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Waterman Community Newsletter — December 2022

Content at the intersection of entrepreneurship, venture capital, and our Brown community.

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IN THIS ISSUE: Brown ranked #1 by PitchBook, 2022 holiday gift guide, portfolio company news, Waterman’s fourth fund opening soon, and more.

Stay Tuned: Waterman’s 2023 Fund is Opening Soon!

Brown Ranked #1 for the Amount of Capital Raised per Founder by Pitchbook, #5 per Capita

Waterman Ventures seeks to build wealth in the Brown community through access to venture capital. While not all of our companies will have a link to Brown, our community is an extraordinary source of entrepreneurship (thank you Hazeltine and Warshay!). PitchBook’s annual university rankings compare schools by tallying up the number of alumni entrepreneurs who have founded venture capital-backed companies. Based on an analysis of more than 144,000 VC-backed founders, Brown ranked #1 for the amount of capital raised per founder and #5 for total amount raised versus community size. Read More »

2022 Holiday Gift Guide

We’re excited to present some of the innovative products and services from Alumni Ventures’ portfolio, including Waterman portfolio company Synthesis School — an innovative learning experience created by the founder of a school for Elon Musk’s children. Learn More »

Waterman Portfolio Company News

NeuReality is a designer of semiconductor chips specifically for the needs of AI computations. The company recently raised a $35 million Series A led by Samsung Ventures. The funding will be put toward finalizing the design of NeuReality’s flagship AI inferencing chip in early 2023 and shipping it to customers. Waterman Ventures invested in NeuReality’s $8 million seed round alongside Cardumen Capital, crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, and Varana Capital, in February 2021.

What’s New at Alumni Ventures

Learn How Venture Capitalists Vet Deals

One of the cornerstones of making a successful venture investment is to conduct the right diligence, with consideration for stage, sector, and even the business model of the underlying opportunity. In this video, we discuss areas we evaluate before we invest. Watch Now »

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Written by

Ludwig Pierre Schulze

Ludwig has been on all sides of venture — as an entrepreneur, corporate buyer of ventures, and venture capitalist. Before Alumni Ventures, he experienced the daily realities of entrepreneurship as Founder and CEO of a mobile payments venture. Earlier, at a Fortune 100 telecom (Nokia), he was a general manager and acquired venture-backed businesses. His first experience in venture capital was with an $800 million global fund pre and post the dot.com crash. Ludwig began his career with the Boston Consulting Group. He has a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia. He lives in NYC with his wife and 2 teenagers.

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