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Women’s Syndicate and Fund

Investing in women-founded and led startups

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Why Join

Get smart. Get access. Get involved.

Members of our syndicates receive curated access to life-changing ventures, typically about one deal per month. You can choose to invest in any or none. There’s no fund commitment and no pressure. Just opt in when it’s right for you.

It’s free to be in the community and syndicate. Along the way, you’ll receive:

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    Deal Flow:

    About a deal a month (it ebbs and flows).
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    Content:

    Short, sharp investing insights via blogs, webinars, and analysis from trusted voices.
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    Connections:

    Regular in-person events.
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    Founder Access:

    Opportunities to meet the entrepreneurs building the future.

The Types of Ventures We Access for You

Whether you’re looking to invest, learn, or contribute expertise, our syndicates put you at the center of the action — with a group of aligned peers.

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    Pre-seed to Later-Stage:

    We invest as early as possible, but we show you deals at a variety of stages. They are all deals AV funds are investing in.
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    Focus:

    Our syndicate will give you access to deals appropriate to the syndicate, but expect variety.
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    Geography + Leads:

    We look for great deals everywhere and co-invest alongside a wide variety of strong lead VC firms. AV believes in large and diversified venture portfolios — we want to help you build yours.

Fund Overview

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    Invest in women entrepreneurial leaders bringing their talents and perspective to promising markets — from femtech to software, pharma, biotech, CPGs, and more
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    ~15-20 venture investments made over ~12-18 months — diversified by stage, sector, geography, lead investor
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    Reserves ~20% to pursue follow-on opportunities in the most promising portfolio investments
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    Investments sourced by a team of dedicated investing professionals, our network of handpicked Scouts, AV’s 750k+ supporters, and other AV funds
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    Part of Alumni Ventures, America's Largest Venture Firm for Individuals and a "Top 20 Venture Firm" (CB Insights '24)

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Meet Laura Rippy

See video policy below.

Laura Rippy, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures and one of Business Insider’s top early-stage investors, leads our mission to invest in exceptional women founders. From her journey as a female CEO to building one of the strongest VC networks, Laura shares insights on why supporting female-led startups isn’t just the right thing — it’s smart investing.

Explore how the Women’s Fund backs over 400 women-led startups and helps close the funding gap, empowering visionary entrepreneurs to change the world.

How It Works:

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    Join the community and syndicate (it’s free)

    It takes < 3 minutes with EasyVest.
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    Receive ~1 deal per month with access to our due diligence

    See our "Why We Are Investing" Video Briefs. Participation is Opt-In.
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    Participate – as much or as little as you want

    Read our blogs and white papers, attend zoom webinars, attend IRL events.
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    Get Early Access to our Fund

    Gain entry to our fund with special terms.

About Our Fund

Five Reasons this might be a good choice
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    Simplest Way to a Startup Portfolio

    Easily build a high-quality portfolio of 20-30 startup investments — without sourcing deals yourself, negotiating terms, or managing multiple investments.
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    Co-Invest with Top-Tier VCs

    Invest alongside leading venture capitalists, leveraging their rigorous diligence, extensive networks, and proven expertise to identify promising opportunities.
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    Diversification and Risk Management

    Achieve built-in diversification across sectors and companies, mitigating risk while capturing the potential upside of breakthrough innovations.
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    Early Access to Transformative Tech

    Gain curated, early-stage exposure to breakthrough sectors including AI, biotech, cyber, space, and advanced manufacturing.
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    Participate in the Future of Innovation

    Invest in sectors ripe with innovation — positioning your capital to compound long-term returns as these technologies scale.

Access Curated Deals Led by Top VC Firms

These firms have co-invested in many deals with Alumni Ventures

These leading venture firms have backed some of the most successful companies in the world.
Co-investors are shown for illustrative purposes only, do not represent all co-investors with which Alumni Ventures has invested, and are not necessarily indicative of future co-investors. The identity of a co-investor does not guarantee investment quality or performance.

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About Alumni Ventures

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    Top-tier and battle-tested.

