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 Social Network

Five to Nine

Seed Round in 2022
Five to Nine is a culture engagement solution that aims to enhance workplace connectivity and inclusion through its online platform. The platform enables human resource administrators to manage and evaluate both virtual and in-person internal programs effectively. By integrating workflows and collecting event analytics and feedback, it allows organizations to measure employee participation and sentiment. This data-driven approach helps HR teams create communities of interest within the workplace, promoting a positive work culture and driving business outcomes. Five to Nine focuses on leveraging culture-building opportunities to foster a more inclusive environment where employees feel engaged and connected.

FanUp

Seed Round in 2021
FanUp gamifies sports and esports for every fan. FanUp is, Fantasy sports and esports re-imagined; with fun, interactive, and pop-culture styled contests. Our brands, prizes and social features, cater to causal fans and a younger demographic, ensuring we grow the entire market. We’re not a betting app, we’re far greater. Most apps focus on 35-60-year-old middle-age men. FanUp was created for 18-34 year-old social fans and young professionals. Our users: - Love sports and esports gaming - Are 2.5x more likely to game and compete w/ social features - Are more diverse (43% are women) - Want to interact with pop-culture, brands and influencers Our mantra: Fans and innovation first, always. We’re leading a transformative shift in sports and culture. Squad up and compete year-round in contests for your fav sports & esports leagues. FanUp, and may the best fans win.

Sophya

Seed Round in 2021
Sophya is a learning platform developed at Harvard University that students around the world love.

FourFront

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an entertainment platform designed to combine real-life actors and artificial intelligence to pull audiences. The company's platform allows to chat personally with the virtual characters across communication platforms and to create fictional influencers that leverage the proprietary tools to appear real, enabling audiences to get a social and interactive marketing experience.

Slate

Funding Round in 2021
Slate, Ltd. is a content creation platform designed for social media, enabling users to produce on-brand content quickly and efficiently. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, the platform allows companies to customize their social media posts using branded fonts, colors, filters, graphics, and animations through a mobile app. This functionality streamlines the process of preparing content for platforms like Instagram Stories and social media feeds, eliminating the need for desktop computers or reliance on designers. Additionally, Slate enhances the ability to sponsor engaging real-time content, thereby expanding the range of monetizable assets available. The platform is utilized by various teams across major sports leagues, as well as by prominent brands in media and entertainment.

Slate

Seed Round in 2021
Slate, Ltd. is a content creation platform designed for social media, enabling users to produce on-brand content quickly and efficiently. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, the platform allows companies to customize their social media posts using branded fonts, colors, filters, graphics, and animations through a mobile app. This functionality streamlines the process of preparing content for platforms like Instagram Stories and social media feeds, eliminating the need for desktop computers or reliance on designers. Additionally, Slate enhances the ability to sponsor engaging real-time content, thereby expanding the range of monetizable assets available. The platform is utilized by various teams across major sports leagues, as well as by prominent brands in media and entertainment.

Kontain

Seed Round in 2021
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Kontain

Seed Round in 2021
WE ARE ENGINEERS ENTREPRENEURS INSPIRED

Revmo

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an enterprise platform intended to find the best warm introductions from the extended network. The company's platform offers to automate warm email/SMS introductions within the networks of closest customers, colleagues, classmates, and contacts when entering a profile, enabling users to scale connections while eliminating spam and cold reach-outs.

FanUp

Seed Round in 2020
FanUp gamifies sports and esports for every fan. FanUp is, Fantasy sports and esports re-imagined; with fun, interactive, and pop-culture styled contests. Our brands, prizes and social features, cater to causal fans and a younger demographic, ensuring we grow the entire market. We’re not a betting app, we’re far greater. Most apps focus on 35-60-year-old middle-age men. FanUp was created for 18-34 year-old social fans and young professionals. Our users: - Love sports and esports gaming - Are 2.5x more likely to game and compete w/ social features - Are more diverse (43% are women) - Want to interact with pop-culture, brands and influencers Our mantra: Fans and innovation first, always. We’re leading a transformative shift in sports and culture. Squad up and compete year-round in contests for your fav sports & esports leagues. FanUp, and may the best fans win.

