Alumni Ventures Group, LLC is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, founded in 2013. The firm specializes in seed and early-stage investments, as well as late-stage pre-IPO opportunities, with a flexible approach that is sector and geographic agnostic. Alumni Ventures aims to provide high-quality, diversified venture portfolios to individual investors, particularly accredited alumni from top entrepreneurial schools, who may not have had access to venture capital previously. The firm focuses on backing companies that have an alumni connection and are led by established institutional investors with expertise in their respective fields. Additionally, Alumni Ventures offers focused funds that enable accredited investors to access a diverse portfolio of investments across various types, sectors, stages, and geographies.
Senior Associate, Seed Fund and Doctors Innovate Fund
Drew Wandzilak
Senior Associate, Green D and Yard and Strategic Tech Fund
Sarah Worden
Venture Scout
Ray Wu
Managing Partner-Web3 / Blockchain Fund
Michael Yuann
Director of Investment Operations
Past deals in Search Engine
Infactory
Seed Round in 2024
Infactory is a developer of an artificial intelligence search tool aimed at providing reliable and accurate search results. The company's platform integrates quality data partnerships with both traditional and advanced technologies, allowing users to obtain clear and precise answers efficiently. Infactory focuses on enhancing the search experience by eliminating unnecessary complications, thereby ensuring users can trust the information they receive.
Diem
Seed Round in 2024
Diem is building a social search engine. It’s a dedicated place for people to search, collect, discover and share information, inspired by the way women have been passing knowledge to each other for centuries. Think of it like the best and biggest group chat you’ve ever been a part of, where all the important, silly, quick, private, and frenetic knowledge you share is organized and stored for everyone to benefit from. Diem incentivizes the community to generate content and harnesses this data to build proprietary search algorithms that will enable people to discover, and visualize, the collective knowledge of entire communities in just a few seconds. Diem was co-founded by Emma Bates & Divia Singh in 2020.
Ocular AI
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Ocular is a Cloud and Artificial Intelligence company, backed by Y Combinator, bringing Enterprise AI and Search to the Workplace and Engineering.
Lasso
Seed Round in 2023
Lasso is the natural language search engine for onchain data.
Divinia
Seed Round in 2022
Divinia specializes in natural language processing and offers services that enhance lead generation, contextual targeting, and product promotion. The company aims to improve the search experience for consumers, marketers, and e-commerce platforms by developing software that provides product suggestions based on online reviews. This technology allows businesses to accurately extract and index genuine insights about various products, including hotels, consumer goods, cars, and restaurants. By refining e-commerce search capabilities, Divinia helps businesses enhance their search functionality, ultimately leading to improved conversion rates.
Grata
Seed Round in 2021
Grata Inc. is a technology company that specializes in Software-as-a-Service solutions designed to enhance B2B research processes. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York with an additional office in Boston, the company operates a search engine that assists private equity, sales, and marketing teams in locating and targeting private companies. Utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence, Grata's platform enables users to find similar companies, automate personalized outreach, and analyze market conditions. It also offers tools for voice of customer diligence and competitive intelligence, providing valuable insights from online reviews. Grata's solutions are particularly useful for business development professionals engaged in middle market private equity deals, staffing and recruiting, and targeted sales and marketing campaigns.
Primer
Seed Round in 2021
Primer is a business-to-business marketing platform that focuses on enhancing marketing technologies for companies. It offers services such as audience automation, LinkedIn automation, and marketing and sales automation. The platform enriches leads and matches them across different channels while orchestrating workflows to streamline marketing efforts. By connecting various applications and facilitating data movement, Primer enables coordinated multichannel campaigns. Additionally, it assists in mapping a lead's identity across multiple marketing channels, providing sales personnel with accurate contact information to improve lead conversion rates and maximize advertising efficiency.
Grata
Seed Round in 2020
Grata Inc. is a technology company that specializes in Software-as-a-Service solutions designed to enhance B2B research processes. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York with an additional office in Boston, the company operates a search engine that assists private equity, sales, and marketing teams in locating and targeting private companies. Utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence, Grata's platform enables users to find similar companies, automate personalized outreach, and analyze market conditions. It also offers tools for voice of customer diligence and competitive intelligence, providing valuable insights from online reviews. Grata's solutions are particularly useful for business development professionals engaged in middle market private equity deals, staffing and recruiting, and targeted sales and marketing campaigns.
Grafiti
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Grafiti is a search engine for graphs, charts, facts, info-graphics, data, and insights. Their mission is to put every chart, graph, and data in any platform to make them searchable and shareable on the web through their Slack integration. They save and organize the user's favorite insights into collections for inspiration or storytelling. Grafiti was founded in 2017 and is based in New York City.
Grafiti
Venture Round in 2019
Grafiti is a search engine for graphs, charts, facts, info-graphics, data, and insights. Their mission is to put every chart, graph, and data in any platform to make them searchable and shareable on the web through their Slack integration. They save and organize the user's favorite insights into collections for inspiration or storytelling. Grafiti was founded in 2017 and is based in New York City.
Vyrill
Seed Round in 2018
Vyrill Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in user-generated video content (UGVC) discovery and analytics. Founded in 2015, Vyrill has developed a comprehensive platform that allows enterprises to search within videos on the web and mobile, facilitating the unlocking of valuable video data for growth. The platform aggregates various types of videos related to consumer products, including demos, commercials, and reviews, while also providing pricing information and product recommendations. Vyrill's services encompass video capture, indexing, ranking, management, and search engine optimization, enhancing customer acquisition and brand engagement for businesses. Additionally, the platform offers e-commerce widgets and tools that support video personalization and marketing across multiple platforms.
Talk Local
Series A in 2014
Talk Local is a digital platform that connects consumers seeking services with local businesses in real time. Customers submit service requests that include a brief description of their needs, desired appointment times, and location. The platform then broadcasts these requests to relevant businesses at no cost. Utilizing a sophisticated search engine, Talk Local employs social metrics, publicly available data, and an artificial intelligence-driven matching algorithm to facilitate immediate connections between users and service providers. This approach enables consumers to receive prompt assistance for everyday challenges while helping local businesses to reach potential customers effectively.
Talk Local
Venture Round in 2014
Talk Local is a digital platform that connects consumers seeking services with local businesses in real time. Customers submit service requests that include a brief description of their needs, desired appointment times, and location. The platform then broadcasts these requests to relevant businesses at no cost. Utilizing a sophisticated search engine, Talk Local employs social metrics, publicly available data, and an artificial intelligence-driven matching algorithm to facilitate immediate connections between users and service providers. This approach enables consumers to receive prompt assistance for everyday challenges while helping local businesses to reach potential customers effectively.
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