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 Webinar - September 16th 2026
How to Invest in Waterman Ventures
Rob Adams, Executive Partner of Waterman Ventures, led a practical walkthrough of how to invest in Alumni Ventures’ Brown alumni-affiliated venture fund — covering the thesis, the portfolio, the mechanics, and what accredited investors needed to know before committing capital.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - September 16th 2026
How to Invest in 116 Street Ventures
Join Rob Adams, Executive Partner of 116 Street Ventures, for a practical walkthrough of how to actually invest in Alumni Ventures’ Columbia alumni-affiliated venture fund — the thesis, the portfolio, the mechanics, and what accredited investors should know before committing capital.
by Alumni Ventures
August 5, 2026
Ukraine’s Tech Renaissance: How Innovation and Resilience Are Fueling a Global Startup Boom
Over the past decade, Ukraine has quietly emerged as a global force in technology, producing world-class engineers, scaling deep-tech innovations, and launching startups that are reshaping industries. Even amid the devastating backdrop of war, the country’s startup ecosystem has not only adapted but accelerated. From defense tech and AI to fintech and cybersecurity, Ukrainian founders are expanding globally, raising capital, and building the next generation of high-impact technology companies.
by Bozhena Kulchyckyj
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 Webinar - September 17th 2026
How To Invest in Castor: Examples From the Portfolio
Alumni Ventures’ Chris Sklarin, Evy Chen, and Kody Amburgey led a practical walkthrough of how to invest in Castor Ventures — the firm’s MIT alumni-affiliated venture fund — including the thesis, the portfolio, the mechanics, and what accredited investors needed to know before committing capital.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - September 24th 2026
The Next Frontier: The Next Frontier: Blockchain, Fintech, and the Venture Capital Opportunity — A Conversation with Alumni Ventures and The Defiant
Join Sophia Zhao, Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Camila Russo, Founder of The Defiant, for a fireside conversation on the current state of blockchain, crypto, and fintech venture — where capital is deploying across the space, what the next generation of on-chain and financial infrastructure companies are actually building, and how accredited investors can gain structured exposure to one of the most active corners of private markets.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - September 17th 2026
The IPO Window: What's Next for Private Markets and Investors — A Conversation with Alumni Ventures & The Daily Upside
Laura Rippy, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Patrick Trousdale, Founder and President of The Daily Upside, led a fireside conversation on the state of venture and private markets — where sophisticated capital was being deployed, how individual accredited investors were gaining access to the asset class, and what shifts across private markets meant for portfolios built for the next decade.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - September 22nd 2026
AI’s Infrastructure Moment: The Venture Opportunity of a Generation — A Conversation with Alumni Ventures and The Neuron
Join Meera Oak, Senior Principal at Alumni Ventures, and Corey Noles, Editor of The Neuron, for a fireside conversation on the AI infrastructure landscape — where private and public markets are placing capital, which companies are building the picks-and-shovels of the AI era, and how accredited investors can position themselves for one of the most consequential venture opportunities of the decade.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - September 16th 2026
AI’s Infrastructure Moment: The Venture Opportunity of a Generation — A Conversation with Alumni Ventures and The Neuron
Meera Oak, Senior Principal at Alumni Ventures, and Corey Noles, Editor of The Neuron, led a fireside conversation on the AI infrastructure landscape — where private and public markets were placing capital, which companies were building the picks and shovels of the AI era, and how accredited investors could position themselves for one of the decade’s most consequential venture opportunities.
by Alumni Ventures
July 27, 2026
Distilling Oil: The Unseen Cost of the Strait Closure
Deal or no deal, diplomacy alone doesn’t fix the broken supply chain. Ships move slowly, and a barrel of crude oil is a whole lot more than gas at the pump — it’s the feedstock for everything from plastics to asphalt
by Ryan Musto
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 Webinar - September 3rd 2026
VC 101: Venture Capital Fundamentals
The Alumni Ventures team broke down the fundamentals of venture capital from the ground up — because understanding how VC worked was the first step in deciding whether it belonged in an investor’s portfolio.
by Alumni Ventures
July 21, 2026
AI Scales Work. Trust Scales in Person.
Anthropic, the company building Claude and currently valued at roughly $1 trillion on private secondary markets, just posted a job for an Events Lead, Brand. Salary range: $320,000 to $400,000. They have 10 more event roles open behind it.
by Travis McKenzie
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 Webinar - October 29th 2026
VC 401: How Working With Us Works
Join Rob Adams, Executive Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Hilary Ncala, SVP Investor Relations, for the fourth session in the AV Academy series — a practical walkthrough of how to actually participate in venture through Alumni Ventures, including the three equity markets shaping modern portfolios, the two ways to invest with AV, and how to build a venture allocation that matches your goals.
by Alumni Ventures

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