservices. By supporting multiple network and messaging protocols, including Kafka, the platform lets non-Kafka applications publish and subscribe to Kafka topics without intermediary brokers or Kafka Connect, simplifying real-time data access. This approach aims to streamline real-time data integration, reduce complexity for developers, and improve operational efficiency across technology-driven sectors.

Ockam

Series A in 2022
Ockam Inc. provides a serverless platform for secure Internet-of-things (IoT) development. Its tool enables hardware-to-software interconnection, facilitates information exchange within connected systems, manages identities and cryptographic keys, optimizes connectivity, and connects application developers, engineers, and product managers.

Nixtla

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Nixtla is a company that specializes in providing advanced forecasting tools and software development platforms for businesses across various industries. Its mission is to democratize access to data-driven decision-making by enabling organizations of all sizes to harness the power of sophisticated algorithms and predictive analytics. Nixtla's platform allows developers and data scientists to build open-source forecasting software, facilitating the creation of time series processing services in the cloud. By utilizing continuous integration and deployment, clients can efficiently deploy APIs and develop features tailored to their temporal data needs. The company's focus on cutting-edge forecasting and anomaly detection empowers users to reduce uncertainty and enhance their decision-making capabilities, regardless of their team's size or technical expertise.

Data.World

Venture Round in 2021
Data.World develops an open data platform that enables users to discover, understand, share, and collaborate on diverse datasets. Its platform supports various formats and sectors, fostering a collaborative community for both business and public use.

Mage

Seed Round in 2021
Mage is a developer of an open-source coding tool that empowers businesses to leverage artificial intelligence for predictive analytics. The platform enables users to create and deploy machine-learning models efficiently, allowing for applications in areas such as churn prevention, product recommendations, and customer lifetime value assessment. By facilitating the import and transformation of data from various sources, Mage's technology simplifies the process of building, training, and integrating data into applications. The company's mission is to make AI technology accessible, enabling businesses to enhance customer experiences through innovative solutions.

Data.World

Series B in 2020
Data.World develops an open data platform that enables users to discover, understand, share, and collaborate on diverse datasets. Its platform supports various formats and sectors, fostering a collaborative community for both business and public use.

Evernym

Venture Round in 2017
Evernym, Inc. is a technology company based in Draper, Utah, that specializes in self-sovereign identity solutions. Founded in 2012, it operates the Sovrin network, an open-source distributed ledger specifically designed for managing identity data. Evernym's platform enables individuals and organizations to securely control and exchange verifiable claims, facilitating trusted interactions in various sectors. The company collaborates with leading businesses, institutions, and NGOs to develop privacy-focused identity solutions, allowing users to maintain ownership of their personal information. Through its innovative approach, Evernym is advancing the infrastructure for identity management, aiming to empower individuals with greater control over their digital identities.

Logz.io

Venture Round in 2014
Logz.io provides an intelligent, scalable machine data analytics and open-source log management platform designed for monitoring modern applications. Built on ELK and Grafana, the cloud-native platform combines machine data analysis with artificial intelligence to help engineers, system administrators, and developers monitor, troubleshoot, secure, and optimize mission-critical environments. It enables users to derive value from large volumes of machine data through comprehensive open-source tooling within a unified platform.
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