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 Storage Services

Ion Storage Systems

Series A in 2022
ION Storage Systems, LLC is a manufacturer of solid state lithium-ion batteries, headquartered in College Park, Maryland. Established in 2015, the company specializes in developing advanced battery technology aimed at delivering high energy density and enhanced safety for various applications. Its products cater to the defense and aerospace sectors, as well as the consumer electronics and electric vehicle industries. By focusing on solid state battery innovations, ION Storage Systems addresses the critical performance and safety requirements necessary for deployment in diverse environments.

Stockpress

Seed Round in 2022
Stockpress is a file management platform that allows teams to organize, manage, collaborate and share files with others. It is a cloud file storage and management for teams.

Opsera

Series A in 2021
Opsera is a provider of cloud-based continuous orchestration software aimed at automating CI/CD toolchains for software and DevOps engineers. Its platform facilitates self-service toolchain automation and offers features such as drag-and-drop declarative pipelines and unified insights. By enabling teams to select their preferred tools without scripting, Opsera enhances software delivery speed and efficiency while minimizing complexity and risk. The platform supports the entire DevOps lifecycle, allowing development teams to increase velocity, operations teams to improve efficiency, and business leaders to gain comprehensive visibility. Opsera's mission is to accelerate DevOps adoption, transforming it into a practical science that fosters peak innovation velocity within organizations.

Wasabi

Series C in 2021
Wasabi Technologies, Inc. is a cloud storage provider that offers a fast and cost-effective platform for hybrid and multi-cloud media workflows. The company specializes in hot storage solutions compatible with Amazon S3, delivering average time-to-first-byte speeds of less than 15 milliseconds and ensuring data integrity with active checking. Wasabi's services support a variety of applications, including archiving, backup and recovery, content delivery, and data analytics, catering to sectors such as media and entertainment, education, healthcare, and law enforcement. The company provides a free trial capped at 1 TB of storage and offers flexible pricing options, ensuring that organizations can access secure and reliable data storage without complex pricing structures or unpredictable fees. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Wasabi was previously known as BlueArchive, Inc. before rebranding in 2017.

bit.io

Seed Round in 2021
Bit.io develops a shareable cloud database that allows users to store, query, and securely share data. The platform is designed to be zero-configurable and scalable, enabling users to create an empty database with a single click. It eliminates the need for complex administration, identity and access management, and firewall rules, making it easier for users to manage their data without hidden fees or complicated pricing models. Users can upload databases to the platform and share them with others, specifying access levels to facilitate collaboration. Additionally, the platform incorporates social and community features akin to those found on GitHub, enhancing user interaction and data sharing capabilities.

Ondat

Series B in 2021
Ondat, formerly known as StorageOS Ltd, is a London-based company that specializes in developing a cloud-native, software-defined storage platform designed for application deployment in containerized environments. Founded in 2015, Ondat enables clients to efficiently run containerized databases and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) workloads in public cloud settings. The platform offers essential features such as erasure coding, data replication, deduplication, compression, and robust security measures, including encryption and policy management. Ondat's solution facilitates data mobility through replication and migration services, while also providing run-time management options like snapshots and clones. Its application programming interface (API) is compatible with popular container orchestration tools, such as Docker and Kubernetes, allowing developers and infrastructure teams to effectively build, scale, manage, and monitor their storage solutions without legacy constraints.

Flexe

Series C in 2021
FLEXE, Inc. operates a cloud-based warehousing services marketplace that connects organizations needing additional storage and fulfillment capacity with those that have surplus space. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company provides a platform that facilitates efficient warehouse sourcing and setup, streamlining material handling operations for clients including retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, and logistics firms. By addressing inventory overflow and fulfillment challenges, FLEXE enhances the logistics industry and enables businesses to achieve greater structural flexibility in their operations. The company aims to optimize the global delivery of goods and improve access to affordable warehousing solutions, ultimately helping enterprises strengthen their distribution networks and maximize revenue potential.

Steno

Series A in 2020
Steno Agency, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based company that specializes in court reporting and litigation support services for law firms. Founded in 2018, the company provides a comprehensive suite of services, including remote depositions, videography, and interpretation, along with an online dashboard that allows clients to track upcoming jobs and access previous cases. Steno's unique offering includes a non-recourse deferred payment process called DisbursePay, which helps clients manage financial challenges associated with legal proceedings. By focusing on innovation and exceptional customer service, Steno aims to enhance the efficiency of the litigation process while ensuring reliable and accessible support for its clients.

Loft Orbital

Seed Round in 2020
Loft Orbital Solutions Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing comprehensive services for the deployment and operation of satellite payloads. Founded in 2017, Loft Orbital offers an end-to-end solution that includes satellite platform integration, launch booking, and regulatory compliance. The company utilizes a standardized microsatellite bus, which simplifies the deployment process and reduces costs, allowing clients to focus on their specific missions rather than technical complexities. In addition to satellite management, Loft Orbital also provides financing and insurance solutions to mitigate risks associated with space access. Through its innovative platform, the company aims to democratize access to space, making it more reliable and affordable for customers looking to launch small satellites.