Solsten

Series A in 2020
12traits is the missing piece to understanding human behavior in digital environments.

CARRO

Series B in 2020
VYRL is building the global experiential commerce network. One piece of that system is called Carro. By onboarding hundreds of new brands every month, Carro helps each brand achieve the maximum possible reach, and gain the maximum amount of attention by working with their most influential customers & fans. www.GetCarro.com

FanUp

Seed Round in 2020
FanUp gamifies sports and esports for every fan. FanUp is, Fantasy sports and esports re-imagined; with fun, interactive, and pop-culture styled contests. Our brands, prizes and social features, cater to causal fans and a younger demographic, ensuring we grow the entire market. We’re not a betting app, we’re far greater. Most apps focus on 35-60-year-old middle-age men. FanUp was created for 18-34 year-old social fans and young professionals. Our users: - Love sports and esports gaming - Are 2.5x more likely to game and compete w/ social features - Are more diverse (43% are women) - Want to interact with pop-culture, brands and influencers Our mantra: Fans and innovation first, always. We’re leading a transformative shift in sports and culture. Squad up and compete year-round in contests for your fav sports & esports leagues. FanUp, and may the best fans win.

Brella

Seed Round in 2020
Brella Ltd. is a company that specializes in developing a networking mobile and web application designed to facilitate connections among attendees at events, conferences, and live streams. Founded in 2016 and based in Jyvaskyla, Finland, the application employs a matchmaking algorithm to help users expand their business network by identifying relevant contacts, including potential collaborators, colleagues, and investors. Brella aims to simplify the networking process, making it more efficient and effective for professionals seeking to form new high-value connections. The platform focuses on providing valuable experiences that enable users to connect with the right people at the right time and place.

AppMap

Seed Round in 2020
A new kind of App discovery tool! App Map displays the most commonly and actively used Apps near you.

LÜM

Seed Round in 2020
LÜM is a Madison-based startup that has developed a streaming music platform and social network aimed at supporting emerging artists. The platform enables fans to discover, share, and directly support up-and-coming musicians from around the world. By focusing on local talent, LÜM seeks to bridge the gap in exposure between established artists and new music, fostering a community that promotes undiscovered sounds. The application reimagines the intersection of social media and music streaming, positioning itself as a talent pool for live entertainment. Through its innovative approach, LÜM allows artists to monetize their work and engage with fans throughout their careers, ultimately contributing to a more equitable music landscape.

Lunchclub

Venture Round in 2020
Lunchclub is an AI-driven platform founded in 2018 by Vladimir Novakovski, Hayley Leibson, and Scott Wu, headquartered in San Francisco, California. The service specializes in facilitating one-on-one meetings, such as lunches and coffee chats, by connecting users with potential business partners, team members, or investors. Through its innovative approach, Lunchclub enables clients to make meaningful introductions that support their professional objectives, fostering collaboration and advancement within various fields. The platform emphasizes the importance of personalized connections to enhance networking opportunities and help users achieve their goals.

Influence.co

Seed Round in 2020
influence.co, Inc. develops online platform for influencers, brands, marketers, talent managers, and agencies to connect. The company offers influencer-marketing services to create public digital media kits, communicate with other members, and apply directly to brands they would like to work with. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in San Diego, California with additional offices in Melbourne, Australia, Denver, Colorado, New York and Las Vegas, Nevada.

On Deck

Series A in 2020
On Deck is a platform serving the many strands of identity that unite ambitious people around the globe. Their ever-growing community and action-oriented programming will help the people to get there—fast. On Deck will up-level career, launch, and scale big ideas, or make lifelong friends.

