Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures Group, LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with additional offices in major cities across North America. The firm specializes in seed, early-stage, and late-stage pre-IPO investments, focusing on companies with an alumni connection and supported by established institutional lead investors. Alumni Ventures aims to provide accredited investors, particularly alumni from top entrepreneurial schools, with access to diversified venture portfolios that span various sectors and geographic regions. The firm typically invests between $0.01 million and $3 million and does not require board or observer seats in its portfolio companies. Through its managed fund families, Alumni Ventures enables investors to participate in a collaborative investment approach, fostering connections among alumni while facilitating investment opportunities in innovative ventures.

Rob Adams

Managing Partner

Gail Ball

Venture Scout

Andrew Baum

Vice President, Treasury and Capital Management

David Beazley

Executive Partner

Ali Byrd

Investor Advisory Council Member

Matt Caspari

Managing Partner, Strawberry Creek and amp; Deep Tech

Matt Castellini

Senior Associate

Helen Chen

CEO Services Analyst

Cainon Coates

Managing Partner

Michael Collins

CEO

Thomas Edwards

Associate

Yev Gelfand

Investor

Mason Hale

Senior Associate, Chestnut Street and Triphammer Ven

Jin Kim

Senior Vice President, Office of Investments

Lucas Kirshenbaum

VC Investor

Ron Levin

Managing Partner, AV Seed Fund and Doctors Innovate Fund

Jess Liu-Brown

Principal

Michael Madden

Co-Founder and Investment Professionals

Jonathan Meltzer

Managing Partner

Tom Meyer

Managing Partner, Nassau Street

Keith Murphy

Director, Video Programs

David Muson

CFO

Aisha Robinson

Comms Team VP of Strategic Communications

Saad Shaheen

Investor Operations Manager

Stephen Stolzenberg

Senior Associate

Justin Strausbaugh

Managing Partner, Lakeshore

Brittney Wade

Senior Associate, Seed Fund

Sarah Worden

Venture Scout

Wesley Yiu

Partner

Henri Yuan

Investor

Michael Yuann

Director of Investment Operations

Past deals in Publishing

Stockpress

Seed Round in 2022
Stockpress is a file management platform that allows teams to organize, manage, collaborate and share files with others. It is a cloud file storage and management for teams.

Printify

Series A in 2021
Printify is a platform that connects e-commerce merchants with print-on-demand dropshipping producers. It enables merchants to create and sell custom products, including apparel, wall art, home decor, and accessories, using their own designs. The service operates on a fully automated model, where print-on-demand producers print individual items and ship them directly to customers on behalf of the merchants. This streamlined process is designed to save time for entrepreneurs, allowing them to focus on growing their businesses while maximizing profitability. Through its user-friendly interface, Printify aims to enhance the experience of online selling for its users.

Slate

Funding Round in 2021
Slate, Ltd. is a content creation platform designed for social media, enabling users to produce on-brand content quickly and efficiently. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, the platform allows companies to customize their social media posts using branded fonts, colors, filters, graphics, and animations through a mobile app. This functionality streamlines the process of preparing content for platforms like Instagram Stories and social media feeds, eliminating the need for desktop computers or reliance on designers. Additionally, Slate enhances the ability to sponsor engaging real-time content, thereby expanding the range of monetizable assets available. The platform is utilized by various teams across major sports leagues, as well as by prominent brands in media and entertainment.

Slate

Seed Round in 2021
Slate, Ltd. is a content creation platform designed for social media, enabling users to produce on-brand content quickly and efficiently. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, the platform allows companies to customize their social media posts using branded fonts, colors, filters, graphics, and animations through a mobile app. This functionality streamlines the process of preparing content for platforms like Instagram Stories and social media feeds, eliminating the need for desktop computers or reliance on designers. Additionally, Slate enhances the ability to sponsor engaging real-time content, thereby expanding the range of monetizable assets available. The platform is utilized by various teams across major sports leagues, as well as by prominent brands in media and entertainment.

Next Big Idea Club

Venture Round in 2020
Next Big Idea Club is a subscription book club. Their goal is to make sure that everyone has access to these transformative ideas, and to nurture a community to discuss and build upon those ideas—both with each other and directly with the authors themselves.

StoryFit

Venture Round in 2019
StoryFit Inc. offers artificial intelligence insights and machine learning solutions for the book publishing, movie, and television production industries. The company’s products include StoryFit Metadata and StoryFit Analytics, which enables the publisher to analyze the metadata using artificial intelligence and provide insights related to audience targeting, reader personas, writing evaluation, faceted comps, and informed marketing intelligence. StoryFit Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Glow

Seed Round in 2019
Glow Technologies Inc. operates an online platform designed to support podcasters in building their media businesses. Established in 2019 and based in Seattle, Washington, Glow provides tools that enable podcast creators to foster direct relationships with their listeners. The platform allows users to create custom marketing web pages that align with their brand, while listeners can subscribe to premium content or make one-time payments directly from their preferred podcast player. By facilitating these subscriptions, Glow helps podcasters access new revenue streams, enhancing their content offerings and audience engagement beyond traditional advertising and sponsorships.

StoryFit

Series A in 2019
StoryFit Inc. offers artificial intelligence insights and machine learning solutions for the book publishing, movie, and television production industries. The company’s products include StoryFit Metadata and StoryFit Analytics, which enables the publisher to analyze the metadata using artificial intelligence and provide insights related to audience targeting, reader personas, writing evaluation, faceted comps, and informed marketing intelligence. StoryFit Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

npm

Series A in 2018
npm, Inc. is a package manager specifically designed for the JavaScript programming language, facilitating the installation, management, and publication of shared JavaScript code for both front-end and back-end applications. Established in 2013 and headquartered in Oakland, California, npm provides a registry that supports the JavaScript community by allowing developers to publish and share open-source modules. In addition to its core services, npm offers paid products for the storage of private packages, enabling developers to manage confidential code securely. The platform serves as a crucial resource for discovering, sharing, and reusing code, thereby enhancing collaboration and efficiency within the developer community.

Mic

Venture Round in 2018
Mic Network Inc. operates an online platform dedicated to publishing news, focusing on issues relevant to society's changemakers. Established in 2011 and headquartered in New York, the company provides original reporting across various topics, including politics, business, culture, science, and the environment. Mic aims to reach an audience of 50 million monthly, delivering diverse perspectives that challenge conventional viewpoints. As of November 2018, Mic Network Inc. is a subsidiary of BDG Media Inc.

Mic

Series C in 2017
Mic Network Inc. operates an online platform dedicated to publishing news, focusing on issues relevant to society's changemakers. Established in 2011 and headquartered in New York, the company provides original reporting across various topics, including politics, business, culture, science, and the environment. Mic aims to reach an audience of 50 million monthly, delivering diverse perspectives that challenge conventional viewpoints. As of November 2018, Mic Network Inc. is a subsidiary of BDG Media Inc.
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