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 Task Management

Utmost

Series B in 2021
Utmost Software, Inc. is a talent management software developer based in San Francisco, California, and was incorporated in 2018. The company offers a platform that consolidates talent management systems and enhances workforce management by streamlining onboarding, offboarding, and compliance processes. It focuses on helping large organizations effectively manage their contingent workforce, which includes contractors and flexible workers, by facilitating human resource services such as pay and benefits. Through its technology, Utmost aims to provide total visibility of the workforce, thereby improving operational efficiency and addressing management challenges faced by enterprises.

Office Otter

Seed Round in 2021
Office Otter is a developer of a centralized communication task management platform aimed at busy professionals. The platform integrates seamlessly with various communication channels, including email and text, allowing users to create tasks quickly from conversations. It features a priority dashboard, project organization templates, and performance reports to enhance project management. By centralizing action items from platforms like Slack and email, Office Otter enables users to streamline their workflow, save time, and improve productivity. The tool is designed for users who need to manage tasks on the go, transforming discussions into actionable tasks with just one click.

Usermind

Series C in 2020
Usermind, Inc. is a company that develops a unified orchestration platform aimed at enhancing business operations and customer journeys. Established in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, Usermind addresses the challenges posed by fragmented enterprise systems and disorganized customer data. By providing a Customer Engagement Hub, the company integrates disparate systems and data sources into a cohesive customer data platform. This is complemented by a robust customer journey orchestration engine, machine learning capabilities, and closed-loop analytics. Usermind enables organizations to automate complex customer interactions, manage customer data effectively, and deliver data-driven, omnichannel engagement throughout the entire customer lifecycle. The firm is supported by notable investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, and CRV.

Usermind

Venture Round in 2019
Usermind, Inc. is a company that develops a unified orchestration platform aimed at enhancing business operations and customer journeys. Established in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, Usermind addresses the challenges posed by fragmented enterprise systems and disorganized customer data. By providing a Customer Engagement Hub, the company integrates disparate systems and data sources into a cohesive customer data platform. This is complemented by a robust customer journey orchestration engine, machine learning capabilities, and closed-loop analytics. Usermind enables organizations to automate complex customer interactions, manage customer data effectively, and deliver data-driven, omnichannel engagement throughout the entire customer lifecycle. The firm is supported by notable investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, and CRV.

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.

Usermind

Series C in 2018
Usermind, Inc. is a company that develops a unified orchestration platform aimed at enhancing business operations and customer journeys. Established in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, Usermind addresses the challenges posed by fragmented enterprise systems and disorganized customer data. By providing a Customer Engagement Hub, the company integrates disparate systems and data sources into a cohesive customer data platform. This is complemented by a robust customer journey orchestration engine, machine learning capabilities, and closed-loop analytics. Usermind enables organizations to automate complex customer interactions, manage customer data effectively, and deliver data-driven, omnichannel engagement throughout the entire customer lifecycle. The firm is supported by notable investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, and CRV.

Context Engines

Angel Round in 2015
InContext is an application which automatically organizes your digital life. InContext analyzes the data and relationships from your applications (e.g. mail, contacts, calendar, Evernote, Dropbox/Google drive, desktop folders), organizes it by topic and presents related items in one contextual view ‐ “InContext." Contexts are “virtual smart folders” which are always up‐to‐date with all the most relevant items in your projects. Breaking down app silos, Contexts help you save time, be prepared, stay organized and find what you need in an instant. InContext organizes your data the way you naturally would – by topic. InContext is the natural way to interact with your digital device. Beyond personal productivity and organization, Contexts help with collaboration. Users will be able to share complete Contexts with co‐workers.
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