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Syndications give investors the opportunity to evaluate and invest in individual venture-backed companies alongside Alumni Ventures. In this lesson, you’ll learn how syndications work, how opportunities are selected, and how investors can participate while building their venture knowledge and confidence.

Venture capital investors have multiple ways to build exposure to startups and innovation. In this lesson, you’ll learn about the different investment options available through Alumni Ventures, from diversified venture funds to focused sector funds and individual company investments. We’ll explore the potential benefits and tradeoffs of each approach and discuss how investors can build a venture portfolio that aligns with their goals, interests, and risk tolerance.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how Alumni Ventures sources venture investment opportunities through its network-powered investing model. We’ll explore how we co-invest alongside leading venture firms, leverage one of the largest investor and alumni networks in venture capital, and identify promising startups through founders, experts, scouts, and investment partners.

This lesson explores how venture investors assess founders, leadership, and teams. You’ll learn how investors evaluate founder-market fit, leadership capabilities, team dynamics, and the qualities that indicate a management team can successfully execute and create long-term value.

This lesson explores the Alumni Ventures approach to venture investing and how the firm was built to expand access to venture capital. You’ll learn why diversification matters in venture investing, how professional venture portfolios are constructed, and how individual investors can participate in an asset class that was historically difficult to access.

This lesson explores how startup ownership is tracked in capitalization tables (cap tables). You’ll learn how investors analyze ownership structures, dilution, shareholder rights, and investment terms to better understand a company’s financial foundation and future growth potential.

What makes a startup truly stand out? In this video, Greg Baker gets to the heart of what investors want to know: Why your team, and why now? He talks about the power of founder-market fit — teams solving problems they actually understand — and why timing can make or break even the best ideas. Greg shares real stories of startups that were too early or too late, and why real disruption happens when the right team hits the market at the perfect moment.

Understanding who leads a venture round — and why it matters — is one of the most important skills in venture investing. In this class, you’ll learn how experienced venture firms and partners can influence startup outcomes, why conviction matters, and how Alumni Ventures evaluates the signals behind strong lead investors.

This lesson explores how venture investors analyze deal dynamics — including runway, round composition, valuation, and investment terms — to evaluate risk and build conviction before investing in a startup.

Great venture investing requires more than identifying exciting ideas — it requires evaluating whether a company can execute over the long term. In this class, you’ll learn how venture investors assess customer demand, growth momentum, business models, and competitive advantages to determine whether a startup has the potential to compound value over time.

This lesson explores how venture firms move from an initial startup introduction to a final investment decision. You’ll learn about the frameworks that Alumni Ventures uses to evaluate founders, analyze market dynamics, assess traction and competitive advantages, and apply structured scorecards to make disciplined investment decisions.

This lesson introduces one of the most important moments in venture capital: the exit. You’ll learn what an exit is, why it matters to investors, and the three primary ways venture-backed companies generate outcomes — IPOs, mergers or acquisitions, and, in some cases, liquidation. This class is designed to help you understand how returns are ultimately realized in venture investing.