Alumni Ventures Group

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices across North America. It provides access to venture investing for individual accredited investors, particularly alumni networks, by offering diversified portfolios of venture opportunities and allowing members to invest alongside fellow alumni in ventures led by peers. The firm backs early-stage and later-stage opportunities across technology, consumer, healthcare, financial services, and other sectors, with a sector- and geography-agnostic approach. It typically invests between $10,000 and $3 million per deal and emphasizes the involvement of alumni connections and an institutional lead investor in opportunities. Alumni Ventures also offers focused funds to broaden participation, enabling accredited investors to access venture portfolios diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography. The model aims to democratize access to venture capital while maintaining rigorous selection standards through alumni networks.

Rob Adams

Managing Partner

Andrew Baum

Vice President, Treasury and Capital Management

David Beazley

Managing Partner

Ali Byrd

Investor Advisory Council Member

Marco A. Casas

Senior Investment Principal, Basecamp Fund

Matthew Caspari

Managing Partner

Matt Castellini

Senior Associate

Helen Chen

CEO Services Analyst

Cainon Coates

Managing Partner

Michael Collins

Investor

David Cynn

Managing Partner

Thomas Edwards

Associate

Nancy Fechnay

Principal

Yev Gelfand

Investor

Mason Hale

Senior Associate, Chestnut Street and Triphammer Ven

Erik Hammer

Partner

Brian Keil

Managing Partner

Jin Kim

Senior Vice President, Office of Investments

Jess Liu-Brown

Principal

Michael Madden

Co-Founder and Investment Professionals

Todd McIntyre

Managing Partner

Jonathan Meltzer

Partner

Keith Murphy

Director, Video Programs

David S. Muson

CFO

Kayla Phillips

Senior Associate

Aisha Robinson

Comms Team VP of Strategic Communications

Ludwig Schulze

Managing Partner

Matt Scott

Managing Partner

Saad Shaheen

Investor Operations Manager

David Shapiro

Managing Partner

Anton Simunovic

Investor

Chris Sklarin

Managing Partner

Stephen Stolzenberg

Senior Associate

Justin Strausbaugh

Managing Partner

Edward Tsai

Managing Partner

Drew Wandzilak

Senior Associate, Green D and Yard and Strategic Tech Fund

Larry Warnock

Managing Partner

Sarah Worden

Venture Scout

Ray Wu

Managing Partner

Wesley Yiu

Principal

Past deals in Auction

Metabilia

Seed Round in 2023
Metabilia is a company that offers an online auction platform tailored for professional sports teams and athletes, focusing on enhancing fan engagement and generating revenue. The platform enables fans to bid on and purchase unique memorabilia, experiences, and digital collectibles in real-time. By allowing fans to auction items and experiences exclusively at the venues they are attending, Metabilia creates opportunities for fans to enjoy new experiences while simultaneously providing sports teams and athletes with innovative revenue streams.

AC Momento

Seed Round in 2023
AC Momento is football's premier online auction house, bringing fans game-worn jerseys and memorabilia.

Drip

Series A in 2022
Drip is a company that specializes in live commerce, focusing on the collectible industry, including both NFTs and physical collectibles. It operates a streaming and live-streaming network that facilitates various activities related to collectibles, such as trading cards, live breaks, and auctions. Through its live shopping platform, Drip allows users to engage in live streams and play trading card games, creating opportunities for interaction and commerce within the collectibles market. The platform aims to enhance the experience of collectors and enthusiasts, enabling them to connect and potentially build careers around their passion for collectibles.

mintNFT

Seed Round in 2021
mintNFT is a premium member-based marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFT) focused on bridging fan experiences with licensed content, brands, and talent. mintNFT integrates social, gamification, and a new patent pending authentication process for NFTs. mintNFT makes collecting NFTs a fun and engaging experience and converts casual fans into collectors, creators and partners. mintNFT provides an unprecedented social experience for users with unique features such as exclusive digital events, NFT live auctions, and fan-generated campaigns all within a dynamic, interactive, and gamified platform. It also includes an integrated secondary marketplace allowing users to buy, sell, and trade NFTs.

Metabilia

Seed Round in 2014
Metabilia is a company that offers an online auction platform tailored for professional sports teams and athletes, focusing on enhancing fan engagement and generating revenue. The platform enables fans to bid on and purchase unique memorabilia, experiences, and digital collectibles in real-time. By allowing fans to auction items and experiences exclusively at the venues they are attending, Metabilia creates opportunities for fans to enjoy new experiences while simultaneously providing sports teams and athletes with innovative revenue streams.
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