Mission OUR VALUE PROPOSITION To be the best option for accredited investors to build and manage smart, diversified, and personalized venture portfolios. To disproportionately add value to the entrepreneurial ecosystem as the world’s co-investor of choice.
OUR JUST CAUSE To build and grow an inclusive community that works together to foster disruptive, world-improving ventures. In doing so, we strive to democratize venture and provide on-ramps for investors, entrepreneurs, and industry professionals.
OUR CORE VALUES We fulfill our promises and commitments to our stakeholders via transparent, win-win relationships. We consider the needs of all stakeholders. Our decision-making balances short, medium, and long-term considerations. We believe in strong, open partnerships.
OUR GOAL To create the most impactful and valuable venture capital firm in the world.
Description ABOUT ALUMNI VENTURES Alumni Ventures (AV) is a leading venture capital firm that is redefining the way individuals can invest in startups. Alumni Ventures, founded in 2014, has raised more than $1.25B AUM from 10,000+ individual investors, holds a rapidly growing portfolio of over 1,300 venture-backed companies, and counts 625,000+ community members and subscribers across all of its funds. With 130 employees, including ~40 investment professionals, spread across Boston, Chicago, New York City, Menlo Park, and Manchester, NH, we are growing rapidly and continuously pushing the boundaries of innovation.
CULTURE STATEMENT We are a humble, hardworking, and entrepreneurial team. We are principled, aligned, investor oriented, process driven, and forward thinking. Dedicated to continuous improvement, we are self-aware, action oriented, and optimistic. We believe in the constructive power of science and rational thinking, while also welcoming creative, intuitive leaps.
OUR NORTH STARS We value teammates who have the following qualities, and gather regularly in our "monthly toasts" to recognize teammates who have recently embodied one or more of these traits. - Put Team First - Hire and Develop Great People - Work Together - Minimize Biases - Use Science and Technology - Disagree and Commit - Take Extreme Ownership - Focus on Priorities - Take Action - Evolve, Simplify, Streamline - Think BIG
Our Venture Fellow Program is an onramp to the venture industry. Also founded in 2014, it has helped hundreds of under-represented people get a foot-in-the-door to the VC industry.
Alumni Ventures has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 61 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Alumni Ventures employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 47% of employees would recommend working at Alumni Ventures to a friend. This is based on 61 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
46% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Alumni Ventures as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Alumni Ventures.