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Venture investing with your alumni community.
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    Full-time investment team, led by fellow alum
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    Each annual fund has ~20-30 investments diversified by sector, stage, geography, and lead investor
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    Co-investing alongside other established venture firms
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    Includes access to deal Syndications and engagement opportunities with other alums

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Castor Ventures is a super-responsive, well-connected co-investor which is a go-to shop anytime we’re looking at a start-up with an MIT connection. It’s a smart, easy to work with team and I’m happy to make introductions to Castor knowing the companies will be treated well.
Jerry Bird
President, MassVentures
Castor Ventures is a unique opportunity to support and connect with interesting MIT-connected entrepreneurs. As a [former] member of the Investment Committee, I’m amazed by the companies we see and enjoy reviewing the businesses for potential investments by the fund.
Kerry James
Castor Ventures Investor
Thanks to Alumni Ventures for creating Bascom Ventures! I have enjoyed being a part of successful early-stage initiatives from fellow alumni of the University of Wisconsin. Because of the scale and leverage of the AV group as a whole, the quality of the deals is superior.
Karen Monfre
Bascom Ventures Investor
The team at Chestnut Street Ventures are the perfect vc partner – super smart, incredibly well-connected and lightning fast responsive...the connection to the broader universe of other Alumni Ventures funds makes the network even more powerful.
Dean Miller
Chestnut Street Ventures Investor
Castor Ventures is a super-responsive, well-connected co-investor which is a go-to shop anytime we’re looking at a start-up with an MIT connection. It’s a smart, easy to work with team and I’m happy to make introductions to Castor knowing the companies will be treated well.
Jerry Bird
President, MassVentures
Castor Ventures is a unique opportunity to support and connect with interesting MIT-connected entrepreneurs. As a [former] member of the Investment Committee, I’m amazed by the companies we see and enjoy reviewing the businesses for potential investments by the fund.
Kerry James
Castor Ventures Investor

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Network-Powered Venture Capital

Our network and communities are our secret sauce. We draw on the power of 10,000+ investors, 20+ investment teams, handpicked independent scouts, and 750k+ community members to source, vet, and fund deals. Our 40+ full-time investment professionals work out of five offices around the country constructing diversified venture portfolios for our investors.

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    Access to venture deals that most investors aren’t aware of
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    Network-powered deal sourcing and evaluation
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    Process-based decision making that balances team conviction and the wisdom of small crowds

Syndications

Syndications are opportunities to invest in a single venture deal. Over 40% of our investors have participated in one or more Syndications. They’ve told us that they’re drawn to Syndications as a way to personalize their portfolio, back a deal that particularly resonates with them, and educate themselves or their children about venture investing.

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    Exclusive for AV fund investors
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    All deals sourced by our investment professionals and invested in by one or more of our funds
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    Deal diligence materials shared via a secure data room
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    Lower minimums
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    100% opt in. You decide how often you want to see Syndications and whether or not to invest

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Video Policy: By consuming this content I acknowledge that I may be considering an investment with AV funds for my own or my client’s account. I agree that information contained herein may not be relied upon or used for any other purpose. Offers to purchase securities are only made through formal offering documents, which describe risks (which are significant), terms, and other important information that must be considered before an investment decision is made. To see Important Disclosure Information, visit: https://av-funds.com/disclosures.

Testimonial/Endorsement Policy: Testimonials/Endorsements were provided by the participants without compensation, but each participant has a relationship with Alumni Ventures (AV) from which they benefit. All views expressed are the individual’s own and do not represent the experience of all AV fund investors or companies in which AV funds invest. Please note that testimonials are no guarantee of future performance or success. Any provider of an endorsement that is affiliated with a portfolio company Alumni Ventures has received investment funding from AV, and may in the future seek and/or receive additional funding from AV. This circumstance constitutes a conflict of interest. Providers of testimonials or endorsements were not chosen at random or according to any objective basis, but rather on the basis of their relationship with AV.

Investor Portal Update Policy: Investor portfolio data is updated once per quarter in the AV Investor Portal.

Alumni Ventures is America’s largest VC firm for individual investors based on the combination of total capital raised, number of investments, and number of investors of leading VC firms as reported by Pitchbook and other publicly available information reviewed by AV.

(1) Internal Rate of Return (IRR) for AV Funds is net of management fees and incentive allocations applied to amounts distributed to investors, and gross of incentive allocations applicable to unrealized gains on investments held by AV Funds. IRR for AV Funds includes uninvested cash, unrealized investments, and amounts distributed to investors. The IRR shown for the Russell 2000 indices are gross of fees because indices are not managed investments, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index. For additional information see av-funds.com/disclosures. All investment involves risk, including risk of loss. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. For more information on AV Funds’ investment returns, please see here.

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