Alumni Ventures
Co-invests $100K to $10M alongside lead VCs, from pre-seed to pre-IPO, in almost all sectors.
🇺🇸 Manchester, New Hampshire · Founded 2014
Checks $100K – $10M·Pre-seed to Growth·Co-invests
Alumni Ventures is a US venture firm founded in 2014 by Mike Collins and based in Manchester, New Hampshire. It raises money from accredited individual investors through alumni funds, sector funds and syndicates, and has raised over $1.6B since 2014. It invests only as a co-investor next to established lead VCs, from pre-seed to pre-IPO, across all regions and almost all sectors. Its stated sweet spot is pre-seed to Series B. It has offices in Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London and Tokyo.
What they invest in
We invest in companies at all stages, from pre-seed to pre-IPO, across all regions and in almost all sectors. We invest alongside established VCs who lead the round and negotiate terms. Our sweet spot is pre-seed to Series B.
- Check size
- $100K – $10M
- Stage
- Pre-seed to Growth
- Role in a round
- Co-invests
- Fund
- $1.6B+ raised across its funds since 2014
- AI
- Robotics
- Deep Tech
- Healthtech
- Blockchain
- Global
- North America
- Europe
- Japan
Rounds without a lead VC. It does not lead rounds, set terms or take board seats, and commits only after a lead VC is secured.
How to pitch
They read inbound pitches that match the criteria above.
Open to
- Pitches from founders
- Co-investment
Founders can submit their company through the form on its founders page. It joins rounds as a co-investor once a lead VC is in place. An alumni connection helps but is not required.
Portfolio
Alumni Ventures says it has backed 1,800+ companies since 2014 and adds about 250 new investments a year. It co-invests from pre-seed to pre-IPO across all regions and almost all sectors, with funds focused on AI, deep tech, healthtech, blockchain and seed.
Some of the companies they have backed
The portfolio at a glance · 30 companies · 2025–2026
Sectors
- Aerospace3%
- AI data3%
- AI hardware3%
- AI infrastructure3%
- Other77%
Stage when they invested
- Pre-seed3%
- Seed33%
- Series A13%
- Series B23%
Where the companies are
- 🇺🇸 United States60%
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom7%
- 🇦🇺 Australia3%
30 of 1,800+ companies: recent deals from Seedtable, CB Insights and Caplight plus names from its AV 100 list, as of Oct 2026. Its own site has the full list.
Co-investors and partners
Funds that invested in the same rounds.