    PitchBook names AV the #1 most active VC in the U.S. (’22–’23) and CB Insights slots us in its 2024 Top 20; our 2016-20 funds sit in Cambridge Associates’ top-quartile performance ranks.
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    Diversification from day one.

    $1.4B+ deployed across 1,400+ venture-backed companies, with ~250-300 new investments added annually, spreads risk and upside across stage, sector, and geography.
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    Co-investing with the best.

    AV has partnered on 250+ deals alongside blue-chip firms such as Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, and NEA, giving you similar terms and the benefit of their support.
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    Network you can lean on.

    11,000 accredited investors and an 850,000-strong alumni & entrepreneur community create proprietary deal flow, talent pipelines, and follow-on capital impossible to assemble alone.
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    Dedicated, nationwide team.

    40 full-time venture professionals spread across five U.S. offices source 50-75 fresh opportunities each quarter, vet them rigorously, and present only the deals we commit to doing for our funds.

20 ventures from the Alumni Ventures portfolio that we’re excited about for 2025

Invest in Startups Like the Apex 20

Accredited investors can invest in startups like the Apex 20 with Alumni Ventures. Talk with a Senior Partner about our portfolio of over 1,400 companies to learn more about becoming an investor.

Or simply text us with your question for fast response
650-410-8600

Fundraise Timing & Loyalty Rewards

The fundraise deadlines of current and upcoming fund vintages are published below to help our investors with their personal venture allocation planning strategies. Read more about our Loyalty Rewards, Performance, and Fees.

About Alumni Ventures

We are a venture capital firm that provides accredited investors & institutions with access to professionally-managed, diversified venture portfolios. Our network is among the largest and most well-connected in the industry.

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    #1 most active venture firm in the U.S., #3 in the world (PitchBook '22 & '23)
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    $1.3B+ capital raised since founding in 2014
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    Diversified historical portfolio of 1,400+ venture-backed companies, adding ~250 / year
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    10,500 individual accredited investors already trust us with their venture investing
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    Top 20 Venture Firm (CB Insights '24)
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    Top-quartile performance*
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    Network of 850k+ investors, entrepreneurs, & community members
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    5 national offices & ~40 full-time venture investors

2022 Pitchbook Global League Tables, 2023 Pitchbook Global League Tables  

The Top 20 venture investors in North America

*Top-Quartile for AV Fund vintages 2016-2020 as of September 30, 2024. Top Quartile ranking against Cambridge Associates’ peer group for venture capital, according to the Distributions to Paid-in Capital (DPI) metric. Top-Quartile for 2016 vintage was .77 for Cambridge Associates peer group and .72 for Alumni Ventures funds. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Women’s Fund News

Content at the intersection of entrepreneurship, venture capital, and specific industry sectors.

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Sample AV Women's Fund Deals

These investments, from AV's existing portfolio, are examples of the Women's Fund investing strategy.*

Bluesky

Decentralized platform for creative communities

Kalder

Gamified loyalty programs with digital wallets

Concerto

Microbial combinations to restore communities

GC Therapeutics

AI-driven stem cell therapies for healing

Madison Reed

Women’s hair-coloring products and service

Knix

Re-inventing women‘s intimate apparel

Venus Aerospace

Hypersonic technology to improve global travel

Ellevest

Solutions to help women build wealth

Cala Health

Wearable for hand tremor relief in patients

Ethena

Reinvented corporate employee training

*Investments are shown for illustrative purposes only, are not necessarily representative of any other AV fund or AV investor experience, and are not accessible to future investors, except potentially in the case of follow-on investment.

Join Us (For Free)

Review Live Deals & Optionally Invest Alongside Alumni Ventures and Other Elite Venture Capital Firms

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    Easy Sign Up Process:

    Our EasyVest makes accessing deal flow easy as pie, and takes almost no time.
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    Professional-Grade Deal Access:

    Get access to highly-competitive deals typically not available to individuals.
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    Co-Invest with Elite VCs:

    Invest alongside AV and other firms like Andreesen Horowitz, Sequoia, Bessemer, Khosla, and Google.
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    Exclusive Deal Information:

    Review all diligence materials and gain VIP access to live deal discussions with our investment teams. NDA required and enforced.