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 Restaurants

Thistle

Series B in 2021
Thistle Health Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in preparing and delivering ready-to-eat, plant-forward meals, snacks, and cold-pressed juices. Founded in 2013, Thistle focuses on providing nutritious, organic, and locally-sourced food options to enhance convenience and accessibility for consumers. The company aims to address common barriers to healthy eating, such as lack of time, high costs, and inadequate local options, thereby empowering customers to make better dietary choices for themselves, their families, and the environment.

Anycart

Seed Round in 2020
Anycart is a meal discovery and grocery shopping platform based in Mountain View, California. The application enables users to search for meals they wish to prepare, surfacing relevant recipes that incorporate the necessary ingredients, which can be added to their preferred grocery delivery cart. It offers step-by-step video cooking instructions to guide users through the cooking process, making meal planning accessible and affordable. Additionally, Anycart suggests other recipes that utilize any excess ingredients, helping users minimize waste while enhancing their cooking experience.

Parrot

Seed Round in 2020
Parrot Software specializes in developing comprehensive restaurant management solutions that integrate software and hardware to optimize operations for restaurants and fast-food establishments. Its platform encompasses essential functions such as point of sale, inventory management, customer payments, ordering, seating, and data visualization. By providing back-office tools that streamline these various tasks, Parrot Software enables clients to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of their restaurant operations. The company's focus on innovation aims to deliver superior satisfaction in both service and operational management for its customers.

Anycart

Venture Round in 2020
Anycart is a meal discovery and grocery shopping platform based in Mountain View, California. The application enables users to search for meals they wish to prepare, surfacing relevant recipes that incorporate the necessary ingredients, which can be added to their preferred grocery delivery cart. It offers step-by-step video cooking instructions to guide users through the cooking process, making meal planning accessible and affordable. Additionally, Anycart suggests other recipes that utilize any excess ingredients, helping users minimize waste while enhancing their cooking experience.

PetPlate

Series A in 2020
PetPlate, Inc. is a New York-based company established in 2015 that specializes in delivering fresh-cooked meals for dogs through a direct-to-consumer subscription service. The meals are crafted from real, nutritionally balanced ingredients formulated by veterinary nutritionists. Each meal is cooked using cold-pressure technology to eliminate harmful bacteria while preserving essential nutrients. PetPlate offers its products in pre-portioned, re-sealable, microwavable, and recyclable containers, and the meals are custom-portioned and flash-frozen to maintain freshness during delivery.

Expo

Venture Round in 2019
Expo is an on-demand marketplace designed to connect restaurant owners and operators with the staff they need, streamlining the hiring process for restaurant workers. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Expo aims to simplify the complexities of staffing in the restaurant industry. By facilitating access to qualified personnel, the platform seeks to enhance operational efficiency and support the dynamic needs of restaurant businesses.

Kea

Seed Round in 2019
Kea LLC, headquartered in Mountain View, California, specializes in developing automated ordering software designed for the restaurant industry. Established in 2018, the company's product, Kea Voice, efficiently processes phone orders and customer requests, allowing restaurants to manage their operations more effectively and maintain direct relationships with their customers. By streamlining the ordering process, Kea enables restaurants to concentrate on food preparation while enhancing the overall customer experience. As a rapidly growing enterprise, Kea is positioned to significantly transform traditional restaurant operations.

PetPlate

Seed Round in 2018
PetPlate, Inc. is a New York-based company established in 2015 that specializes in delivering fresh-cooked meals for dogs through a direct-to-consumer subscription service. The meals are crafted from real, nutritionally balanced ingredients formulated by veterinary nutritionists. Each meal is cooked using cold-pressure technology to eliminate harmful bacteria while preserving essential nutrients. PetPlate offers its products in pre-portioned, re-sealable, microwavable, and recyclable containers, and the meals are custom-portioned and flash-frozen to maintain freshness during delivery.

Salido

Series A in 2018
Salido is a hospitality technology company that provides a comprehensive restaurant operating system designed to streamline management across various aspects of restaurant businesses. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Manhattan, New York, Salido's cloud-based platform integrates point of sale, customer relationship management, labor management, and kitchen supply management functionalities. By enabling restaurant operators to control, analyze, and leverage their critical data, Salido aims to enhance the hospitality experience, starting with the workforce. The company collaborates with top hospitality operators to create user-friendly software that improves team performance and focuses on driving core business objectives.

ZeroCater

Series B in 2018
ZeroCater, Inc. is a food service company that specializes in providing personalized meal solutions for workplaces. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a subscription-based and on-demand platform that delivers meals from independent restaurants, caterers, and private chefs. ZeroCater caters to various occasions, including meetings, events, and celebrations, with menu options ranging from breakfast and lunch to desserts and happy hour selections, as well as alcoholic beverages from craft breweries. The company serves clients in major cities such as New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Austin, and Los Angeles, and aims to foster workplace culture and community through food. ZeroCater has established itself as a prominent provider in the office catering sector, partnering with various businesses across industries.

Freshly

Series C in 2017
Freshly, Inc. provides freshly prepared meals online. The company’s meals menu includes entrees and breakfasts with dairy products, eggs, pork, tree nuts, chicken, beef, turkey, fish, soy, and shellfish. It offers monthly and weekly subscriptions. Freshly, Inc. was formerly known as F3 Foods of Arizona, Inc. and changed its name to Freshly, Inc. in December 2014. Freshly, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in New York, New York. As of October 30, 2020, Freshly, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Nestlé USA, Inc.

Lish

Convertible Note in 2016
Lish, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in providing food delivery services tailored for businesses. Founded in 2014, it creates a platform that connects offices with local chefs, restaurants, and caterers to develop customized workplace food programs. Lish offers a variety of meal options including lunches, team breakfasts, happy hour spreads, and dinners, catering to companies of all sizes. Additionally, the company provides gift cards and facilitates both recurring office catering and one-time meal orders for employees at their homes or workplaces. By focusing on local partnerships, Lish aims to deliver healthy, home-cooked meals that enhance the workplace dining experience.

Lish

Venture Round in 2015
Lish, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in providing food delivery services tailored for businesses. Founded in 2014, it creates a platform that connects offices with local chefs, restaurants, and caterers to develop customized workplace food programs. Lish offers a variety of meal options including lunches, team breakfasts, happy hour spreads, and dinners, catering to companies of all sizes. Additionally, the company provides gift cards and facilitates both recurring office catering and one-time meal orders for employees at their homes or workplaces. By focusing on local partnerships, Lish aims to deliver healthy, home-cooked meals that enhance the workplace dining experience.

Smart Lunches

Venture Round in 2014
Smart Lunches is an online ordering and delivery platform that enables parents to order school lunch for their children. They also provide a valuable enhanced service to the school, convenience, and nutritional security to the parents, and a good lunch to the students. It aims to make the midday meal simple and healthy. Smart Lunches was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
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