Webinars | Alumni Ventures Group

Upcoming Webinars

A Conversation with Melissa Hanna: Startup Journey of an Activist-Entrepreneur

January 28th, 2021 at 2:00 PM ET Register Here

An Introduction to The Yard Ventures with Michael Madden

January 28th, 2021 at 2:00 PM ET Register Here

An Introduction to Nassau Street Ventures

February 4th, 2021 at 2:00 PM ET Register Here

An Introduction to Strawberry Creek Ventures with Chris Sklarin

February 9th, 2021 at 4:00 PM ET Register Here

LAST CALL: An Introduction to Congress Avenue Ventures with Rob Adams

February 10th, 2021 at 2:00 PM ET Register Here

Building Fund 4: A Bascom Portfolio Update

February 10th, 2021 at 3:30 PM ET Register Here

Meet the Castor Team

February 11th, 2021 at 3:30 PM ET Register Here

An Introduction to Ring Ventures with Larry Warnock

February 16th, 2021 at 2:30 PM ET Register Here

Last Call for Fund 5: An Introduction to Blue Ivy Ventures

February 18th, 2021 at 2:00 PM ET Register Here

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Past Webinars

Exploring the Entrepreneurial Journey: A Fireside Chat With AVG Basecamp Portfolio Company Founders

December 9, 2020 Hear from three successful Basecamp portfolio company entrepreneurs on their path to becoming startup founders. You’ll hear how each founder’s unique background provided formative experiences that inspired their latest venture. The discussion will be moderated by Basecamp Fund Managing Partners Catherine Lu and Matt Scott and our panel of founders.

Building Fund 4: A Chestnut Street Portfolio Update

December 8, 2020 Chestnut Street Fund 4 is wrapping up its capital raising period and is already beginning to deploy capital to build its portfolio. Join Brian and Jonathan to hear about some of the investments already made by Fund 4 and how they will continue to build a fully diversified venture

An Introduction to Nassau Street Ventures with Tom Meyer

December 3, 2020 Join us for a live 45-minute discussion about Nassau Street Ventures, Alumni Venture Group's Princeton-focused venture capital fund. The discussion will be led by Tom Meyer, Founder and Managing Partner of Nassau Street Ventures.

Roundtable with the AVG Basecamp Team

November 19, 2020 Alumni Venture Group’s Basecamp Fund provides a unique investment opportunity for accredited individuals seeking a diversified pre-seed and seed venture capital portfolio. Learn more about the fund from the Basecamp team that will deliver that portfolio in a roundtable discussion with host Senior General Manager, Luis Santiago. He’ll explore with our Managing Partners

Change the World: The Evolution of Farming

November 19, 2020 Hosted by Castor Ventures Partner, Cainon Coates. Please join us for a discussion with Sebastien Boyer, Co-Founder & CEO of FarmWise to learn more about their autonomous robots that perform a variety of farming functions, using machine learning models, computer vision, and high-precision mechanical tools.

Deal Sourcing with Yard Ventures

November 19, 2020 Join us for a live 45-minute webinar with the entire Yard Ventures team, where we'll dive into how Yard Ventures sources its investment opportunities. We hope the webinar will give you a greater understanding of the types of investments we seek and how we get access to these deals.

An Introduction to Blue Ivy Ventures

November 19, 2020 Join us for a live, 45-minute discussion about Blue Ivy Ventures, Alumni Venture Group’s Yale-focused venture capital fund. The discussion was be led by Managing Partner David Shapiro.

Meet the Castor Team

November 12, 2020 Join us for a live, 45-minute webinar with the entire Castor Ventures team, where we'll discuss Castor Ventures, the Alumni Ventures Group model, why venture might be right for you, and what distinguishes a smart and simple venture portfolio.

Meet the Congress Ave Team

November 11, 2020 Join us for a live, 45 minutes webinar with the Congress Avenue Ventures team, where we'll discuss Congress Avenue Ventures, The Alumni Ventures Group model, why venture might be right for you, and what distinguishes a smart and simple venture portfolio.

15 Minutes to Understand Investing with Waterman Ventures

November 10, 2020 Hosted by Ludwig Schulze ‘96, Managing Partner Waterman Ventures. Moderated by Peter MacEwan, General Manager. Join the Waterman Ventures team for a live one-hour webinar to learn more about Waterman Ventures and how venture capital can diversify your investment portfolio.

