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 Geospatial

Rypplzz

Seed Round in 2024
Rypplzz is a 3D geospatial technology company that develops a platform to link digital content to precise geo-locations in airspace and to transform physical spaces into smart, addressable environments. Its patented software connects digital files to exact locations across campuses and large venues, enabling monetizable engagement opportunities and location-based experiences in airspace. The platform supports interactive 3D geolocation-based content for sports, entertainment, hospitality, and security applications, turning airspace and real-world spaces into connected, data-enabled environments. By enabling creation, sharing and deployment of location-based digital files, Rypplzz aims to enhance audience engagement and operational intelligence through precise geolocation, improved connectivity, and spatial engineering.

Cyvl.ai

Venture Round in 2024
Cyvl.ai is a technology company focused on enhancing the management of physical infrastructure assets for civil engineers and government entities. Utilizing advanced 3D mapping technology and proprietary machine learning algorithms, Cyvl.ai provides a web-based software platform that enables users to efficiently gather and analyze data on various infrastructure elements such as roads, sidewalks, signs, and trees. Their vehicle-mounted mapping sensors streamline the process of infrastructure inspections, ultimately saving time and improving safety. The platform's capability for direct integration with other asset management tools further facilitates effective data utilization, making it a valuable resource for managing infrastructure assets more effectively and affordably.

Terradepth

Series A in 2023
Terradepth, Inc. is a data-as-a-service company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2018. The company focuses on increasing ocean knowledge by centralizing and monetizing ocean data through its cloud-based platform, Absolute Ocean. Terradepth employs unmanned submersibles for autonomous and high-resolution data collection, creating a scalable repository of processed ocean data. It offers various data products, surveys on request, and maintains a collection of analytical reports for sale. By providing access to this comprehensive ocean data, Terradepth enables organizations and individuals to make informed, ecologically responsible decisions regarding ocean resources.

Ascent Integrated Tech

Seed Round in 2023
Ascent develops life-saving technology for first responders, integrating smartwatch data into its Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) platform to enhance firefighter safety, accountability, and operational decision-making. Deployed across major U.S. metro departments and expanding internationally through partnerships.

Team Wildfire

Seed Round in 2023
Team Wildfire is a company dedicated to developing innovative technologies aimed at wildfire suppression and environmental protection. It manufactures specialized jet engine sprays designed to effectively suppress fires, capture embers, and defend structures while also hardening evacuation routes. The company's advanced engineering and tactics address various environmental challenges, including wildfire mitigation, reforestation, dust control, oil spill cleanup, and protection against nuclear and biological threats. Through its cutting-edge solutions, Team Wildfire enables organizations to safeguard people, property, and the environment.

Capella Space

Series C in 2022
Capella Space is an information services company based in San Francisco that operates a constellation of small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar, delivering on-demand, high-resolution radar imagery of the Earth's surface. The SAR imagery can be acquired through clouds, smoke, fog, and darkness, enabling continuous global monitoring and rapid insight across industries. Capella's services support infrastructure monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, maritime domain awareness, city planning and mapping, and business intelligence, helping customers detect sub-meter surface changes, track economic activity, and monitor environmental and security-related conditions. Founded in 2016, Capella Space provides timely earth observation for commerce, conservation, and safety.

GridMatrix

Seed Round in 2022
GridMatrix develops software that helps cities optimize their intersection infrastructure. By harnessing real-time insights from existing cameras and sensors, GridMatrix enables efficient traffic management, reducing congestion, emissions, and accidents.

Xplore

Series A in 2022
Xplore Inc is a company that specializes in developing space aircraft and offering space as a service. Founded in 2017 and based in Mercer Island, Washington, Xplore provides a range of services including mission planning, spacecraft engineering, flight financing, payload insurance, communications, data management, and spacecraft operations. The company caters to both government agencies and commercial space enterprises, engaging in missions that span the moon, earth, Venus, Mars, asteroids, and custom expeditions. Xplore's satellite constellation is equipped with remote sensing instruments such as optical, video, and hyperspectral sensors, which generate valuable data and insights for clients. Furthermore, Xplore's edge computing capabilities facilitate the creation of data fusion products, allowing for on-orbit insights and reducing latency and data transmission costs.

