Alumni Ventures Group, LLC is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, founded in 2013. The firm specializes in seed and early-stage investments, as well as late-stage pre-IPO opportunities, with a flexible approach that is sector and geographic agnostic. Alumni Ventures aims to provide high-quality, diversified venture portfolios to individual investors, particularly accredited alumni from top entrepreneurial schools, who may not have had access to venture capital previously. The firm focuses on backing companies that have an alumni connection and are led by established institutional investors with expertise in their respective fields. Additionally, Alumni Ventures offers focused funds that enable accredited investors to access a diverse portfolio of investments across various types, sectors, stages, and geographies.
Managing Partner, Castor Ventures and Strawberry Creek Ventures
Brittney Wade
Senior Associate, Seed Fund and Doctors Innovate Fund
Drew Wandzilak
Senior Associate, Green D and Yard and Strategic Tech Fund
Sarah Worden
Venture Scout
Ray Wu
Managing Partner-Web3 / Blockchain Fund
Michael Yuann
Director of Investment Operations
Ron Levin
Managing Partner, AV Seed Fund and Doctors Innovate Fund
Past deals in Skincare
Provenance
Venture Round in 2024
Provenance is a platform that focuses on enhancing consumer sustainability by validating and amplifying the sustainability credentials of consumer packaged goods. It empowers customers to make informed choices by providing transparency about the environmental and social impact of products from discovery to checkout. The platform leverages blockchain technology to offer real-time data, enabling businesses to trace the origins and histories of their products, thereby fostering trust and credibility with consumers. Over 200 leading brands, including Cult Beauty and The Ordinary, utilize Provenance to communicate their sustainability efforts effectively. As a mission-driven independent B Corp, Provenance aims to create a world where consumers can confidently make purchasing decisions that benefit both society and the environment.
Womaness
Seed Round in 2023
Womaness is an e-commerce platform that specializes in modern menopause products, aiming to transform the conversation around this natural life stage. The company offers a diverse range of feminine care items designed to address various symptoms associated with menopause, including hot flashes, sleep disturbances, and skin changes. Womaness emphasizes the importance of providing solutions that are free from harmful additives such as parabens, phthalates, sulfates, and hormones, ensuring that its products are vegan and gluten-free. In addition to its product offerings, Womaness fosters a supportive community that shares trusted advice and experiences, empowering women to navigate menopause with confidence and ease.
Prismpop
Seed Round in 2022
Prismpop is an online beauty community that helps users in finding products that are personalized to their needs. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.
Seaspire Skincare
Seed Round in 2022
Seaspire Skincare is into manufacturing multifunctional colorants and actives influenced by the biodiversity of the ocean.
Droplette
Series B in 2021
Droplette Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializes in the development of a needle-free skincare device that utilizes a patent-pending transdermal delivery system. This innovative technology allows for the delivery of drugs up to 60% larger than traditional treatments, penetrating deeply into the skin over large surface areas. The device is designed to be painless, contact-free, and portable, generating no disposables. Initially aimed at delivering antibiotics for serious skin conditions such as ulcers and infections, Droplette also envisions future applications for localized delivery of chemotherapeutics for skin cancer and anti-aging treatments. By enabling effective skincare without harmful chemicals, Droplette aims to transform skin health through scientific advancement.
Crown Affair
Seed Round in 2021
Crown Affair, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in the online retail of luxury haircare products. Founded in 2019, the brand offers a diverse range of items, including shampoos, conditioners, hair oils, treatment masks, brushes, towels, scrunchies, and renewal masks. Crown Affair emphasizes the use of natural ingredients in its formulations, ensuring that products are free from harmful chemicals such as sulfates, parabens, and silicones. The company is committed to mindful practices, promoting self-care rituals and fostering a community that encourages consumers to redefine their relationship with their hair. Additionally, Crown Affair focuses on sustainability, offering vegan and cruelty-free products packaged in recyclable, reusable, and compostable materials, which are delivered directly to customers' homes.
