Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)
Funding platformPre-Seed–Late Stage
Investment thesis
Castor Ventures operates as an exclusive venture investing platform for MIT alumni, combining professional venture fund management with syndicated deal access. The firm believes that a large, engaged network of fellow alumni investors collectively makes better investment decisions and can access higher-quality deal flow. By co-investing alongside elite venture capital firms and providing transparent due diligence materials, Castor aims to democratize venture access for accredited individuals while maintaining rigorous investment standards.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.
What they invest in
from 28 of 71 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×10Biotech ×6Deep Tech ×6Healthtech ×4SaaS ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×3Cleantech ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3
HQs:United States×27
Who they back
founder profiles across 30 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×152 founders×123 founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with education data
University of Toronto ×3EPFL ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 17 founders with career history
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ×3Berkeley Lab ×2World Economic Forum ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 71 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 12017 · 12014 · 13 dated
Celularity is a regenerative and cellular medicine company developing and commercializing biomaterial products and allogeneic, cryopreserved cell therapies derived from the postpartum placenta to target age-related diseases.
BiotechHealthtechLongevityFlorham Park, US
Robert J. Hariri(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph DosSantos(Chief Financial Officer)John R. Haines(Executive Officer)Stephen A. Brigido(President, Degenerative Disease)Bradley Glover(Executive Officer)Andrew L. Pecora(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBlue Ivy VenturesBold Capital Partners
EverQuote operates an online marketplace where consumers answer questions about their insurance needs and are matched with insurance providers to compare quotes for auto and other policies.
AdTechFintechInsurTechMarketplacesCambridge, US
David Blundin(Director)inSeth Birnbaum(Executive Officer, Director)David Mason(Executive Officer)John Wagner(Executive Officer)
BoardSanju Bansal(Director)John Lunny(Director)
Co-investorsBlue Ivy VenturesLink VenturesSavano Capital PartnersSecond Alpha PartnersStratim CapitalLeawood Venture Capital Llc+1 more
Foundation Alloy develops new engineering metals using a solid-state metallurgy process originating from MIT and UC Irvine research, offering faster alloy development, domestic supply, and material properties beyond conventional methods.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials
Jasper Lienhard(Cofounder)Jake(Co-founder (company strategy, operations, financing, commercialization))
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAmerica's Frontier FundBasecamp FundEl Cap EquityMaterial ImpactSafar Partners+3 more
Accolade provides virtual healthcare services including primary care, mental health therapy, and benefits navigation for employees and their families.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSPlymouth Meeting, US
Thomas K Spann(Executive Officer, Director)Steve Barnes(Executive Officer)Rajeev Singh(Chief Executive Officer)Debbie Cohen(Executive Officer)James C. Madden, V(Director)Edgar, Jr. Bronfman(Director)
Co-investors7wire VenturesAccretive, LLCAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBasecamp FundBlue Ivy Ventures+7 more
Activ Surgical develops intraoperative surgical intelligence technology for surgeons, using AR, AI, machine learning, and sensing to display physiological structures and functions not visible to the naked eye.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesBoston, US
Peter Kim(Director)inMichael Ruehlman(Executive Officer)Todd Usen(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardEmily Casey(Director)Ashok Krishnamurthi(Director)inDavid Wells(Director)
Co-investorsReimagined VenturesAlumni VenturesArtis VenturesBasecamp FundCota CapitalDns Capital+8 more
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBlue Ivy VenturesRosecliff Ventures
Akselos develops Structural Performance Management (SPM) software that uses physics-based AI to combine operational data with real-time structural integrity conditions, giving operators predictive insight into asset limits, throughput, and lifecycle decisions.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaS
Thomas Leurent(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundElewitFuture Energy VenturesGRO Capital
Aleph Farms is a cellular agriculture company that grows animal products, such as cultivated steaks and collagen-based products, without conventional animal farming.
