Webinar
Last Information Session: Understanding Bascom Ventures' Diversified Investment Strategy
Join Alumni Ventures Greg Baker and Keaton Nankivil for a final look at Bascom Ventures before the fund closes.
This session will highlight Bascom’s investment strategy, current portfolio, and the value it offers to the University of Wisconsin community and its network. Keaton will share insights into how the team sources and evaluates early-stage deals, as well as updates on recent investments.
Whether you’re already involved or exploring venture capital for the first time, this is your last chance to hear directly from the fund team and understand how Bascom Ventures delivers diversified venture exposure. You’ll also learn how to get involved before the window closes. Reserve your spot today to take advantage of this final opportunity to invest in Bascom Ventures.
Why Attend?
- HomeLearn about Bascom Ventures’ investment thesis, performance, and goals
- HomeUnderstand how Alumni Ventures builds a diversified portfolio across industries and stages
- HomeGet your questions answered directly by Greg and Keaton
Alumni Ventures is America’s largest venture capital firm for individual investors.
About your presenters
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.
Overview:
Greg began as a Managing Partner with Alumni Ventures in 2017, where he has helped lead more than 100 investments across a wide range of sectors. He is the Founder of Bascom Ventures and also manages Towerview Ventures, Alumni Ventures’ Duke-focused fund, the Foundation Fund, and the CIO Select Fund. His portfolio includes innovative companies such as Axiom Space, SHINE Medical, American Gene Technologies, Juvena Therapeutics, Centaur Health Holdings, Canela Media, and Matchwell.
At Alumni Ventures, Greg has been a generalist investor, but his passion lies in infrastructure—investing in the tools and platforms that will enable and support the next generation of transformative industries, particularly in energy. He is especially interested in how foundational technologies create ripple effects that unlock growth across healthcare, frontier tech, and industrial innovation.
Prior to joining Alumni Ventures, Greg built a successful career as a senior executive across the electrical products, packaging, and chemical industries, with expertise spanning corporate leadership, business development, startups, M&A, and strategic growth. He began his career as a Design Engineer at Texas Instruments before pursuing his MBA at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
Funds actively worked on:
- Bascom Ventures
- Towerview Ventures
- Foundation Fund
- CIO Select Fund
Investment Lens:
Greg’s passion lies in infrastructure—tools and platforms that enable and support the next generation of transformative industries, particularly in energy. He is particularly interested in how foundational technologies create ripple effects that drive growth across:
- Healthcare
- Frontier technologies
- Industrial innovation
Representative investments include:
- Axiom Space (pioneering the commercial space industry)
- Juvena Therapeutics (unlocking regenerative medicines)
- Canela Media (leading digital media company serving Latino audiences)
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