Adventr

Venture Round in 2020
Adventr provides its users with a platform to design, distribute, and analyze interactive, viewer-driven, video content. Its proprietary flagship product is a drag and drop SaaS network, which facilitates the creation and distribution of interactive video. Adventr’s viewers have the ability to make choices within the content, changing the video’s actions or responding to characters in real-time, improving engagement across all metrics. Its video content can be embedded or distributed via ad networks and publishers.

Stacks

Seed Round in 2019
Stacks is a social video studio building the future of entertainment.

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.

Influence.co

Seed Round in 2019
influence.co, Inc. develops online platform for influencers, brands, marketers, talent managers, and agencies to connect. The company offers influencer-marketing services to create public digital media kits, communicate with other members, and apply directly to brands they would like to work with. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in San Diego, California with additional offices in Melbourne, Australia, Denver, Colorado, New York and Las Vegas, Nevada.

NeighborSchools

Seed Round in 2019
NeighborSchools, Inc. operates a digital platform that connects childcare providers with families seeking care services. Founded in 2018 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the platform allows childcare providers to efficiently manage their businesses, while families can research, enroll, pay tuition, and communicate with educators. Additionally, NeighborSchools supports educators in establishing licensed family childcare programs, particularly in Massachusetts, thus expanding access to in-home childcare options. The company also creates career opportunities for childcare professionals, fostering the development of quality childcare programs for children.

NeighborSchools

Venture Round in 2019
NeighborSchools, Inc. operates a digital platform that connects childcare providers with families seeking care services. Founded in 2018 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the platform allows childcare providers to efficiently manage their businesses, while families can research, enroll, pay tuition, and communicate with educators. Additionally, NeighborSchools supports educators in establishing licensed family childcare programs, particularly in Massachusetts, thus expanding access to in-home childcare options. The company also creates career opportunities for childcare professionals, fostering the development of quality childcare programs for children.

Portal

Seed Round in 2019
Portal is an innovative digital video sharing platform that changes how people earn money from their content. Portal has no secret algorithms that tracks every move instead, viewers can instantly send creators $0.10-$100 to show their appreciation.

Friendshop

Seed Round in 2019
Friendshop is an online retailer specializing in beauty and skincare products. The company offers a wide range of makeup items for the eyes, face, and lips, including eyeliners, foundations, lipsticks, and various skincare essentials like face masks and sunscreens. Based in San Francisco, California, Friendshop innovates the shopping experience by enabling users to recruit friends to shop together, which allows them to unlock exclusive deals on popular brands such as Urban Decay, NARS, and Drunk Elephant. This approach to social shopping sets Friendshop apart in the beauty retail sector.

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.

GoGig

Seed Round in 2018
GoGig is an anonymous professional networking platform that helps currently employed, passively seeking individuals advance their careers confidentially through career desire and cultural ‘fit’ metrics using Artificial Intelligence. Hiring professionals can tap into a completely new group of passive candidates that they otherwise didn’t know existed through powerful algorithmic search. No job postings, no applying, no keyword crawlers, no 'tinder swiping' gimmicks. GoGig is absolutely free for all candidates to use.

TOP Network

Venture Round in 2018
Top Network Technology Pte. Ltd. owns and operates a decentralized open communication network that provides cloud communication services on the blockchain. The platform offers services, such as messaging, calling, video, virtual private network (VPN), content delivery network (CDN), Internet of things (IoT), and data sharing. The company also offers TOP tokens, Decentralized Messaging Applications, and Decentralized VPN Services. Top Network Technology Pte. Ltd. was founded in 2017 and is based in Singapore.

Focusmate

Seed Round in 2018
Focusmate is a remote coworking community where people get things done together. It changes the way of work by connecting other professionals who have committed to being accountable for finishing their most important work. The Focusmate virtual coworking model is rooted in evidence-based approaches to productivity and systems of accountability developed by executive and leadership coaches. It also helps independent workers eliminate procrastination by providing live, peer accountability over 1-hour video sessions. In 2017, Taylor Jacobson founded it in New York, New York.

