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 Webinar - August 27th 2026
Spike Ventures VC 101
Todd McIntyre, Partner at Alumni Ventures’ Spike Ventures, provided an inside look at the firm’s Stanford alumni-affiliated venture fund—and a clear-eyed view of how accredited investors could gain structured exposure to founders emerging from what was arguably the world’s most productive innovation ecosystem.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 27th 2026
Ukraine's Startup Ecosystem: A roundtable discussion
Ron Levin, Managing Partner of the AV Seed Fund, and Senior Associate Bozhena Kulchyckyj—alongside special guests Andriy Kolodyuk, Founding Partner of AVentures Capital; Ali Javaheri, Senior Research Analyst at PitchBook Data; and Deborah Fairlamb, Founding Partner of Green Flag Ventures—led a roundtable on how Ukraine’s startup landscape had not only adapted through war but accelerated, producing world-class engineers, deep-tech unicorns, and one of the most consequential venture opportunities emerging outside Silicon Valley.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 26th 2026
Strawberry Creek Ventures Fund Launch
Alumni Ventures’ Matt Caspari led the launch of the next Strawberry Creek Ventures fund and provided a clear-eyed look at how accredited investors could gain structured exposure to founders emerging from UC Berkeley, one of the world’s most prolific research and innovation ecosystems.
by Alumni Ventures
July 15, 2026
The Ghost in the Machine
Explore how modern defense manufacturing is facing a hidden crisis: the rapid retirement of skilled workers whose tacit, experience-based knowledge cannot be easily replaced or documented. Using historical examples like Roman concrete and Stradivarius violins, it shows how civilizations repeatedly lose critical know-how when it is not formally captured. It argues that the only durable solution is full-stack manufacturing systems that embed data collection on the factory floor, turning human expertise into lasting, machine-learnable intelligence before it disappears.
by Drew Wandzilak
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 Webinar - August 26th 2026
AV Healthtech Fund's Dream Portfolio
David Shapiro and Mike Peri, Managing Partners of Alumni Ventures’ Health Tech Fund, led an introduction to one of the most consequential venture theses of the decade—and explained how the Health Tech Fund gave accredited investors structured exposure to the companies rebuilding how healthcare is delivered, financed, and experienced across the U.S. and beyond.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 25th 2026
Deep Tech Fund launch
Matt Caspari, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Deep Tech Fund, led an introduction to one of the most consequential venture theses of the decade — and how the Deep Tech Fund gives accredited investors structured exposure to the companies solving civilization-scale technical problems across AI, biotech, space, fusion, advanced manufacturing, and the rebuild of U.S. industrial capacity.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 25th 2026
An Introduction to AV's Foundation Fund
Greg Baker, Executive Partner of the Foundation Fund, led an introduction to Alumni Ventures’ flagship diversified venture fund — and a clear-eyed look at how the Foundation Fund gives accredited investors a single, professionally managed vehicle to access institutional-quality venture across sectors, stages, and the broader Alumni Ventures platform.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 25th 2026
Green D Venture Fund Launch
Laura Rippy, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures, alongside Senior Partner Darrin Wizst, Senior Principal Luca Giani, Senior Associate Charlotte Jenkins, and Drew Wandzilak, Managing Partner, led the launch of the next Green D Ventures fund — and a clear-eyed look at how Dartmouth-connected venture is constructed, and how accredited investors can gain structured exposure to the founders emerging from one of the country’s most consequential alumni networks.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 20th 2026
AI Wearables: Your Body Has a Dashboard Now
Sophia Zhao, Partner at Alumni Ventures, led a first-person walkthrough of what it actually feels like to wear AI all day — six devices tracking sleep, hormones, focus, memory, and conversation — and what the emerging wearable AI category reveals about where the next decade of consumer venture returns is forming.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 20th 2026
VC 301: How VCs Evaluate Deals
Andrew Ervin, Deputy CIO at Alumni Ventures, and Hilary Ncala, EVP Investor Relations, led a deep look inside how venture capitalists actually evaluate a deal — the scorecards, signals, and screens that turn 500+ monthly opportunities into a small handful of investments worth backing.
by Alumni Ventures
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 Webinar - August 19th 2026
The $3 Trillion Moment: What the SpaceX, Anthropic & OpenAI IPOs Mean for Public and Private Market Investors
Mike Collins, Founder & CEO of Alumni Ventures, alongside Gray Chynoweth, CEO of PrePublic Equity Partners, led a conversation on what could be the most consequential private-market year in history — as SpaceX launched its record IPO, and Anthropic and OpenAI took steps toward public listings that could introduce more than $3 trillion in new market value to public investors over a matter of months.
by Alumni Ventures
July 8, 2026
Investor Essentials: About K-1 and Related Tax Forms
When you invest in venture capital, you’ll receive annual tax documents designed to help you report your investment activity accurately. This lesson explains what a Schedule K-1 is, when to expect it, what information it may contain, and how Alumni Ventures delivers these documents each year.
by Alumni Ventures

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