Webinar
An Introduction to Westwood Ventures
Join us for a live, 45-minute webinar to learn about Westwood Ventures, Alumni Ventures’ UCLA-focused venture capital fund, and meet the investment team responsible for building the portfolio. This is an excellent opportunity to meet the Westwood Ventures team and to hear about their approach to investing in private-stage companies. This presentation will be led by Managing Partner Edward Tsai and is open to all alumni and friends of UCLA.
During the session, we will cover:
- HomeThe goal and structure of the fund
- HomeThe team and management behind the fund
- HomeThe Westwood Ventures and Alumni Ventures approach to investing
- HomeExamples of current portfolio companies
- HomeThe benefits of investing in venture capital
- HomeOpen Q&A
Note: You must be accredited to invest in venture capital. Important disclosure information can be found at av-funds.com/disclosures.
About your presenter
Edward has 15+ years of investment experience in the U.S. and China, including a successful track record with investments such as Cruise Automation (acq. by GM), Life360 (IPO), Palantir (IPO), and Brave Software. In addition, Edward has served on the limited partner advisory committees at Cendana Capital and Ten Eleven Ventures, and he has deep operating experience at tech and cybersecurity companies. Most recently, he was Director of Investments at enterprise security company Qianxin, where he led $700 million in fundraising, ran multiple M&A deals, and managed a large investment portfolio. As Assistant GM for Qianxin, he also incubated their cybersecurity spinout fund Security Capital. At 360, he led International Investments and Strategic Development. He started his venture career as Vice President at DCM, a global early-stage VC firm managing $4 billion. He holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from UCLA, where he is a Kauffman Fellow (class of ’15).