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

Matthew Caspari

Managing Partner

Matt Castellini

Senior Associate

Past deals in Hospitality

AvantStay

Venture Round in 2024
Founded in 2016, AvantStay specializes in vacation home rentals. It operates across over 60 cities worldwide, offering a curated experience through its proprietary tech platform, which facilitates bookings and manages properties.

Virdee

Series A in 2023
Founded in 2020, Virdee is a technology company based in Austin, Texas. It specializes in providing software solutions for hotels, apartments, and office buildings. The company's platform offers digital check-in/check-out, ID verification, payment collection, and remote support services, enhancing customer experience, reducing operational costs, and generating ancillary revenue for property owners and operators across various industries.

CHEQ

Seed Round in 2022
CHEQ is the world's first social payments platform, connecting consumers and businesses to create frictionless, amazing in-person experiences. CHEQ's universal ordering and payment app can be used by restaurants, stadiums, hotels, and more to make transactions fun, easy, and worry- free. Users can even send food and drinks directly to their friends from anywhere in the world. CHEQ lets venues retain their unique branding within the app and keep their direct relationships with their guests.

Virdee

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2020, Virdee is a technology company based in Austin, Texas. It specializes in providing software solutions for hotels, apartments, and office buildings. The company's platform offers digital check-in/check-out, ID verification, payment collection, and remote support services, enhancing customer experience, reducing operational costs, and generating ancillary revenue for property owners and operators across various industries.

Deyor

Seed Round in 2020
Deyor is a travel and hospitality company based in Gurgaon, Haryana, founded in 2015 by Dheeraj Jain. The company operates a platform that aggregates a budget hotel chain, ensuring consistent customer satisfaction through reliable hotel experiences. Deyor also caters to adventure-driven travelers by providing boutique accommodations, including houseboats and traditional townhouses, while facilitating bookings for campgrounds. Additionally, it serves as a lifestyle community for Indian millennials, fostering engagement through unique online experiences and tailored trips. By addressing the specific needs of millennial travelers in a rapidly growing sector, Deyor has established itself as a market leader in the Indian travel industry.

AvantStay

Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2016, AvantStay specializes in vacation home rentals. It operates across over 60 cities worldwide, offering a curated experience through its proprietary tech platform, which facilitates bookings and manages properties.

Expo

Venture Round in 2019
Expo develops software for restaurants that integrates with various platforms to provide real-time insights into financials, guest sentiment, delivery services, and operational data. This enables management teams to identify actionable items, optimize efficiency, and enhance profitability.

KYC Hospitality

Seed Round in 2019
KYC Hospitality is a technology company that specializes in providing software solutions for the hospitality industry. It has developed a global ecosystem that leverages big data and artificial intelligence to enhance operational efficiency within hotels. The company's focus is on improving the know-your-client processes, enabling hospitality businesses to better assist and manage their guests. By integrating advanced technology into its services, KYC Hospitality aims to streamline operations and enhance the overall guest experience in the hotel sector.

SnapShyft

Seed Round in 2018
SnapShyft is a marketplace platform that connects foodservice and hospitality businesses with qualified workers on a flexible basis. It streamlines talent acquisition by offering a high-caliber worker pool, ensuring consistent performance, and boasting an industry-leading fulfillment rate of over 97%.

Getaway

Series A in 2018
Getaway is a wellness hospitality company specializing in cabin rentals nestled in serene natural landscapes. Its primary focus is promoting disconnection from technology to encourage genuine conversation and appreciation of nature. Getaway provides lockboxes for guests' phones, aiming to create an immersive experience that helps individuals reconnect with themselves and nature. Strategically located near major cities like New York, Boston, and Washington D.C., its outposts offer convenient escapes for city-dwellers.

Salido

Series A in 2018
Salido is a hospitality technology company based in the Noho neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 2012, Salido specializes in developing a comprehensive restaurant operating system designed to manage all aspects of a restaurant business through a single platform. This system includes features such as point-of-sale, customer relationship management, advanced reporting, labor management, and kitchen supply management. By providing these tools, Salido enables hospitality operators to control, analyze, and leverage their critical data, ultimately enhancing team performance and improving the overall guest experience. The company's mission is to elevate every aspect of the hospitality industry, starting with empowering the workforce through user-friendly software solutions.

Getaway

Funding Round in 2017
Getaway is a wellness hospitality company specializing in cabin rentals nestled in serene natural landscapes. Its primary focus is promoting disconnection from technology to encourage genuine conversation and appreciation of nature. Getaway provides lockboxes for guests' phones, aiming to create an immersive experience that helps individuals reconnect with themselves and nature. Strategically located near major cities like New York, Boston, and Washington D.C., its outposts offer convenient escapes for city-dwellers.

Intelity

Seed Round in 2014
INTELITY is an enterprise technology platform that enhances service delivery within the hotel, casino, and luxury residential sectors. Its integrated platform consists of three main components: INTELITY Guest, INTELITY Staff, and INTELITY Connect, each designed to address specific challenges faced by service industry workforces. The platform features mobile and web applications, mobile key technology, in-room tablets, and a comprehensive ticketing and service management solution that operates seamlessly across devices. Additionally, INTELITY provides extensive integrations with various management systems, including property management, point of sale, and room control systems. By merging with KEYPR in 2018, INTELITY combined years of hospitality experience with advanced technology, offering management teams a robust end-to-end solution that enhances both guest and staff experiences.
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