Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures Group, LLC is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, founded in 2013. The firm specializes in seed and early-stage investments, as well as late-stage pre-IPO opportunities, with a flexible approach that is sector and geographic agnostic. Alumni Ventures aims to provide high-quality, diversified venture portfolios to individual investors, particularly accredited alumni from top entrepreneurial schools, who may not have had access to venture capital previously. The firm focuses on backing companies that have an alumni connection and are led by established institutional investors with expertise in their respective fields. Additionally, Alumni Ventures offers focused funds that enable accredited investors to access a diverse portfolio of investments across various types, sectors, stages, and geographies.

Rob Adams

Executive Partner

Andrew Baum

Vice President, Treasury and Capital Management

Ali Byrd

Investor Advisory Council Member

Marco A. Casas

Senior Investment Principal, Basecamp Fund

Helen Chen

CEO Services Analyst

Cainon Coates

Managing Partner

Michael Collins

Co-Founder, CEO and Board Chairman

Mason Hale

Senior Associate, Chestnut Street and Triphammer

Michael Madden

Co-Founder and Investment Professionals

Tom Meyer

Managing Partner, Nassau Street

Wayne Moore

Partner

David Muson

CFO

Saad Shaheen

Director

Justin Strausbaugh

Managing Partner, Lakeshore

Edward Tsai

Managing Partner

Brittney Wade

Senior Associate, Seed Fund and Doctors Innovate Fund

Drew Wandzilak

Senior Associate, Green D and Yard and Strategic Tech Fund

Sarah Worden

Venture Scout

Michael Yuann

Director of Investment Operations

Past deals in Collectibles

Rare Candy

Seed Round in 2024
Rare Candy is a collectibles marketplace tailored for enthusiasts of trading card games and various collectibles. Founded by fans of these hobbies, the company aims to make rare cards and collections accessible to a broader audience. It offers a platform that features verified products and exclusive drops, ensuring authenticity and quality for its users. Rare Candy fosters a strong community for collectors, positioning itself as the premier destination for purchasing genuine game cards and other trading items, thereby enhancing the overall experience for collectors and fans alike.

The Animal Age

Seed Round in 2023
The Animal Age is a company specializing in a metaverse pet cultivation service. It combines blockchain technology, games, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and metaverse scenes to create a novel pet-raising experience. The platform is an animal-themed virtual world where users can adopt and care for pets, earning NFTs and growth rewards through daily objectives and social activities.

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.

Revel.xyz

Venture Round in 2022
Revel.xyz is a Web3 personal media collecting and trading platform, forming communities around shared assets and people.

Kryptomon

Series A in 2022
Kryptomon is an NFT Play-and-Earn blockchain game, where Pokémon meets Tamagotchi and CryptoKitties. Breed, Train and Fight with your NFT Kryptomon. It's a new world where trainers can live a new adventure on Blockchain. Set in the Kryptomon metaverse, community members play as ‘Trainers’ of their own individual monsters — Kryptomons — each of which is a completely unique digital asset connected to an NFT. Each has a unique but mutable genetic code made up of 38 randomised parameters that determine all of the aspects — physical and behavioral — of the creature. This not only ensures that each Kryptomon is unique but also brings to life each Kryptomon as a digital companion in the Kryptomon metaverse. They are capable of learning, falling sick, getting hungry, and protecting their trainers when out on an adventure in the physical world. In turn, trainers will have to care for, feed, and train their Kryptomon partners in order to grow and prepare for the battles ahead. Kryptomon creates the next step in the evolution of crypto-gaming by using advanced blockchain technologies, digital genetics, and location-based technologies. So what are you waiting for? Play and participate in the Kryptomon league to become the Kryptomon Metaverse Champion!

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.

Tibles

Seed Round in 2021
Tibles is a developer of a digital collecting ecosystem that operates on the Flow blockchain, focusing on ownership and the experience of collecting. The company provides a trading platform that serves as a marketplace for buying and selling digital non-fungible tokens (NFTs). By partnering with various brands, Tibles creates a diverse array of collectibles, including cards, comic books, sticker books, and multimedia objects. This platform not only facilitates transactions but also fosters a community for collectors, enhancing the overall engagement and value of digital collectibles in this evolving market.

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.

Moneymade

Seed Round in 2021
Moneymade is an online portal that offers services for online investments in real estate, loans, farmland, stocks, gold, the metaverse, NTFs, sports cards, collectibles, and more. They provide real-time market data.

Parlor

Seed Round in 2020
Parlor is an online curatorial platform designed to assist collectors in discovering valuable artwork for investment purposes. The company offers an innovative subscription model that allows users to rent artworks from top galleries for a half-year or yearly period, making art ownership more accessible and affordable. By facilitating access to the ultra-contemporary art market, Parlor aims to share insights and knowledge, helping collectors navigate this rapidly evolving landscape. Through its services, Parlor seeks to bridge the gap between galleries and collectors, enabling a broader audience to engage with and appreciate fine art.

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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