An Introduction to Nassau Street Ventures with Tom Meyer

November 5, 2020 Join us for a live 45-minute discussion about Nassau Street Ventures, Alumni Venture Group's Princeton-focused venture capital fund. The discussion will be led by Tom Meyer, Founder and Managing Partner of Nassau Street Ventures.

Scoring Deals: An Interactive Session with AVG on the Art of Evaluating an Investment Opportunity

November 4, 2020 Join us for an illuminating walkthrough of a deal case study from AVG. Your guides will be AVG’s CIO and our VP of Investment Operations, who set the investment strategy and process for all AVG investments.

Change the World: The Future of Video Games

October 29, 2020 Please join us for a discussion with John Linden, Founder & CEO and Andre Johnson, VP of Business Development of Mythical Games. This Castor Ventures portfolio company is a next-generation game technology studio creating universal digital economies driven by player ownership. They have been acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Disruptive Technology Companies To Watch i

An Introduction to Strawberry Creek Ventures and Managing Partner Chris Sklarin

October 29, 2020 Join us for a live, 45-minute discussion about Strawberry Creek Ventures, Alumni Venture Group’s venture capital fund for UC Berkeley Alums, community, and friends. The discussion will be led by Strawberry Creek's new Managing Partner, and AVG veteran, Chris Sklarin.

Seed Investing: 10 Tips and Tricks

October 28, 2020 Join an illuminating conversation with AVG Basecamp Managing Partners Catherine Lu and Wayne Moore to hear the strategies and criteria they use to evaluate early-stage companies. When revenue is scarce and the team is thin, what do you judge?

Building Fund 4: A Purple Arch Portfolio Update

October 22, 2020 The live, 30-minute discussion about Alumni Venture Group’s Northwestern-focused venture capital fund will be led by Purple Arch Ventures Managing Partner David Beazley (BS ’96, Medill ’98) and Principal Erik Hammer (Kellogg ’11).

An Introduction to Bascom Ventures Fund 4 with Greg Baker and Keaton Nankivil

October 15, 2020 Join us for a live, 45-minute discussion about Bascom Ventures Fund 4, Alumni Venture Group’s University of Wisconsin-focused venture capital fund. The discussion will be led by Bascom Ventures Managing Partner Greg Baker.

An Introduction to Blue Ivy Ventures with David Shapiro and Jess Liu-Brown

October 15, 2020

An Introduction to Congress Avenue Ventures with Rob Adams

October 14, 2020

Introduction to the AVG Deep Tech Venture Club

October 13, 2020

AVG’s Secret Recipe: How the Total Access Fund Portfolios are Built

October 13, 2020

How to Strategically Invest in Seed Fund Deals: Intro to the AVG Basecamp Fund

October 6, 2020 In this 45-minute webinar, we’ll walk you through our answer to that question: the AVG Basecamp Fund. Our seed and pre-seed fund offers a diversified portfolio of ~100 deals invested over 12-15 months, with 25% reserved for follow-ons.

Meet the Waterman Investment Committee: Hazeltine, Kolodny ‘08, Kroll ‘01 and intern Frye ’21

September 30, 2020 In the first of our series introducing various members of the Waterman community, please join us for a chat with a few of our Investment Committee members: Professor Hazeltine, Lauren Kolodny ‘08, Charlie Kroll ‘01, and Madison Frye ‘21, summer intern 2019.

Total Access Fund: Why This Is One Of AVG's Most Popular Venture Options

September 24, 2020 Join us for a 45-minute introduction to the Total Access Fund. We’ll explain how the fund draws on the total investing power of Alumni Ventures Group to give you one of our broadest, most diversified portfolios.

Change The World: Curing HIV/AIDS

September 23, 2020 Please join us for a discussion with Daniel Dornbusch, CEO of Excision. This Castor Ventures portfolio company is using CRISPR gene-editing technology to develop novel therapeutics to cure viral infections including HIV/AIDS, Covid-19, Herpes Virus, Hepatitis B, JC Virus, and others. As featured in Time Magazine, Excision is the first and only company to functionally cure

Why This Is The Year To Invest In Green D Ventures

September 22, 2020 Join us for a live discussion about Green D Ventures, Alumni Venture Group's Dartmouth-focused flagship fund. The discussion will be led by the Managing Partner Laura Rippy, D'89, and Principal Luofei Deng (D ‘10)

Final Showing: An Introduction to Towerview Ventures with Greg Baker

September 22, 2020 Join us for a live, 45-minute discussion about Towerview Ventures, Alumni Venture Group’s Duke-focused venture capital fund. The discussion will be led by Towerview Ventures Managing Partner Greg Baker, Fuqua, ‘91.