Proxi

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Proxi develops a no-code mapping software that enables local experts and influencers to create, customize, and embed highly interactive maps into their social media platforms, websites, and apps. This platform facilitates crowdsourcing of geographic recommendations, powering future location-based experiences.

Slingshot Aerospace

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2016, Slingshot Aerospace develops mission-critical data and analytics solutions for the aerospace industry. Its platforms integrate global sensor data, artificial intelligence, and astrodynamics to enhance spaceflight awareness, reduce operational risk, and optimize decision-making for commercial and government space operators.

Point One Navigation

Series A in 2021
Point One Navigation, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing precise location services for autonomous systems, including self-driving vehicles, commercial drones, and various robotic applications. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, the company aims to provide localization solutions that achieve accuracy within a few centimeters at a significantly reduced cost compared to existing offerings. Point One Navigation combines Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), inertial measurement, and computer vision technologies through proprietary algorithms to create high-performance navigation systems. These systems are designed to support a range of applications, enabling users to enhance the safety and efficiency of vehicles, drones, and other automated devices.

Hedron

Series A in 2021
Hedron is a company focused on developing a modular and scalable network of data relay satellites designed to enhance data connectivity in space. Their satellite network utilizes a hybrid RF-optical communication system to facilitate real-time communication between Earth and low-earth-orbiting satellites. By offering advanced data connectivity solutions, Hedron aims to address critical global challenges such as food and water security, climate change monitoring, and disaster mitigation. The company's imaging satellites generate valuable data that provide insights to optimize the global economy and improve understanding of the planet. Through its innovative approach, Hedron is positioned to create new opportunities for advancements in space technology and data utilization.

Ascent Integrated Tech

Seed Round in 2021
Ascent develops life-saving technology for first responders, integrating smartwatch data into its Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) platform to enhance firefighter safety, accountability, and operational decision-making. Deployed across major U.S. metro departments and expanding internationally through partnerships.

Perennial

Venture Round in 2020
Cloud Agronomics Inc. is a geospatial imaging and analytics company that specializes in providing real-time analytics and predictive insights regarding crop performance to enhance agricultural practices. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Lewes, Delaware, the company utilizes remote sensing technology to deliver actionable farm management insights. Its offerings include carbon monitoring, digital agronomy, and yield predictions, enabling farmers to identify and address crop disease outbreaks effectively. By providing these advanced analytical tools, Cloud Agronomics aims to optimize agricultural productivity and sustainability.

Betterview

Convertible Note in 2020
Betterview is a property intelligence platform that enables property and casualty insurers to effectively analyze, score, manage, and monitor property risk. By leveraging geospatial data and proprietary machine learning technology, Betterview transforms complex data into actionable insights, enhancing decision-making throughout the policy lifecycle. The platform aims to identify and mitigate risks while improving operational efficiency and inspection processes. Additionally, it fosters a more transparent customer experience, allowing insurers to automate critical functions such as pricing, underwriting, and renewal. Through its innovative approach, Betterview supports insurers in focusing their strategic efforts on high-risk properties, thereby enhancing overall risk management.

Boston Geospatial

Seed Round in 2020
Boston Geospatial provides ready‑to‑use geospatial intelligence for operators and risk managers in critical infrastructure. Its platform identifies, measures, and manages exposure to natural threats by monitoring how the planet changes daily. Using curated datasets, it offers risk screening, real‑time alerts, and monitoring tools that help owners and operators evaluate asset exposure, prioritize response, inspections, and compliance activities, thereby improving safety and outcomes in a changing threat landscape.

Capella Space

Series B in 2019
Capella Space is an information services company based in San Francisco that operates a constellation of small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar, delivering on-demand, high-resolution radar imagery of the Earth's surface. The SAR imagery can be acquired through clouds, smoke, fog, and darkness, enabling continuous global monitoring and rapid insight across industries. Capella's services support infrastructure monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, maritime domain awareness, city planning and mapping, and business intelligence, helping customers detect sub-meter surface changes, track economic activity, and monitor environmental and security-related conditions. Founded in 2016, Capella Space provides timely earth observation for commerce, conservation, and safety.