BiotechClimate TechFoodTech
Neta Lavon(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBloom8Cockpit InnovationPeregrine VenturesStray Dog Capital+3 more
Algorand is a blockchain platform offering institutional-grade infrastructure for decentralized finance, agentic commerce, and real-world asset tokenization with quantum-resistant cryptography and instant transaction finality.
Crypto & Web3FintechQuantum Computing
Silvio Micali(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAndromeda CapitalArrington CapitalBasecamp FundBig Candle CapitalBixin Capital+16 more
Montreal
Jason Nolte(Director)Allan Benchetrit(Chief Executive Officer and Director)Christopher Rowen(Director)Domenic Durante(Chief Financial Officer)
BoardMark Kvamme(Director)inAlan MacIntosh(Director)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAnges QuebecBasecamp FundDrive CapitalFerst Capital PartnersStrawberry Creek Ventures+3 more
Allium Engineering designs and manufactures a stainless steel cladding process for steel rebar that prevents corrosion, extending the lifespan of construction structures while lowering cost and carbon emissions.
CleantechConstruction TechNew Materials
Steven Jepeal(Cofounder)inSamuel McAlpine(Cofounder)Sam McAlpine(Founder)in
Co-investorsAera VCBay Bridge Ventures ClimateCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Propeller VC
Ammobia develops a novel ammonia production process that operates at low pressure and low temperature, achieving record-setting conversion rates.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergySan Francisco, US
Karen Baert(Co-founder & CEO)inTristan Gilbert(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsChevron Technology VenturesShell VenturesAIR CapitalCollaborative FundCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)MOL Switch+4 more
Asylon provides a robotic security system combining autonomous drones (DroneDog), ground robots (Guardian), and a Robotic Security Operations Center (RSOC) for live-monitored patrols, threat detection, and response.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityRobotics
Co-investorsAllegion VenturesDecisive PointVeteran Ventures Capital
Axoft develops implantable neural interfaces that communicate bidirectionally with the brain, combining materials science, electronics, and artificial intelligence.
BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesCambridge, US
Paul Le Floch(Executive Officer, Director)inTianyang Ye(Director)Rachel Sha(Director)
BoardChia An Lee(Director)Benjamin Pless(Director)
Co-investorsArcherman CapitalBlindspot Ventures Management CoCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Safar PartnersThe Engine VenturesAlumni Ventures+2 more
Ayar Labs develops co-packaged optics (CPO) technology for AI infrastructure, enabling optical connectivity between thousands of GPUs across data center racks.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSan Jose, US
Mark Wade(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsNVIDIAAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBerkeley FrontierBlue Bear VenturesFactorial Funds+16 more
New York, US
Flori Marquez(Executive Officer)Zachary Lee Prince(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Richard Shaffer(Executive Officer)
BoardKavita Gupta(Director)
Co-investorsSprint VcLocus Ventures
Capella Space designs, builds, and operates synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellations that provide all-weather, day-and-night Earth observation imagery at sub-0.25m resolution.