Longevity: Unleashing the Future of Longer, Healthier Human Lives - A Conversation with Dr. David Sinclair

September 17, 2020 Join AVG’s Deep Tech Fund for a discussion on the treatment of aging as a disease and the extension of healthy human lifespans with Dr. David Sinclair, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and best-selling author of Lifespan: Why We Age - and Why We Don't Have To.

Final Showing: An Introduction to Purple Arch Ventures

September 15, 2020 As we head into fall and the end of our fundraising period, we want to offer one more opportunity to gain an introduction to Purple Arch Ventures. Join us for a live, 30-minute discussion about Alumni Venture Group’s Northwestern-focused venture capital fund.

Change the World: Leveraging Location Data for Good

August 26, 2020 Please join us for a discussion with Joshua Anton, Founder and CEO of X-Mode. This Castor Ventures’ portfolio company is a pioneer in the location data industry and is setting the standard for location data quality and user privacy as seen on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.

Virtual Roundtable: Exploring the Horizons of Deep Space Tech

August 20, 2020 During this 55-minute virtual roundtable, AVG’s Deep Tech Fund team discusses the current state and future of Space Tech with three executives from AVG portfolio companies – all solving tech challenges and building fascinating businesses in the space tech sector.

Redefining VC

August 11, 2020 Through this one-hour webinar, the Purple Arch team will discuss how Alumni Ventures Group is Redefining VC to mean “Value Creation.” We will first define venture capital and share with you what merit you should expect from a good VC as both an investor and an entrepreneur. And in the second half...

Introduction to Chestnut Street Ventures with Brian Keil and Jonathan Meltzer

August 6, 2020 Join Managing Partner Brian Keil (MBA, 1992) and Principal Jonathan Meltzer (BS, 99) to learn about Chestnut Street Ventures investment strategy and how it is evolving in the Post-COVID environment. Followed by an open Q&A, this is a unique opportunity to learn how Chestnut Street Ventures and Alumni Ventures Group leverage a massive rolodex to gain a competitive advantage

An Introduction to Green D Ventures with Laura Rippy

July 29, 2020 Join us for a live discussion about Green D Ventures, Alumni Venture Group's Dartmouth-focused flagship fund. The discussion will be led by the Managing Partner Laura Rippy, D’89, and Principal Luofei Deng (D ‘10).

How AI and Machine Learning Will Impact You

July 28, 2020 Join AVG’s Deep Tech Fund virtual roundtable event on Tuesday, July 28. During this 55-minute live webinar, we will discuss the current state and future of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. The roundtable will be moderated by Mike Collins, CEO of Alumni Ventures Group, and feature three executives from AVG portfolio companies – all solving tech challenges a

Science Strikes Back: 2020 Sectors Tackling Deep Tech Opportunities

July 9, 2020 Join AVG for a 1-hour webinar to learn about important sectors in deep tech that are addressing challenges with the potential to hugely benefit both society and investors.

Investing in a Post-COVID World (Part 2 of 2) with David Beazley, Wayne Moore, and Erik Hammer

June 23, 2020 While our method of investing isn’t changing, the world is. During the webinar, David, Wayne, and Erik will discuss what we are hearing from our Fund 2 portfolio companies, how we are adapting our investment strategy in this climate, and what it means to your long term venture portfolio. We expect COVID to accelerate trends and even create new industries as populations a

Change the World: Transforming Emergency Services

June 18, 2020 Please join us for a discussion with Michael Martin, Founder and CEO of RapidSOS. This Castor Ventures portfolio company has created the world’s first emergency response data platform that securely links life-saving data from over 350 million connected devices directly to 911 dispatchers and first responders.

Investing in a Post-COVID World (Part 1 of 2) with David Beazley, Wayne Moore, and Erik Hammer

June 11, 2020 While our method of investing isn’t changing, the world is. During the webinar, David, Wayne, and Erik will discuss what we are hearing from our Fund 2 portfolio companies, how we are adapting our investment strategy in this climate, and what it means to your long term venture portfolio. We expect COVID to accelerate trends and even create new industries as populations a

Introduction to Venture Capital with Waterman Ventures

May 29, 2020 Join Managing Partner, Ludwig Schulze, for a one-hour webinar to learn more about Waterman Ventures and the benefits of investing in the future with venture capital.