Capella Space

Venture Round in 2019
Capella Space is an information services company based in San Francisco that operates a constellation of small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar, delivering on-demand, high-resolution radar imagery of the Earth's surface. The SAR imagery can be acquired through clouds, smoke, fog, and darkness, enabling continuous global monitoring and rapid insight across industries. Capella's services support infrastructure monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, maritime domain awareness, city planning and mapping, and business intelligence, helping customers detect sub-meter surface changes, track economic activity, and monitor environmental and security-related conditions. Founded in 2016, Capella Space provides timely earth observation for commerce, conservation, and safety.

Aurora Insight

Series A in 2019
Aurora Insight, Inc., located in Washington, D.C., specializes in providing comprehensive insights into wireless connectivity and radio spectrum. The company offers a dynamic map that serves as a reliable resource for understanding the availability of spectrum and existing wireless infrastructure. By analyzing radio frequency environments, Aurora Insight enables organizations to optimize their wireless deployments and make informed business decisions. Its focus on delivering accurate and detailed information positions it as a key player in the telecommunications industry, addressing the growing need for enhanced connectivity solutions.

What3words

Series C in 2019
What3Words Limited, established in 2013 and headquartered in Baldock, UK, specializes in a unique global addressing system. It has divided the world into a 3m x 3m grid, assigning each square a unique address consisting of three words. This innovative solution enables precise location finding and sharing, benefiting various industries such as delivery, emergency response, navigation, and property search. The company offers its service through an API, allowing businesses and individuals to integrate it into their products and services. Additionally, What3Words provides a free mobile app and online map for general use.

Aurora Insight

Venture Round in 2019
Aurora Insight, Inc., located in Washington, D.C., specializes in providing comprehensive insights into wireless connectivity and radio spectrum. The company offers a dynamic map that serves as a reliable resource for understanding the availability of spectrum and existing wireless infrastructure. By analyzing radio frequency environments, Aurora Insight enables organizations to optimize their wireless deployments and make informed business decisions. Its focus on delivering accurate and detailed information positions it as a key player in the telecommunications industry, addressing the growing need for enhanced connectivity solutions.

Geospiza

Seed Round in 2019
Geospiza, Inc. is a technology company based in Denver, Colorado, specializing in climate risk assessment platforms aimed at the emergency management industry. Founded in 2017, Geospiza develops software solutions that integrate real-time Internet of Things (IoT) data, big data, and advanced analytics to help risk managers, sustainability teams, and asset managers assess and mitigate climate-related risks. Its flagship products include Geospiza PATH, which allows users to quantify and address risks associated with climate and natural hazards, and Geospiza SWIFT, a web-based workflow and decision support tool that consolidates diverse datasets and models to provide actionable insights. Through these platforms, Geospiza enhances decision-making processes, ultimately aiming to save lives and protect the environment in the face of climate disasters.

What3words

Venture Round in 2019
What3Words Limited, established in 2013 and headquartered in Baldock, UK, specializes in a unique global addressing system. It has divided the world into a 3m x 3m grid, assigning each square a unique address consisting of three words. This innovative solution enables precise location finding and sharing, benefiting various industries such as delivery, emergency response, navigation, and property search. The company offers its service through an API, allowing businesses and individuals to integrate it into their products and services. Additionally, What3Words provides a free mobile app and online map for general use.

Optimus Ride

Venture Round in 2019
Optimus Ride is a self-driving vehicle company located in Boston, Massachusetts, focused on developing technologies that promote efficient, sustainable, and equitable mobility systems. As a spinoff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the company leverages over 30 years of interdisciplinary research in self-driving technologies, electric vehicles, and Mobility-on-Demand Systems. Optimus Ride specializes in creating self-driving technology systems tailored for geofenced environments, utilizing innovations in complex sensor fusion, mapping, computer vision, and machine learning. The company's expertise is further enhanced by a team with extensive industrial and entrepreneurial experience in manufacturing robots, urban design, and shared vehicle fleet management, allowing it to offer versatile transportation solutions that range from commercial vessel operations to transit options.

