Webinar
Masterclass Live! How Spike Ventures Evaluates a Deal
Watch an on-demand presentation hosted by Spike Ventures Managing Partner Todd McIntyre. In this session, you will discover the framework our team uses to evaluate promising startups, walk through the process, and learn how you, too, can invest in startups just like this through Spike Ventures.
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Post Webinar Summary
In this webinar, Todd McIntyre, Managing Partner of Spike Ventures, introduces the audience to Spike Ventures, an alumni ventures fund for Stanford alumni and friends of the community. He discusses the process of how Spike Ventures evaluates deals for investment, emphasizing the importance of their structured approach, including a detailed scorecard used to assess potential investments. Todd highlights the unique characteristics of venture capital as an asset class, explaining its focus on private, early-stage companies with high growth potential. He also provides an overview of the benefits of becoming a Spike investor, including access to diversified venture portfolios and syndication opportunities. The presentation concludes with an invitation to interested parties to learn more about investing in Spike Ventures and to reach out with any questions.
Spike Ventures is Alumni Ventures’ fund for Stanford alumni and friends of the community.
During this session, we discuss:
- HomeUnderstanding the time horizon of venture investments
- HomePerforming due diligence and reviewing the typical types of materials available in a deal
- HomeWeighing some of the challenges, key risks, and how to factor those into the ultimate decision
- HomeTracking companies after investment and the purpose of portfolio monitoring
- HomeMore details about Spike Ventures
About Alumni Ventures
Top 20 VC Investors in North America (2024)
#1 Most Active Venture Firm in the U.S. (2023)
#1 Most Active Venture Firm in the U.S. (2022)
World's Most Innovative Companies (2022)
Note: You must be accredited to invest in venture capital. Important disclosure information can be found at av-funds.com/disclosures.
About your presenter
Todd has more than 20 years of experience as a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, and senior technology operating executive, as well as deep knowledge of intellectual property and IP licensing. He has worked with capital structures ranging from seed stage investments to public offerings and has experience in many sectors, including consumer media and web, optoelectronics, telecoms, cleantech, and healthcare. Most recently, he was founding Managing Partner of Grey Sky Venture Partners, a life sciences and digital health fund that pioneered a venture finance model combining early-stage capital with fund-owned intellectual property. He also served as a senior business leader in a technology incubator fund, where he led efforts to build, fund, and spin out several new deep tech businesses. Todd received his BA from Hendrix College and holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.