Prima
Seed Round in 2021
Prima is a wellness brand that specializes in plant-based skincare, body care, and supplements, primarily utilizing organic hemp CBD and functional botanicals. The company is dedicated to addressing stress and other health issues at their source through scientifically backed products made from clinically studied ingredients. Emphasizing sustainability and transparency, Prima maintains high standards of purity and potency, and it is recognized as Climate Neutral Certified, Plastic Neutral Certified, and a certified B Corp. Based in Santa Monica, California, Prima operates as a privately held Public Benefit Corporation, focusing on the intersection of science, nature, and health to enhance consumer well-being and foster social impact through its innovative offerings.
Womaness
Seed Round in 2021
Womaness is an e-commerce platform that specializes in modern menopause products, aiming to transform the conversation around this natural life stage. The company offers a diverse range of feminine care items designed to address various symptoms associated with menopause, including hot flashes, sleep disturbances, and skin changes. Womaness emphasizes the importance of providing solutions that are free from harmful additives such as parabens, phthalates, sulfates, and hormones, ensuring that its products are vegan and gluten-free. In addition to its product offerings, Womaness fosters a supportive community that shares trusted advice and experiences, empowering women to navigate menopause with confidence and ease.
Exponent Beauty
Seed Round in 2021
Exponent Beauty is a skincare company that specializes in providing consumers with clinically proven products and tailored skincare information. Founded by Liz Whitman in March 2019, the company utilizes tools for assessing skin concerns, along with product recommendation lists and a vitamin C test kit, to help customers identify suitable formulations. By focusing on maintaining ingredient concentration throughout a product's lifecycle, Exponent Beauty empowers users to select effective solutions based on their specific skin issues, enhancing their overall skincare experience.
Crown Affair
Seed Round in 2020
Crown Affair, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in the online retail of luxury haircare products. Founded in 2019, the brand offers a diverse range of items, including shampoos, conditioners, hair oils, treatment masks, brushes, towels, scrunchies, and renewal masks. Crown Affair emphasizes the use of natural ingredients in its formulations, ensuring that products are free from harmful chemicals such as sulfates, parabens, and silicones. The company is committed to mindful practices, promoting self-care rituals and fostering a community that encourages consumers to redefine their relationship with their hair. Additionally, Crown Affair focuses on sustainability, offering vegan and cruelty-free products packaged in recyclable, reusable, and compostable materials, which are delivered directly to customers' homes.
Prismpop
Convertible Note in 2020
Prismpop is an online beauty community that helps users in finding products that are personalized to their needs. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.
Prismpop
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Prismpop is an online beauty community that helps users in finding products that are personalized to their needs. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.
Manus Bio
Series A in 2017
Manus Bio Inc. specializes in recreating plant processes within microorganisms to produce natural ingredients through advanced fermentation technology. Founded in 2011 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company focuses on converting sugar sources into a variety of applications, including flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, cosmetics, vitamins, pharmaceuticals, and agricultural chemicals. By integrating metabolic engineering, protein engineering, and systems biology, Manus Bio develops microbes that efficiently manufacture complex and bioactive natural products. The company operates manufacturing facilities in Cambridge and Augusta, Georgia, and has established a strategic partnership with BBGI Public Company Limited. Formerly known as Manus Biosynthesis, Inc., the company adopted its current name in June 2018.
Manus Bio
Venture Round in 2017
Manus Bio Inc. specializes in recreating plant processes within microorganisms to produce natural ingredients through advanced fermentation technology. Founded in 2011 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company focuses on converting sugar sources into a variety of applications, including flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, cosmetics, vitamins, pharmaceuticals, and agricultural chemicals. By integrating metabolic engineering, protein engineering, and systems biology, Manus Bio develops microbes that efficiently manufacture complex and bioactive natural products. The company operates manufacturing facilities in Cambridge and Augusta, Georgia, and has established a strategic partnership with BBGI Public Company Limited. Formerly known as Manus Biosynthesis, Inc., the company adopted its current name in June 2018.
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