Webinar
Invest in the Future with Expo Ventures
Join our on-demand presentation to learn about Expo Ventures. Expo Ventures is Alumni Venture’s USC-alumni based venture capital fund. This is an excellent opportunity to meet the team and hear about their approach to investing in private-stage companies. This presentation will be led by Partner Alim Giga.
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Post Webinar Summary
In the introductory webinar for Expo Ventures Fund Three, Alim Giga, a partner at Alumni Ventures, introduced the venture fund focused on USC alumni and friends. The session outlined Expo Ventures’ strategy of building diversified portfolios of venture-backed companies linked to the USC network, emphasizing the goal of democratizing access to venture capital for individual investors. Giga highlighted Expo’s association with Alumni Ventures, a large venture capital firm dedicated to individual investors, and its commitment to co-investing alongside top venture funds. The webinar included a review of the Expo team, a discussion on the benefits of venture capital as an asset class, and details about Expo’s investment strategy across sectors, stages, and geographies. Giga also mentioned the value of their alumni-powered network and showcased specific portfolio successes with USC connections. The session concluded with an invitation for potential investors to engage further and explore the opportunity to invest in Expo Ventures Fund Three.
During this session, we will cover:
- HomeThe goal and structure of the fund
- HomeThe Expo 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
Partner, Spike Ventures
Alim is a Partner at Spike Ventures, AV’s fund for Stanford alums. Before joining AV, he worked at American Express Ventures and GE Ventures, focusing on enterprise, B2B, fintech and AI/ML investments. Prior to investing, Alim worked in tech at Google, where he generated revenue for advertisers and managed a $100M book of business. He also spent time at PayPal in product marketing and Instart Logic, a startup backed by a16z and KPCB, where he focused on business development and partnerships. He holds a BS in Business and Accounting from the University of Southern California where he graduated magna cum laude, an MS in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from The Wharton School.