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.

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

Past deals in Public Transportation

Beltways

Seed Round in 2025
Beltways designs and manufactures modular accelerating walkways for urban pedestrians, aiming to enhance mobility while minimizing carbon footprint. Their systems integrate a SaaS platform offering insights into passenger movement, energy usage, incident detection, and maintenance.

Hayden AI

Series B in 2023
Hayden AI develops artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies for automated enforcement in dedicated bus lanes and stops. Their platform aims to enhance public transit efficiency, improve street safety, and promote sustainable urban mobility.

Glydways

Series B in 2023
Glydways is a South San Francisco-based company specializing in affordable autonomous transportation systems. It designs, manufactures, installs, and operates efficient, high-capacity mobility solutions that are environmentally friendly with zero greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

Jawnt

Seed Round in 2023
Jawnt operates a unified urban mobility platform designed to enhance city accessibility. It offers automated transportation access for various modes such as buses, subways, and bikes, providing employees with safe and affordable journeys.

GridMatrix

Seed Round in 2022
GridMatrix develops software that helps cities optimize their intersection infrastructure. By harnessing real-time insights from existing cameras and sensors, GridMatrix enables efficient traffic management, reducing congestion, emissions, and accidents.

Hayden AI

Series A in 2021
Hayden AI develops artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies for automated enforcement in dedicated bus lanes and stops. Their platform aims to enhance public transit efficiency, improve street safety, and promote sustainable urban mobility.

Hayden AI

Seed Round in 2021
Hayden AI develops artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies for automated enforcement in dedicated bus lanes and stops. Their platform aims to enhance public transit efficiency, improve street safety, and promote sustainable urban mobility.

The Routing Company

Seed Round in 2020
Founded by MIT researchers and industry veterans in 2018, The Routing Company develops a real-time driver and rider application for shared rides. It offers fleet management solutions, including private fleets, demand-responsive transit, analytics dashboards, and transit/paratransit services. Leveraging proprietary AI, the company's platform optimizes vehicle routing from multiple points of demand to one vehicle, enhancing transport equity, accessibility, cost efficiency, and sustainability.

Swiftmile

Series A in 2020
Swiftmile, Inc. is a company that specializes in the manufacture and operation of smart parking and charging solutions for light electric vehicles, including e-scooters and e-bikes. Established in 2015 and headquartered in San Carlos, California, Swiftmile provides a platform that features solar-powered locking, docking, and charging stations suitable for both shared and privately owned vehicles. These stations can be installed on public or private properties and are designed for a diverse range of clients, including municipalities, workplaces, transit authorities, schools, and retail centers. Additionally, Swiftmile's stations are equipped with outdoor digital displays that can showcase revenue-generating advertisements, transit schedules, and public service announcements, allowing clients to effectively manage and monitor vehicle usage through a unified system.

BlueSpace.ai

Seed Round in 2019
BlueSpace.ai, Inc. is an urban mobility company based in Palo Alto, California, focused on developing software systems for autonomous mass transit fleets. Founded in 2019, the company specializes in autonomous vehicle technology, utilizing an innovative approach to perception and prediction that allows it to accurately capture the full motion of various objects. Through its advanced software solutions, BlueSpace.ai aims to enhance the efficiency and safety of urban transportation systems.

BlueSpace.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2019
BlueSpace.ai, Inc. is an urban mobility company based in Palo Alto, California, focused on developing software systems for autonomous mass transit fleets. Founded in 2019, the company specializes in autonomous vehicle technology, utilizing an innovative approach to perception and prediction that allows it to accurately capture the full motion of various objects. Through its advanced software solutions, BlueSpace.ai aims to enhance the efficiency and safety of urban transportation systems.

Skip Scooters

Venture Round in 2019
Skip Scooters operates shared electric scooters for reliable last-mile transportation. The company works with cities to ensure our fleets are operated with the support of the surrounding communities, and they stand behind their riders by providing vehicles, safety education, and training, and world-class support. The scooter rental company is based in San Francisco, California. It is formerly known by its Y Combinator codename, Waybots.

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.

Skedaddle

Venture Round in 2018
Skedaddle, Inc. is a transportation company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in crowdsourced transportation services across the United States. Founded in 2013, Skedaddle offers a range of buses accommodating 12 to 55 passengers, catering to both organizations and individuals. The company aims to enhance mobility by providing a flexible mass transportation network that enables affordable and direct travel beyond urban limits. By leveraging crowdsourced demand for routes, Skedaddle simplifies the process of organizing and paying for bus trips, ensuring a comfortable and efficient travel experience for its users.

Zagster

Series B in 2017
Zagster Inc. is a provider of bike-sharing programs, specializing in the design, construction, and operation of both private and public-private bike-sharing systems in North America. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company partners with property managers, universities, corporate campuses, hotels, and small cities to offer bike-sharing solutions tailored to the needs of tenants, employees, guests, and residents. Zagster's comprehensive offerings include a mobile application that facilitates the unlocking, riding, and returning of bikes, as well as a micro-mobility operations platform for e-mobility providers. Additionally, the company provides maintenance and rider support services, ensuring a seamless experience for users.

Zagster

Seed Round in 2014
Zagster Inc. is a provider of bike-sharing programs, specializing in the design, construction, and operation of both private and public-private bike-sharing systems in North America. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company partners with property managers, universities, corporate campuses, hotels, and small cities to offer bike-sharing solutions tailored to the needs of tenants, employees, guests, and residents. Zagster's comprehensive offerings include a mobile application that facilitates the unlocking, riding, and returning of bikes, as well as a micro-mobility operations platform for e-mobility providers. Additionally, the company provides maintenance and rider support services, ensuring a seamless experience for users.
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