Your Window Into the Innovation Economy

Alumni Ventures brings smart, simple venture capital to individual investors. Mike Collins, Founder and CEO of Alumni Ventures, discusses the inspiration for building the company and how it has grown, the community that provides AV its competitive advantage, and the lessons learned from building a disruptive company.

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems allow companies to facilitate the entire lifecycle of a product, from engineering to design to manufacturing. PLM solutions help improve quality, reduce prototyping costs, and accelerate time to market. As a result, it is expected that the global PLM market will grow to $43.6 billion by 2028.

Alumni Ventures’ CEO Services team helps our portfolio companies take their next critical steps to success. We boost your business across our ecosystem of 600k+ community members comprising alumni and friends of the community from top U.S. universities (Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Yale, and others), leading VCs, experienced entrepreneurs, and C-suite executives from companies of all sizes and industries.

AV’s investment strategy is to co-invest alongside established lead VC firms. At exit, we seek to monetize our position expeditiously. At times, there might be exceptions, which are addressed below.

We are pleased to work with a variety of entrepreneurs and venture firms. As strict co-investors, we only invest when we believe we can add meaningful value to you. We welcome inquiries if you have an investment opportunity or just want to get acquainted.

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