Your Window Into the Innovation Economy

Are you looking to maximize returns while diversifying your portfolio? Consider the potential of venture capital. With a history of solid returns and valuable access to private companies, VC is becoming an increasingly attractive choice for investors who want to achieve their financial goals. Here are three reasons why it may be worth adding this asset class into your mix.

Alumni Ventures portfolio company Precision Neuro is developing a brain-computer interface (BCI) installed via a patented minimally invasive insertion procedure. Precision’s BCI employs a thin film microelectrode array that conforms to the brain’s cortex without harming the surrounding tissue. This allows thousands of channels to be delivered anywhere on the brain’s surface.

Welcome to One Startup to Know. This series examines some of AV’s most impactful and innovative portfolio companies that exemplify our investment ethos.

Alumni Ventures is excited to welcome its January 2023 cohort of the Venture Fellow Program (VFP). The program is a one-of-a-kind career accelerator and educational experience that offers a groundbreaking on-ramp to a career in venture capital (VC).

Venture capital investing is no longer just for institutions. Alumni Ventures is designed to let you join forces with other accredited investors, access professional-grade investments, and diversify your portfolio beyond public markets.*

AVTV features Included, a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) data platform providing companies with real-time DEI analytics, insights, and actions. AVTV videos feature Alumni Ventures’ portfolio companies sharing their stories and asks with our community.

In this video series, The Future of the Bioeconomy, Alumni Ventures Associate Drew Wandzilak provides insight into the economy’s transition from traditional systems to more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices. This week’s episode features an interview with Catherine Hubbs, Director of Research at Synthesis Capital.

As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) continue disrupting many industries, companies are increasingly turning to compute-intensive applications. However, achieving and maintaining the extremely large amount of processing these workloads require is extremely difficult due to the inadequacy of existing hardware that can’t manage low power needs — especially in edge markets such as surveillance, smart retail, smart city, mobile phones, and other edge devices.

Winning an election is a rewarding and exciting accomplishment. However, the work doesn’t end there for elected officials. They also have to maintain a positive and healthy relationship with their constituents. Additionally, individual voters communicate through digital channels more than ever before, resulting in a higher expectation of receiving fast and personal responses.

For those living with neurological disorders, routine tasks can often become insurmountable obstacles. Seemingly straightforward activities — such as checking email, texting a family member, or managing personal finances — become difficult endeavors. Some patients can ultimately regain their cognitive abilities through months and sometimes years of rehabilitation, but these treatments don’t always lead to recovery. While experimental implants exist, they are often prohibitively invasive, requiring major brain surgery to utilize.