Webinar
How (and Why!) to Invest in Congress Avenue Ventures
Join our presentation to learn about Congress Avenue Ventures. This is an excellent opportunity to meet the team and hear about their approach to investing in private-stage companies. This presentation is led by Managing Partner Rob Adams.
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Post Webinar Summary
Rob Adams, executive partner at Congress Avenue Ventures, introduces the firm’s strategy and how it integrates with Alumni Ventures. He explains the benefits of investing in venture capital, such as uncorrelated performance with public markets and strong returns over 5-, 15-, and 25-year periods. Adams highlights the firm’s collaborative investment approach, often co-investing with top-tier funds like Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia without competing for board seats. Congress Avenue Ventures focuses on diversification across sectors, geography, and stages, raising new funds annually. Adams emphasizes the importance of long-term participation across multiple funds to build sustainable venture capital exposure, offering minimum investments of $25K with a single capital call.
During this session, we will cover:
- HomeThe goal and structure of the fund
- HomeCongress Avenue and Alumni Ventures approach to investing
- HomeSome examples of current portfolio companies
- HomeThe benefits of diversifying into venture capital
- HomeThe minimum requirements needed to invest in the fund
Note: You must be accredited to invest in venture capital. Important disclosure information can be found at av-funds.com/disclosures.
About your presenter
Rob is a former entrepreneur, institutional fund manager, and software executive. He has served on many corporate boards and has founded or financed more than 40 companies, raising capital in both public and private markets. He is an internationally recognized expert and speaker on innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship. Most recently, Rob was on the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin, where he taught entrepreneurship in the MBA program and was the Founder and Director of Texas Venture Labs. He was CEO and Founder of Business Matters, a venture-backed developer of financial modeling products that was acquired. He was also an executive with Pervasive Software, a company he helped take public. Rob holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Purdue, an MBA from Babson’s Olin School of Management, and a PhD in Management from Capella University.