Loft Orbital

Venture Round in 2020
Loft Orbital Solutions Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing comprehensive services for the deployment and operation of satellite payloads. Founded in 2017, Loft Orbital offers an end-to-end solution that includes satellite platform integration, launch booking, and regulatory compliance. The company utilizes a standardized microsatellite bus, which simplifies the deployment process and reduces costs, allowing clients to focus on their specific missions rather than technical complexities. In addition to satellite management, Loft Orbital also provides financing and insurance solutions to mitigate risks associated with space access. Through its innovative platform, the company aims to democratize access to space, making it more reliable and affordable for customers looking to launch small satellites.

Okera

Series B in 2020
Okera Inc. is a data management company that operates the Okera Active Data Access Platform, which facilitates secure and efficient data provisioning, access, governance, and auditing. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in Seattle, Okera focuses on addressing challenges related to data access and governance in hybrid and multi-cloud environments, including AWS and Azure. The platform features capabilities such as automatic discovery and auditing of data lakes, a no-code visual policy engine for creating access policies, and the enforcement of fine-grained access controls. This allows organizations to manage data security, privacy, and compliance effectively while empowering data teams to leverage their data for innovation and growth. The company was previously known as Cerebro Data, Inc. before rebranding in May 2018.

Wasabi

Series B in 2020
Wasabi Technologies, Inc. is a cloud storage provider that offers a fast and cost-effective platform for hybrid and multi-cloud media workflows. The company specializes in hot storage solutions compatible with Amazon S3, delivering average time-to-first-byte speeds of less than 15 milliseconds and ensuring data integrity with active checking. Wasabi's services support a variety of applications, including archiving, backup and recovery, content delivery, and data analytics, catering to sectors such as media and entertainment, education, healthcare, and law enforcement. The company provides a free trial capped at 1 TB of storage and offers flexible pricing options, ensuring that organizations can access secure and reliable data storage without complex pricing structures or unpredictable fees. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Wasabi was previously known as BlueArchive, Inc. before rebranding in 2017.

Wasabi

Venture Round in 2020
Wasabi Technologies, Inc. is a cloud storage provider that offers a fast and cost-effective platform for hybrid and multi-cloud media workflows. The company specializes in hot storage solutions compatible with Amazon S3, delivering average time-to-first-byte speeds of less than 15 milliseconds and ensuring data integrity with active checking. Wasabi's services support a variety of applications, including archiving, backup and recovery, content delivery, and data analytics, catering to sectors such as media and entertainment, education, healthcare, and law enforcement. The company provides a free trial capped at 1 TB of storage and offers flexible pricing options, ensuring that organizations can access secure and reliable data storage without complex pricing structures or unpredictable fees. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Wasabi was previously known as BlueArchive, Inc. before rebranding in 2017.

Steno

Seed Round in 2020
Steno Agency, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based company that specializes in court reporting and litigation support services for law firms. Founded in 2018, the company provides a comprehensive suite of services, including remote depositions, videography, and interpretation, along with an online dashboard that allows clients to track upcoming jobs and access previous cases. Steno's unique offering includes a non-recourse deferred payment process called DisbursePay, which helps clients manage financial challenges associated with legal proceedings. By focusing on innovation and exceptional customer service, Steno aims to enhance the efficiency of the litigation process while ensuring reliable and accessible support for its clients.

Oxygen

Seed Round in 2019
Oxygen operates as a digital banking platform that uniquely caters to both personal and business banking needs, addressing the requirements of consumers, small businesses, and freelancers in the modern economy. In addition to its banking services, Oxygen Technical Services offers technology solutions that include computer and network designs, connectivity, website design, and e-commerce solutions. The company's commitment to cybersecurity emphasizes secure data storage, ensuring that backup and recovery processes comply with established standards. To maintain data resiliency, Oxygen implements comprehensive backup strategies and scheduled test restores, safeguarding data from servers, workstations, and various cloud platforms, including Microsoft 365.

Ampool

Venture Round in 2019
Ampool is on a mission to enable real-time data-intensive applications and to reduce time to actionable insights through a distributed, memory-centric active data store. In the last decade, Hadoop and NoSQL data stores have deconstructed the database, separating persistence, metadata management, query engines, resource scheduling, cluster management, and monitoring. In a similar way, Ampool aims to democratize in-memory multi-modal analytical processing, paving way to a unified real-time analytics platform. Ampool Active Data Store is designed to support stream ingestion and analytics, analytical/batch processing, transactions, and interactive/ad-hoc queries, all from a single memory-centric store. Powered by Apache Geodeā„¢, it offers low overhead, lightning fast, in-memory performance for data-driven applications without compromising on reliability and availability.

