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Greg has been a Managing Partner with Alumni Ventures since 2017. He is the Founder of Bascom Ventures and runs Towerview Ventures and has made more than 100 investments as a member of Alumni Ventures. These investments include: American Gene Technologies, SHINE Medical, Mission Bio, Axiom Space, Matchwell, and many others. Prior to joining AV, Greg was a highly accomplished executive with experience in corporate leadership, business development, startups, M&A, strategic planning, and more. He spent much of his career growing businesses in the electrical products, packaging, and chemical industries. Greg has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin (’86) and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University (’91).

Keaton has spent his career focused on high-level teamwork. A proud Wisconsin Basketball alumnus, he started his career playing professional basketball in Europe. He played for and led teams in competitions across Europe, including stops in Germany, Spain, Latvia and Italy. When he returned from overseas, his career focus shifted to the entrepreneurial ecosystem. He has worked with both institutional and corporate venture teams and completed and MBA with a focus on entrepreneurship. He holds a BS in kinesiology from UW-Madison and an MBA from the Nicholas Center for Corporate Finance and Investment Banking from the Wisconsin School of Business.

Matt has seamlessly transitioned from the court to the world of business, leveraging his skills learned as a shooting guard for the Duke Blue Devils. A proud Duke Basketball alumnus, he was able to be a key contributor in helping the Duke Men’s basketball win the 2015 national championship game. Upon graduation, Matt enjoyed a brief professional basketball career with the Sacramento Kings affiliate team the Stockton Kings, and in Taiwan. With strong leadership and a competitive spirit, he has applied these qualities to his business endeavors working for a global commercial real estate firm, JLL, in the Bay Area, where he was a Landlord Representation Broker. Matt holds a B.A. in Sociology with a minor in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University.