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 Video Streaming

Sizzle

Seed Round in 2022
Sizzle is a new web service that leverages AI to automatically create gaming highlights from Twitch and YouTube videos. For instance, Sizzle can automatically convert a full 20 minute Fortnite gameplay video into a "sizzle", or a 5 minute condensed game, with all of the highlights in chronological order. Today, many of the 700 million gaming fans find 8 hour livestreams on Twitch too much, and a mish-mash of highlights on YouTube too limiting. Sizzle offers a clear third choice: these fans can watch condensed versions of full streams from top streamers such as Ninja or Daequan, getting the full arc of the story. Sizzle is available at www.sizzle.gg.

Napster

Venture Round in 2022
Napster is a music streaming service that provides users with unlimited, on-demand access to a vast library of music, allowing them to discover, share, and enjoy music anytime and anywhere. The platform is accessible through web browsers, smartphones, and home entertainment devices, ensuring a seamless music experience across various locations. Operating primarily in the United States, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom, Napster aims to enhance how users interact with music. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Napster is a wholly owned subsidiary of Best Buy, Inc.

FreshCut

Series B in 2022
Developer of application software and an online platform designed for streaming gaming videos. The company's platform offers a personalized playlist of videos for users based on their favorite games, enabling users to stay updated on the latest clips from the content creators they follow.

Trading.TV

Series A in 2022
Trading.TV is the world's first social live stream and immersive chat platform for traders and financial content creators. Think, FinTech love child of Twitch and Slack.

Big Room

Seed Round in 2021
Big Room is an innovative company that has developed a video editing platform aimed at automating the complete production process of live video content. Utilizing proprietary artificial intelligence technology that is hardware-independent, the platform employs a deep neural learning approach to transform static video feeds into engaging dynamic content. Through features such as digital zoom technology and intelligent camera selection, Big Room enables clients to streamline and automate their video production efforts, making it more efficient and accessible. This unique capability positions Big Room as a leader in the field of real-time video production.

Kumospace

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a video chat and workspace platform intended to serve event organizers and remote businesses. The company's platform facilitates users to connect people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing and provides the security of video conferencing, enabling clients to host and participate in immersive virtual events and also bringing teams together to do their best work.

Big Room

Seed Round in 2021
Big Room is an innovative company that has developed a video editing platform aimed at automating the complete production process of live video content. Utilizing proprietary artificial intelligence technology that is hardware-independent, the platform employs a deep neural learning approach to transform static video feeds into engaging dynamic content. Through features such as digital zoom technology and intelligent camera selection, Big Room enables clients to streamline and automate their video production efforts, making it more efficient and accessible. This unique capability positions Big Room as a leader in the field of real-time video production.

WaveOne

Series A in 2020
WaveOne, Inc. specializes in developing advanced video and image compression software tailored to the digital media industry. Founded in 2016 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to enhance its compression solutions. WaveOne's technology includes a codec that operates significantly faster than traditional machine learning systems, allowing for rapid encoding and decoding of data sets at high speeds. This capability enables users in the digital media sector to efficiently process, print, upload, and share clear images, addressing the growing demand for high-quality digital content.

VENN

Series A in 2020
VENN is a new 24/7 post-cable network aimed at gaming, esports and entertainment audiences. Launching in 2020 and broadcasting live from studios in New York and Los Angeles, VENN will be distributed across a broad range of media platforms and offer original programming produced in-house and in partnership with some of the biggest names and creators across industries.

Feedcast

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Feedcast is an online platform that facilitates the discovery of new podcasts and enables content creators to monetize their work through audio courses. The platform allows podcasters and other content producers to develop and host audio courses, which can be accessed by students and listeners on the go. By providing tools for creating and selling audio content, Feedcast aims to enhance the financial opportunities for creators while making it easier for audiences to engage with new educational material.

WaveOne

Series A in 2020
WaveOne, Inc. specializes in developing advanced video and image compression software tailored to the digital media industry. Founded in 2016 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to enhance its compression solutions. WaveOne's technology includes a codec that operates significantly faster than traditional machine learning systems, allowing for rapid encoding and decoding of data sets at high speeds. This capability enables users in the digital media sector to efficiently process, print, upload, and share clear images, addressing the growing demand for high-quality digital content.

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.

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.

Songclip (Audiobyte)

Series A in 2018
Songclip™ is a new licensed music format built specifically for texting, social posts, and quick communication. Songclip’s multi-patented networked product solution, the Songclip API, integrates seamlessly into social platforms, mobile apps, and virtual marketplaces to drive expression, monetization, and music streaming. Songclip operates the world’s foremost searchable library of 5-30 second meta-tagged music clips, in partnership with the music industry. For more information, visit songclip.com

Vyrill

Seed Round in 2018
Vyrill Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in the discovery and analytics of user-generated video content (UGVC). Founded in 2015, Vyrill provides a platform that aggregates various types of videos related to consumer products, including demos, commercials, unboxing, and reviews. This platform not only helps retailers and brands leverage authentic video content to enhance revenue and attract new customers but also offers insights for demand generation and content marketing. Vyrill's website features guidance on product pricing, purchasing options, and related product recommendations, while also generating relevant hashtags for each video. By focusing on video commerce, Vyrill aims to facilitate a deeper connection between brands and consumers through engaging visual content.

Newmetrix

Series A in 2017
Developer of a video management platform designed to significantly reduce job site risk with the power of human and artificial intelligence. The company's platform uses machine learning to develop software that analyzes all images and videos in each project and matches them to a set of construction-specific tags, enabling clients to solve the management, collaboration, search, and analysis challenges associated with industrial videos and photos.

Zight

Seed Round in 2016
CloudApp is a visual sharing platform designed to enhance communication through the use of short videos, GIFs, and visuals, including annotated screenshots and images. By allowing users to record, host, and share these visual elements, CloudApp streamlines team and customer interactions, making conversations more efficient and reducing the likelihood of miscommunication. The platform aims to facilitate collaboration by providing tools that enable users to convey messages clearly and succinctly, ultimately improving the overall effectiveness of team discussions.

Directr

Venture Round in 2014
Directr Films is a mobile application company based in the United States that enables users to create and share movies using their smartphones. The platform allows individuals to produce high-quality films in a matter of minutes, with features that automatically edit and sync videos for seamless sharing. By simplifying the filmmaking process, Directr aims to make movie creation accessible to everyone, fostering creativity and engagement among its users.
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