Focusmate

Seed Round in 2018
Focusmate is a remote coworking community where people get things done together. It changes the way of work by connecting other professionals who have committed to being accountable for finishing their most important work. The Focusmate virtual coworking model is rooted in evidence-based approaches to productivity and systems of accountability developed by executive and leadership coaches. It also helps independent workers eliminate procrastination by providing live, peer accountability over 1-hour video sessions. In 2017, Taylor Jacobson founded it in New York, New York.

Mic

Venture Round in 2018
Mic Network Inc. operates an online platform dedicated to publishing news, focusing on issues relevant to society's changemakers. Established in 2011 and headquartered in New York, the company provides original reporting across various topics, including politics, business, culture, science, and the environment. Mic aims to reach an audience of 50 million monthly, delivering diverse perspectives that challenge conventional viewpoints. As of November 2018, Mic Network Inc. is a subsidiary of BDG Media Inc.

Sleeper

Seed Round in 2017
Sleeper is a sports platform intended for fantasy leagues and eSports. The platform connects fans and people to create a community and friendship that enable users to enjoy a sporting event in a communal way that creates lasting memories.

Vertical Mass

Venture Round in 2017
Vertical Mass, Inc. operates an online data management platform tailored for the music, entertainment, and sports industries. Founded in 2013 and based in Los Angeles, the company provides services that enable celebrities and organizations to collect, manage, and store valuable fan data across various digital channels, including social media, websites, mobile applications, ecommerce, and content streaming services. By leveraging this proprietary data, clients can gain deeper insights into their audience, optimize advertising strategies, and enhance content delivery, ultimately driving revenue. Vertical Mass caters to a diverse clientele, ranging from major streaming services to emerging social media influencers, positioning itself as a specialized solution for understanding and monetizing fan engagement.

Mic

Series C in 2017
Mic Network Inc. operates an online platform dedicated to publishing news, focusing on issues relevant to society's changemakers. Established in 2011 and headquartered in New York, the company provides original reporting across various topics, including politics, business, culture, science, and the environment. Mic aims to reach an audience of 50 million monthly, delivering diverse perspectives that challenge conventional viewpoints. As of November 2018, Mic Network Inc. is a subsidiary of BDG Media Inc.

Vertical Mass

Series A in 2016
Vertical Mass, Inc. operates an online data management platform tailored for the music, entertainment, and sports industries. Founded in 2013 and based in Los Angeles, the company provides services that enable celebrities and organizations to collect, manage, and store valuable fan data across various digital channels, including social media, websites, mobile applications, ecommerce, and content streaming services. By leveraging this proprietary data, clients can gain deeper insights into their audience, optimize advertising strategies, and enhance content delivery, ultimately driving revenue. Vertical Mass caters to a diverse clientele, ranging from major streaming services to emerging social media influencers, positioning itself as a specialized solution for understanding and monetizing fan engagement.

Sandbox

Seed Round in 2015
Sandbox Network, Inc. is a digital entertainment company based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2015. It specializes in providing multi-channel network services for the gaming entertainment industry, focusing on content creation for game creators. The company enables digital creators to express their imagination and engage with audiences through its platform, which supports a diverse range of digital content. By fostering an environment where creative individuals can thrive, Sandbox Network aims to entertain and connect audiences around the world.

AdvisorConnect

Convertible Note in 2015
AdvisorConnect is a sales acceleration platform for financial advisors, insurance agents, and the enterprise. Powered by an AI-driven Network Navigator and leveraging Cognitive Experience Design, AdvisorConnect automates advisor workflow and provides network-based analytics to drive product, marketing, and content strategies in real-time.

Sleeper

Seed Round in 2015
Sleeper is a sports platform intended for fantasy leagues and eSports. The platform connects fans and people to create a community and friendship that enable users to enjoy a sporting event in a communal way that creates lasting memories.
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