Perennial

Venture Round in 2019
Cloud Agronomics Inc. is a geospatial imaging and analytics company that specializes in providing real-time analytics and predictive insights regarding crop performance to enhance agricultural practices. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Lewes, Delaware, the company utilizes remote sensing technology to deliver actionable farm management insights. Its offerings include carbon monitoring, digital agronomy, and yield predictions, enabling farmers to identify and address crop disease outbreaks effectively. By providing these advanced analytical tools, Cloud Agronomics aims to optimize agricultural productivity and sustainability.

Populus

Seed Round in 2019
Populus is a platform for cities to manage and price commercial fleets to deliver safer more sustainable streets. Over 100 cities around the world rely on Populus to receive GPS data from commercial vehicles, and are now leveraging their platform to create, manage, and enforce payment for access to curbs to prioritize transitions to lower carbon transportation.

Capella Space

Series B in 2018
Capella Space is an information services company based in San Francisco that operates a constellation of small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar, delivering on-demand, high-resolution radar imagery of the Earth's surface. The SAR imagery can be acquired through clouds, smoke, fog, and darkness, enabling continuous global monitoring and rapid insight across industries. Capella's services support infrastructure monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, maritime domain awareness, city planning and mapping, and business intelligence, helping customers detect sub-meter surface changes, track economic activity, and monitor environmental and security-related conditions. Founded in 2016, Capella Space provides timely earth observation for commerce, conservation, and safety.

Hedron

Seed Round in 2017
Hedron is a company focused on developing a modular and scalable network of data relay satellites designed to enhance data connectivity in space. Their satellite network utilizes a hybrid RF-optical communication system to facilitate real-time communication between Earth and low-earth-orbiting satellites. By offering advanced data connectivity solutions, Hedron aims to address critical global challenges such as food and water security, climate change monitoring, and disaster mitigation. The company's imaging satellites generate valuable data that provide insights to optimize the global economy and improve understanding of the planet. Through its innovative approach, Hedron is positioned to create new opportunities for advancements in space technology and data utilization.

Betterview

Venture Round in 2017
Betterview is a property intelligence platform that enables property and casualty insurers to effectively analyze, score, manage, and monitor property risk. By leveraging geospatial data and proprietary machine learning technology, Betterview transforms complex data into actionable insights, enhancing decision-making throughout the policy lifecycle. The platform aims to identify and mitigate risks while improving operational efficiency and inspection processes. Additionally, it fosters a more transparent customer experience, allowing insurers to automate critical functions such as pricing, underwriting, and renewal. Through its innovative approach, Betterview supports insurers in focusing their strategic efforts on high-risk properties, thereby enhancing overall risk management.

Betterview

Seed Round in 2015
Betterview is a property intelligence platform that enables property and casualty insurers to effectively analyze, score, manage, and monitor property risk. By leveraging geospatial data and proprietary machine learning technology, Betterview transforms complex data into actionable insights, enhancing decision-making throughout the policy lifecycle. The platform aims to identify and mitigate risks while improving operational efficiency and inspection processes. Additionally, it fosters a more transparent customer experience, allowing insurers to automate critical functions such as pricing, underwriting, and renewal. Through its innovative approach, Betterview supports insurers in focusing their strategic efforts on high-risk properties, thereby enhancing overall risk management.

Capella Space

Venture Round in 2014
Capella Space is an information services company based in San Francisco that operates a constellation of small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar, delivering on-demand, high-resolution radar imagery of the Earth's surface. The SAR imagery can be acquired through clouds, smoke, fog, and darkness, enabling continuous global monitoring and rapid insight across industries. Capella's services support infrastructure monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, maritime domain awareness, city planning and mapping, and business intelligence, helping customers detect sub-meter surface changes, track economic activity, and monitor environmental and security-related conditions. Founded in 2016, Capella Space provides timely earth observation for commerce, conservation, and safety.
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