Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire. It offers accredited investors access to professionally managed portfolios of startups, having raised over $1.3 billion and backed more than 1,400 companies. Through a network of more than 850,000 entrepreneurs, investors and community members, Alumni Ventures serves over 10,500 individual participants and maintains five offices across the United States.
The firm structures its offerings around customized funds and deal-by-deal opportunities. Fund investors benefit from allocations to 20–30 startups per vehicle, with minimums starting at $10,000 and reserved capital for follow-on rounds. Deals are sourced and vetted by a team of roughly 40 full-time investment professionals, and transactions often happen alongside leading venture capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital. Throughout each cycle, participants receive full diligence materials, committee insights and live presentations with founders and the investment team.
Alumni Ventures has directed capital toward clean technology and battery innovation, recognizing their role in energy transition. Portfolio companies include Sepion Technologies, which develops lithium-metal battery components that can boost electric vehicle range by up to 40 percent; Enact Systems, a software platform that streamlines design and performance tracking for solar and battery storage projects; and CarbonCapture Inc., which applies direct air capture to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. These investments reflect the firm’s interest in solutions for sustainable energy storage, renewable integration and emissions reduction.
