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 Network Security

Eclypsium

Series C in 2024
Eclypsium develops a cloud-based platform that secures the unprotected firmware and hardware layer of enterprises. Its solution safeguards laptops, servers, and networking infrastructure against threats originating below the operating system.

Quantum Bridge

Seed Round in 2024
Quantum Bridge develops proprietary software and quantum repeater hardware to enhance secure communications. Its focus is on commercializing quantum and quantum-inspired products for secure communication, distributed symmetric key exchange, and a key distribution management system, aiming to make networks resilient against cyber threats.

SafeBase

Series B in 2024
SafeBase, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2020 that specializes in cloud-based security software aimed at helping organizations establish and enhance their security programs. The company’s offerings include a smart trust center platform that facilitates the sharing of security posture and automates access to sensitive documents. SafeBase provides solutions such as SafeBase Inspected, which features a website badge linking to a custom security status page, as well as custom security checklists and continuous monitoring of security systems. Additionally, the software assists organizations in configuring security policies, thereby enabling them to implement robust security practices effectively.

SafeBase

Series A in 2023
SafeBase, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2020 that specializes in cloud-based security software aimed at helping organizations establish and enhance their security programs. The company’s offerings include a smart trust center platform that facilitates the sharing of security posture and automates access to sensitive documents. SafeBase provides solutions such as SafeBase Inspected, which features a website badge linking to a custom security status page, as well as custom security checklists and continuous monitoring of security systems. Additionally, the software assists organizations in configuring security policies, thereby enabling them to implement robust security practices effectively.

Akto

Seed Round in 2023
Akto is an API security platform that helps organizations discover APIs quickly, test them, and identify weaknesses in business logic. It protects both managed and unmanaged APIs in real time, detects vulnerabilities and misconfigurations before exploitation, and automates security testing to prevent runtime threats.

MedCrypt

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2016, MedCrypt specializes in cybersecurity software for medical devices. Its solutions ensure data security and protect against unauthorized access across a wide range of devices, from pacemakers to surgical robots.

ThreatWarrior

Series A in 2021
ThreatWarrior provides a cloud-native platform for network and digital supply chain protection. Its agentless, deep learning solution analyzes network traffic in real time to eliminate blind spots, identify security vulnerabilities, and stop active threats across on-premises, public cloud, and hybrid environments. The platform combines unsupervised neural networks, continuous deep packet inspection, behavior monitoring, network intelligence, and automated response in a single system, enabling organizations to see everything occurring in their network and supply chain, learn the behavior of every communicating entity, and act efficiently to stop threats that may otherwise go undetected.

HYPR

Series C in 2021
HYPR is a security technology company focused on providing passwordless authentication solutions. Backed by major investors such as Comcast, Samsung, and Mastercard, HYPR offers a cloud platform that combines the robust security of smart cards with the convenience of smartphones. This platform addresses the challenges of multi-factor authentication by enabling businesses to eliminate customer passwords and streamline login processes, enhancing user experience. Additionally, HYPR's biometric security technology decentralizes authentication, ensuring that personal credentials—such as biometrics, PINs, and passwords—are stored securely on user devices rather than in a centralized system. This approach reduces the risk of enterprise breaches while allowing clients to access information without traditional password barriers.

Mammoth Cyber

Seed Round in 2021
Mammoth Cyber specializes in computer and network security. It develops an agentless zero-trust access system that safeguards remote, data, and web access while providing full visibility and control over user interactions with applications.

Eclypsium

Series B in 2020
Eclypsium develops a cloud-based platform that secures the unprotected firmware and hardware layer of enterprises. Its solution safeguards laptops, servers, and networking infrastructure against threats originating below the operating system.

Eclypsium

Convertible Note in 2020
Eclypsium develops a cloud-based platform that secures the unprotected firmware and hardware layer of enterprises. Its solution safeguards laptops, servers, and networking infrastructure against threats originating below the operating system.

HYPR

Series B in 2019
HYPR is a security technology company focused on providing passwordless authentication solutions. Backed by major investors such as Comcast, Samsung, and Mastercard, HYPR offers a cloud platform that combines the robust security of smart cards with the convenience of smartphones. This platform addresses the challenges of multi-factor authentication by enabling businesses to eliminate customer passwords and streamline login processes, enhancing user experience. Additionally, HYPR's biometric security technology decentralizes authentication, ensuring that personal credentials—such as biometrics, PINs, and passwords—are stored securely on user devices rather than in a centralized system. This approach reduces the risk of enterprise breaches while allowing clients to access information without traditional password barriers.

Lacework

Series C in 2019
Founded in 2015, Lacework provides a unified cloud security platform that automates security aspects such as configuration assessment, behavior monitoring, anomaly detection, threat identification, and incident investigation. It offers continuous monitoring of all cloud components, enabling security teams to protect data and workloads while maintaining compliance.

Lacework

Series B in 2018
Founded in 2015, Lacework provides a unified cloud security platform that automates security aspects such as configuration assessment, behavior monitoring, anomaly detection, threat identification, and incident investigation. It offers continuous monitoring of all cloud components, enabling security teams to protect data and workloads while maintaining compliance.
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