# Alumni Ventures

> Alumni Ventures is a New Hampshire venture capital firm that opened the asset class to individual accredited investors. For minimums near $10,000, it packages diversified baskets of 20 to 30 startups per fund, co-investing alongside lead firms like a16z and Sequoia without ever leading a round or taking a board seat. Built on school-affiliated funds and a network of hundreds of thousands of alumni, it has become one of the most active venture investors in the country - and one of the few pitching to people, not pensions.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
- **Founders:** Mike Collins (Founder & CEO), Luke Antal (Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer)
- **Team size:** ~540 employees (third-party estimate); ~40+ full-time venture investors across ~10 teams
- **Products:** Alumni (School) Funds, Total Access Fund, Focused Funds, Syndications & Syndicates, AI First Fund
- **Notable:** Ranked #20 on the TIME / CB Insights list of America's Top Venture Firms (2025), Named to Stanford GSB's Top 50 Unicorn Investors list two years running; #7 among firms founded in 2009 or later, One of the most active venture investors in the United States by deal count

## Products & services

- **Alumni (School) Funds** — School-affiliated funds - Green D Ventures (Dartmouth), Yard Ventures (Harvard), Spike Ventures (Stanford), Castor Ventures (MIT), Blue Ivy Ventures (Yale) and 20+ others - that let alumni co-invest in a diversified portfolio of venture-backed startups.
- **Total Access Fund** — A single fund diversified across the full range of Alumni Ventures deal flow for investors who want broad exposure without picking a school or sector.
- **Focused Funds** — Sector-themed funds covering areas like AI, deep tech, healthtech, and sports, for investors who want targeted exposure.
- **Syndications & Syndicates** — Deal-by-deal opportunities - roughly one to two handpicked companies a month at ~$10,000 minimums - for investors who prefer to choose individual startups.
- **AI First Fund** — A fund investing in AI-native startups built around large language models, autonomous agents, and proprietary data.
- **Women's Fund** — A fund investing in women-founded and women-led startups, run by an all-female investment team; Vintage III announced in 2026.

## Achievements

- Ranked #20 on the TIME / CB Insights list of America's Top Venture Firms (2025)
- Named to Stanford GSB's Top 50 Unicorn Investors list two years running; #7 among firms founded in 2009 or later
- One of the most active venture investors in the United States by deal count
- Portfolio includes Groq, Oura, Circle, Rigetti Computing, Axiom Space, RapidSOS and Bluesky
- Recognized on Forbes America's Best Startup Employers and Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies (2022)

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Announced Women's Fund Vintage III, targeting ~20 investments in women-founded and women-led startups with an all-female investment team.
- **2025-08** — Launched the AI First Fund, focused on AI-native startups built around LLMs, autonomous agents, and proprietary data.
- **2025-01** — Named #20 on the TIME / CB Insights America's Top Venture Firms list and reappeared on Stanford's Top 50 Unicorn Investors ranking.
- **2024-01** — Launched the U.S. Strategic Tech Fund, expanding its focused-fund lineup.

## Links

- Website: https://av.vc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alumniventures
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/alumniventures
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/alumniventures
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alumniventures/

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Last updated: 2026-08-15