Alumni Ventures

Venture capital firm
Last updated:
January 5, 2026
Company details
HQ
Manchester, NH
HEADCOUNT
100-499
ORG TYPE
Corporate
SECTOR
Finance
About the company
Alumni Ventures is a venture capital platform that lets accredited individual investors invest in diversified funds and syndicate-style deals. Alumni Ventures invests in early-stage startups across a wide range of sectors and runs an alumni-community model to source deals and build networks around each investing group. The company also runs portfolio and founder-support activity through the broader Alumni Ventures ecosystem. Alumni Ventures was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Locations and presence
Alumni Ventures lists offices in Manchester, NH (HQ) plus hubs including Boston, New York, Chicago, Menlo Park, London, and Tokyo. Work setup varies by role, with a fully remote Venture Fellows Program while many investing roles are tied to specific offices.
Palpable Score
64.9
/ 100
Alumni Ventures offers credible early-career entry through a paid Venture Associate role (0–2 years) and a structured, year-long Venture Fellows Program designed as an on-ramp into venture capital. The main drag on the score is hiring transparency and consistency, where public evidence points to variable candidate experience and limited company-published detail on stages and timelines. Early-career outcomes are partially supported by Venture Fellows alumni claims, but internal progression and retention data is not published.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

15.3
/ 20
  • The company hires for a Venture Associate role positioned as entry-level and targeted at recent graduates, with responsibilities embedded directly in investing teams.
  • Alumni Ventures runs a Venture Fellows Program with a defined 12-month structure, making early-career access possible even without prior VC experience.
  • The company’s live openings list usually shows only a small number of entry-level options at once, so access exists but does not look high-volume.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

10.5
/ 20
  • The company does not publish a clear, candidate-facing “how interviews work” guide with stages, timelines, and feedback expectations across roles.
  • Alumni Ventures has widely mixed candidate reports on interview experience, including reports of long hiring cycles and inconsistent communication.
  • The company’s Venture Associate application includes upfront compensation detail, but also asks candidates to state a desired salary range, which can reduce fairness for first-job candidates unless handled carefully.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

14.3
/ 20
  • The company describes the Venture Associate role as paired with hands-on training and exposure to diligence, portfolio monitoring, and the full deal process.
  • Alumni Ventures structures the Venture Fellows Program around a proprietary curriculum and member-only webinars with founders and investors, which is more concrete than generic “learning” claims.
  • The company does not publish a standard onboarding plan or mentorship policy for all early-career hires, so learning support likely depends on the team and manager.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

13.0
/ 20
  • The company lists a specific Venture Associate compensation package including base salary plus equity, carry potential, and corporate bonus.
  • Alumni Ventures has third-party reported pay data for analyst-level roles, but the public job board does not consistently show pay ranges across all roles.
  • The company’s benefits and total rewards detail is not presented in a single, easy-to-compare early-career page, which makes stability signals harder to evaluate before applying.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.8
/ 20
  • The company reports an outcome for the Venture Fellows Program that a meaningful share of alumni go on to work full-time in VC or a related field, which is a concrete external career outcome signal.
  • Alumni Ventures has mixed employee sentiment in public reviews, including a modest “recommend to a friend” share, which adds uncertainty around retention and progression for early-career hires.
  • The company does not publish early-career outcome metrics like intern-to-offer rates, Venture Associate promotion timelines, retention, or typical time-to-level-up, which caps confidence in predictable outcomes.