Alumshares

What is Alumshares?

Alumshares is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage, seed, and Series A investments with a particular focus on hard tech and research spinouts.

They leverage a unique investment thesis that concentrates on tapping into the power of alumni networks to uncover and invest in groundbreaking companies emerging from universities. Alumshares delivers a platform that connects alumni with investment opportunities in companies that are making significant advances in human health, advanced materials, and sustainability sectors.

The firm's philosophy lies in the belief that universities are critical in supporting and creating innovation, often being the birthplace of foundational technologies that drive the economy and improve lives. The firm's rigorous selection process involves an expert investment team of PhDs, MDs, and MBAs that scrutinize opportunities, with less than 1% being approved for the Alumshares platform.

They aim to democratize access to private market investments, providing an intuitive platform for investors to participate in the success of university spinouts.

The firm prides itself on creating a movement beyond a new asset class, with over $591 billion contributed to the US GDP in the last 20 years from academic technology transfer. Alumshares makes it simpler for investors to engage in private investing, allowing transactions and investment tracking through a unified and convenient platform. They impose no membership fees and offer a clear and pressure-free investment opportunity notification system, with the goal of offering alumni the chance to economically participate in university-driven innovations.

Minimum investments begin at $100,000 with a maximum cap of $2,500,000, allowing for serious investments while keeping the platform accessible to a varied range of accredited investors.

What they say:

We invest in hard tech and research spinouts.