StellaService

Series B in 2019
StellaService Inc. is a customer feedback and quality management platform designed for customer service teams. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, the platform enables companies of various sizes, from startups to large public enterprises, to collect customer feedback, enhance agent engagement, and improve service performance. As of September 2020, StellaService operates as a subsidiary of Medallia, Inc., further expanding its capabilities in delivering valuable insights for service improvement.

StellaService

Series B in 2019
StellaService Inc. is a customer feedback and quality management platform designed for customer service teams. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, the platform enables companies of various sizes, from startups to large public enterprises, to collect customer feedback, enhance agent engagement, and improve service performance. As of September 2020, StellaService operates as a subsidiary of Medallia, Inc., further expanding its capabilities in delivering valuable insights for service improvement.

Wasabi

Series B in 2018
Wasabi Technologies, Inc. is a cloud storage provider that offers a fast and cost-effective platform for hybrid and multi-cloud media workflows. The company specializes in hot storage solutions compatible with Amazon S3, delivering average time-to-first-byte speeds of less than 15 milliseconds and ensuring data integrity with active checking. Wasabi's services support a variety of applications, including archiving, backup and recovery, content delivery, and data analytics, catering to sectors such as media and entertainment, education, healthcare, and law enforcement. The company provides a free trial capped at 1 TB of storage and offers flexible pricing options, ensuring that organizations can access secure and reliable data storage without complex pricing structures or unpredictable fees. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Wasabi was previously known as BlueArchive, Inc. before rebranding in 2017.

Filecoin

Venture Round in 2017
Filecoin is a data storage network that enables users to rent disk space for file storage. It operates as a decentralized platform, allowing participants to buy and sell storage services using its native electronic currency, which can also be exchanged for other currencies such as Bitcoin and USD. The company is headquartered in the United States and aims to provide a secure and efficient method for managing data storage needs.

Wasabi

Series B in 2017
Wasabi Technologies, Inc. is a cloud storage provider that offers a fast and cost-effective platform for hybrid and multi-cloud media workflows. The company specializes in hot storage solutions compatible with Amazon S3, delivering average time-to-first-byte speeds of less than 15 milliseconds and ensuring data integrity with active checking. Wasabi's services support a variety of applications, including archiving, backup and recovery, content delivery, and data analytics, catering to sectors such as media and entertainment, education, healthcare, and law enforcement. The company provides a free trial capped at 1 TB of storage and offers flexible pricing options, ensuring that organizations can access secure and reliable data storage without complex pricing structures or unpredictable fees. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Wasabi was previously known as BlueArchive, Inc. before rebranding in 2017.

Wasabi

Seed Round in 2017
Wasabi Technologies, Inc. is a cloud storage provider that offers a fast and cost-effective platform for hybrid and multi-cloud media workflows. The company specializes in hot storage solutions compatible with Amazon S3, delivering average time-to-first-byte speeds of less than 15 milliseconds and ensuring data integrity with active checking. Wasabi's services support a variety of applications, including archiving, backup and recovery, content delivery, and data analytics, catering to sectors such as media and entertainment, education, healthcare, and law enforcement. The company provides a free trial capped at 1 TB of storage and offers flexible pricing options, ensuring that organizations can access secure and reliable data storage without complex pricing structures or unpredictable fees. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Wasabi was previously known as BlueArchive, Inc. before rebranding in 2017.

Wasabi

Venture Round in 2016
Wasabi Technologies, Inc. is a cloud storage provider that offers a fast and cost-effective platform for hybrid and multi-cloud media workflows. The company specializes in hot storage solutions compatible with Amazon S3, delivering average time-to-first-byte speeds of less than 15 milliseconds and ensuring data integrity with active checking. Wasabi's services support a variety of applications, including archiving, backup and recovery, content delivery, and data analytics, catering to sectors such as media and entertainment, education, healthcare, and law enforcement. The company provides a free trial capped at 1 TB of storage and offers flexible pricing options, ensuring that organizations can access secure and reliable data storage without complex pricing structures or unpredictable fees. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Wasabi was previously known as BlueArchive, Inc. before rebranding in 2017.

Wasabi

Venture Round in 2016
Wasabi Technologies, Inc. is a cloud storage provider that offers a fast and cost-effective platform for hybrid and multi-cloud media workflows. The company specializes in hot storage solutions compatible with Amazon S3, delivering average time-to-first-byte speeds of less than 15 milliseconds and ensuring data integrity with active checking. Wasabi's services support a variety of applications, including archiving, backup and recovery, content delivery, and data analytics, catering to sectors such as media and entertainment, education, healthcare, and law enforcement. The company provides a free trial capped at 1 TB of storage and offers flexible pricing options, ensuring that organizations can access secure and reliable data storage without complex pricing structures or unpredictable fees. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Wasabi was previously known as BlueArchive, Inc. before rebranding in 2017.
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