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Masterclass Live! Math of VC

Join us for an on-demand presentation about the math behind venture capital, led by Expo Ventures’ Managing Partner Alim Giga. Expo Ventures is Alumni Ventures’ USC-focused venture capital fund, and this webinar is open to all alumni and friends of USC.

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In this webinar, Ali Giga, a partner at Expo Ventures, presented insights on venture capital and its benefits for investors. He explained how venture capital enables investment in transformative early-stage companies, offering the potential for substantial long-term returns. Ali highlighted venture capital’s strong historical performance compared to public markets and its low correlation, which adds valuable diversification. He outlined the venture investment stages—angel, seed, early, and growth—and illustrated how portfolio diversification is critical for offsetting high risk. Through the Alumni Ventures network, Expo Ventures co-invests alongside top VC firms, building diversified portfolios across stages, sectors, and geographies for individual USC-aligned investors. Investors in Expo Ventures also gain optional access to syndication opportunities, allowing them to increase exposure to select individual companies. He concluded by encouraging interested investors to connect with Expo Ventures, highlighting the upcoming first close deadline for fee discounts.

Venture capital is the practice of investing in innovative, fast-growing private companies that are believed to have long-term equity appreciation potential. The work involves numerous calculations, from performing due diligence, calculating risks and returns, and bigger-picture calculations of the market.

During this session, we will discuss:

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    What is venture capital
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    The benefits of investing in venture capital
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    What are the risks and potential returns of venture capital
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    How the math of venture capital works
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Alim Giga
Alim Giga

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.

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