Challenges and Opportunities in a Post-COVID World

May 27, 2020 You are invited to attend an AVG-sponsored roundtable, Challenges and Opportunities in a Post-COVID World. The discussion will feature three executives from AVG portfolio companies to discuss how the pandemic has impacted and will continue to impact their business, customers, and the world, as well as trends they see accelerating in a post-COVID world.

Conversation with Kinsa Founder and CEO Inder Singh

April 21, 2020 Please join us for a discussion with Inder Singh, the Founder and CEO of Kinsa, a Castor Ventures portfolio company and one of the most inspiring organizations making an impact on the global response to COVID-19.

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Upcoming Webinars

A Conversation with Melissa Hanna: Startup Journey of an Activist-Entrepreneur

An Introduction to The Yard Ventures with Michael Madden

An Introduction to Nassau Street Ventures

An Introduction to Strawberry Creek Ventures with Chris Sklarin

LAST CALL: An Introduction to Congress Avenue Ventures with Rob Adams

Building Fund 4: A Bascom Portfolio Update

Meet the Castor Team

An Introduction to Ring Ventures with Larry Warnock

Last Call for Fund 5: An Introduction to Blue Ivy Ventures

Past Webinars

AVG’s Total Access Fund: What a TAF Portfolio Offers

2021 Investing Trends

An Introduction to Congress Avenue Ventures with Rob Adams

Introduction to AVG Anti-Bias Fund

Change the World: The AI Revolution

This year’s Waterman portfolio so far (last call)

Meet the Strawberry Creek Team

An Introduction to Bascom Ventures

An Introduction to Congress Avenue Ventures

Exploring the Entrepreneurial Journey: A Fireside Chat With AVG Basecamp Portfolio Company Founders

Building Fund 4: A Chestnut Street Portfolio Update

An Introduction to Nassau Street Ventures with Tom Meyer

Roundtable with the AVG Basecamp Team

Change the World: The Evolution of Farming

Deal Sourcing with Yard Ventures

An Introduction to Blue Ivy Ventures

Meet the Castor Team

Meet the Congress Ave Team

15 Minutes to Understand Investing with Waterman Ventures

An Introduction to Nassau Street Ventures with Tom Meyer

Scoring Deals: An Interactive Session with AVG on the Art of Evaluating an Investment Opportunity

Change the World: The Future of Video Games

An Introduction to Strawberry Creek Ventures and Managing Partner Chris Sklarin

Seed Investing: 10 Tips and Tricks

Building Fund 4: A Purple Arch Portfolio Update

An Introduction to Bascom Ventures Fund 4 with Greg Baker and Keaton Nankivil

An Introduction to Blue Ivy Ventures with David Shapiro and Jess Liu-Brown

An Introduction to Congress Avenue Ventures with Rob Adams

Introduction to the AVG Deep Tech Venture Club

AVG’s Secret Recipe: How the Total Access Fund Portfolios are Built

How to Strategically Invest in Seed Fund Deals: Intro to the AVG Basecamp Fund

Meet the Waterman Investment Committee: Hazeltine, Kolodny ‘08, Kroll ‘01 and intern Frye ’21

Total Access Fund: Why This Is One Of AVG's Most Popular Venture Options

Change The World: Curing HIV/AIDS

Why This Is The Year To Invest In Green D Ventures

Final Showing: An Introduction to Towerview Ventures with Greg Baker

Longevity: Unleashing the Future of Longer, Healthier Human Lives - A Conversation with Dr. David Sinclair

Final Showing: An Introduction to Purple Arch Ventures

Change the World: Leveraging Location Data for Good

Virtual Roundtable: Exploring the Horizons of Deep Space Tech

Redefining VC

Introduction to Chestnut Street Ventures with Brian Keil and Jonathan Meltzer

An Introduction to Green D Ventures with Laura Rippy

How AI and Machine Learning Will Impact You

Science Strikes Back: 2020 Sectors Tackling Deep Tech Opportunities

Investing in a Post-COVID World (Part 2 of 2) with David Beazley, Wayne Moore, and Erik Hammer

Change the World: Transforming Emergency Services

Investing in a Post-COVID World (Part 1 of 2) with David Beazley, Wayne Moore, and Erik Hammer

Introduction to Venture Capital with Waterman Ventures

Challenges and Opportunities in a Post-COVID World

Conversation with Kinsa Founder and CEO Inder Singh

This year’s Waterman portfolio so far (last call) 