Deep TechDefense TechSpace TechPalo Alto, US
Payam Banazadeh(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardWilliam Woods(Director)Chris Boshuizen(Director)inNabeel Hyatt(Director)in
Co-investorsAME Cloud VenturesBlue Ivy VenturesCanaan PartnersCota CapitalDorm RoomHarmony Partners+7 more
Civis Analytics offers an all-in-one, fully managed analytics and AI platform that includes data warehousing, ELT ingestion, reporting and self-service analytics, data activation, GenAI/LLM tools, and identity-resolution matching.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSChicago, US
Dan Wagner(Executive Officer, Director)Alan Fu(Executive Officer)Tim O'Reilly(Director)
BoardChristopher Olsen(Director)inEric Schmidt(Director)
Co-investorsDrive Capital
San Jose, US
Yiren Huang(Executive Officer, Director)Alan Armstrong(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph DeFranco(Executive Officer)Yiren Ronnie Huang(Executive Officer, Director)Mike Raam(Director)
BoardLip Bu Tan(Director)in
Co-investorsBrightstone Venture CapitalCisco InvestmentsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)We VenturesCelesta CapitalDell Technologies Capital+1 more
New York, US
David Klein(Executive Officer, Director)Charles Stonehill(Director)
BoardBrian Hirsch(Director)
Co-investorsAugust CapitalStand Together Ventures LabTribeca Venture Partners
Dataminr provides AI-powered real-time event detection by synthesizing text, images, video, audio, and sensor signals across public data sources.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareGovTechImpact & Social GoodNew York, US
Edward Bailey(Executive Officer, Director)Ted Bailey(Founder)inPeter Bailey(Executive Officer)Daniel O'Connor(Executive Officer)Nella Domenici(Executive Officer)Jeffrey Kinsey(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAdit Ventures Management, LlcAllied Venture PartnersAlpha Square GroupBlue Ivy VenturesConversion CapitalCross Creek Advisors+19 more
Boston, US
John Jarve(Director)Jeffrey Bussgang(Director)Michael Baker(Executive Officer, Director)Gerard Keating(Executive Officer)Sacha Berlik(Executive Officer)Rich Forcier(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBlue Ivy VenturesLuminari CapitalMenlo VenturesWaverley Capital
Credit card program offering fair credit solutions to international students in the U.S. without requiring a social security number.
Co-investorsBascom VenturesBlue Ivy VenturesBYU Cougar CapitalStrawberry Creek VenturesVARSHA RAO
Co-investorsContour Venture PartnersAlley Robotics VenturesAlleyCorpHyperplane Venture Capital
BiotechCambridge, US
Bobby Herrara(Executive Officer)Bobby Brooke Herrera(Cofounder)Ann DeWitt(Director)Prashant Chouta(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBlue Ivy Ventures
Enfabrica develops networking silicon and infrastructure for AI and accelerated computing, using a multi-path switched fabric that connects CPUs, GPUs, and memory endpoints with fault tolerance and load distribution.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSemiconductorsMountain View, US
Shrijeet Mukerjee(Director)Rochan Sankar(Executive Officer, Director)inShrijeet Mukherjee(Founder)
BoardGavin Baker(Director)Stefan Dyckerhoff(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundCisco InvestmentsProsperity7 VenturesSamsung Catalyst FundSpark Capital+7 more
BiotechBoston, US
Jacqueline Heard(Executive Officer, Director)Philip Austin(Director)Steffen Helmling(Director)
Co-investorsNovalis LifeSciences
BiotechCambridge, US
Roozbeh Ghaffari(Executive Officer, Director)John Rogers(Director)Alexander J. Aranyosi(Executive Officer)Stephen Lee(Executive Officer)James Ryan(Executive Officer)John Wright(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsJoyance PartnersPegasus Tech Ventures
Santa Clara, US
Sebastien Boyer(Director)Thomas Palomares(Executive Officer, Director)Tjarko Leifer(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJason Schoettler(Director)inBruce Leak(Director)inClay Mitchell(Director)
Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Xplorer CapitalCalibrate VenturesFall Line CapitalLemnos VCPlayground Global
Finwave Semiconductor develops GaN-on-Silicon RF technology and devices, including E-mode GaN power amplifiers and high-power broadband RF switches for radio front-end applications.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Tomas Palacios(Co-founder)
Co-investorsCitta CapitalFine Structures VenturesFoothill VenturesIn-Q-TelSafar PartnersStrawberry Creek Ventures+2 more
Fundamental Research Labs builds autonomous, socially intelligent AI agents capable of reasoning and multi-agent collaboration.
