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 Navigation and Mapping

HavocAI

Seed Round in 2024
HavocAI specializes in developing autonomous maritime solutions for both defense and commercial sectors. The company produces small, uncrewed surface vessels equipped with modular designs and AI-driven services. These services aim to enhance mission efficiency, mitigate communication and navigation challenges, and secure asset management, enabling a single operator to oversee multiple unmanned assets.

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.

Kayhan Space

Seed Round in 2023
Kayhan Space is a company that specializes in providing satellite operators with enhanced space situational awareness through its mission analysis platform. It offers a cloud-based collision avoidance service that integrates various spaceflight operations tools. By delivering timely collision avoidance warnings and decision guidance, Kayhan Space enables satellite operators to receive clear and actionable recommendations for safely navigating their missions. This focus on trust and transparency helps ensure that operators can effectively manage the challenges of space traffic, allowing them to maintain their core operations regardless of their location in orbit.

BusRight

Series A in 2023
BusRight provides a transportation management platform that enhances school bus operations. The system offers routing software, real‑time GPS tracking, and dynamic driver navigation to improve efficiency and safety. Parents can use a bus‑tracking app to monitor their child’s journey, while school districts gain tools to streamline student transportation and manage routes more effectively.

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.

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.

ANRA Technologies

Venture Round in 2021
ANRA Technologies is a provider of cloud-based drone operations software that supports commercial drone programs. Its platform combines flight planning, airspace management, data analytics, compliance, drone management, resource management, and maintenance information in a single system, giving operators and service providers centralized command and control for one or multiple unmanned aerial vehicle operations. The company offers real-time flight planning, automated authorization workflows for airspace access, autonomous execution, live sensor data and video streaming, and seamless data integration with enterprise systems. It serves applications such as unmanned air traffic management, controlled airspace approvals, and consulting to integrate drone operations with existing workflows. Founded in 2014 and based in Tysons, Virginia, ANRA focuses on enabling scalable, compliant, and efficient drone operations for commercial customers through its UTM and operations platforms.

ANRA Technologies

Seed Round in 2019
ANRA Technologies is a provider of cloud-based drone operations software that supports commercial drone programs. Its platform combines flight planning, airspace management, data analytics, compliance, drone management, resource management, and maintenance information in a single system, giving operators and service providers centralized command and control for one or multiple unmanned aerial vehicle operations. The company offers real-time flight planning, automated authorization workflows for airspace access, autonomous execution, live sensor data and video streaming, and seamless data integration with enterprise systems. It serves applications such as unmanned air traffic management, controlled airspace approvals, and consulting to integrate drone operations with existing workflows. Founded in 2014 and based in Tysons, Virginia, ANRA focuses on enabling scalable, compliant, and efficient drone operations for commercial customers through its UTM and operations platforms.

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.

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.

Schemata

Schemata is a technology company specializing in the creation of immersive, three-dimensional content. It serves the Department of Defense and enterprise clients by providing AI-driven, photorealistic simulation environments. These environments, derived from 2D images, enable real-time interaction and navigation, enhancing training efficiency, reducing costs, and aiding in operational planning and decision-making.
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