AI & Machine Learning
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzA16Z SpeedrunFactorial FundsFirst Spark Ventures, LlcPatronVamosVentures
General Intuition is an AI research organization focused on developing general artificial intelligence through learning and play-based approaches, utilizing game environments and reinforcement learning to teach machines perception, anticipation, and real-world reasoning capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
Vincent Micheli(Co-founder)inPim de Witte(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsActivant CapitalAlliance VCAlliance VentureBackedBascom VenturesChapter One+10 more
Goodpath provides a scalable integrative care model that coordinates care across multiple clinical disciplines for employees.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechWellness & Fitness
BoardAkl Fahed(MD, MPH)Nishant Uppal(MD, MBA)
Co-investorsBlindspot Ventures Management CoBY Venture PartnersCity LightEnable VenturesHealthy VenturesMassMutual Ventures+2 more
Burlingame, US
Ken Martin(Executive Officer, Director)Ryan Fabian(Director)Chad Hurley(Director)Nick Swinmurn(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardChris Farmer(Director)Sam Englebardt(Director)in
Co-investorsAurumFlucas VenturesStrawberry Creek VenturesTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Founders FundGaingels+4 more
GrubMarket is a food tech company operating a B2B and B2C marketplace in the U.S. and Canada, offering both wholesale produce delivery at discounted prices and AI-powered SaaS software solutions for food supply chain businesses including inventory management, warehouse operations, and eCommerce platforms.
B2B MarketplacesE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Mike Xu(Founder/CEO, , President)in
Co-investorsBascom VenturesBattery VenturesBuilders + BackersCeltic House Asia PartnersDisruptive VenturesEQUIAM+20 more
Hayden AI develops artificial intelligence and spatial analytics software for governments and businesses, with a focus on transportation and public safety.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechMobility & Transportation
Marty Beard(CEO)in
Co-investorsAutotech VenturesCostella KirschDoon CapitalFoothill VenturesGlobal BrainKDDI Open Innovation Fund+3 more
Heart Aerospace develops electric regional aircraft for commercial airline operators.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechHardwareSpace TechLos Angeles, US
Anders Forslund(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy Ventures2am VCSagitta Family OfficeUnruly CapitalY CombinatorEQT Ventures+4 more
Higlobe facilitates cross-border payments and international transfers for businesses and individuals, offering guaranteed low-cost transactions without transaction fees.
FintechSan Jose, US
Teymour Farman-Farmaian(Co-founder, CEO)Jeff Bolton(Co-founder, CTO)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBattery VenturesDigital Currency GroupRaptor GroupReciprocal Ventures+1 more
Cambridge, US
David A. Mindell(Executive Officer, Director)Gary A. Cohen(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRay Stata(Director)Franklin Moss(Director)Chris Cheever(Director)Thomas H. Lee(Director)
Co-investorsBlackhorn VenturesBonaventure CapitalTectonic VenturesLockheed Martin Ventures
Mountain View, US
Wayne Crosby(Executive Officer, Director)Laszlo Bock(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)
BoardDanny Rimer(Director)in
Co-investorsIndex VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)TCV
At-home live outdoor reality rowing experience with live classes and connected technology.
Co-investorsActivant CapitalRaptor GroupRx3 Growth PartnersSandbridge CapitalWinklevoss CapitalL Catterton
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioCelularityNASDAQ: CELUEverQuoteNASDAQ: EVER
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesEverQuote · themarketsdaily.com · Aug 22, 2026
Hydrow · cozmobusiness.com · Aug 9, 2026
Accolade · pulse2.com · Jul 19, 2026
Axoft · mpo-mag.com · Jul 17, 2026
General Intuition · fundraiseinsider.com · Jun 29, 2026
Aleph Farms · calcalistech.com · Jun 2, 2026
Activ Surgical · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Apr 2, 2026
Capella Space · capellaspace.com · Mar 25, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund) made?
- Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund) has 71 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund) invest at?
- Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund) invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund) focus on?
- Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund) focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Does Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund) lead rounds?
- Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund) typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund) co-invest with?
- Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund) most often shares deals with Alumni Ventures, Basecamp Fund, Strawberry Creek Ventures, among 195 tracked co-investors.
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