Fundraising FoxWaterman Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingAnAlumni Venturesfund for Brown University alumni
Boston · 7 people tracked
Not to be confused with Waterman Ventures (Venture capital · Utrecht, NL)
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Investment thesis
Waterman Ventures is an Alumni Ventures fund for Brown University alumni and friends of the community. It offers accredited investors a diversified portfolio of venture investments, co-investing alongside established lead investors, and is backed by Alumni Ventures' full-time investment team rather than operating as a standalone firm.
Team · 7 people
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CEO of Alumni Ventures who launched the firm's first alumni fund, Green D Ventures, and is now its Managing Partner Emeritus. A serial entrepreneur who founded Kid Galaxy, Big Idea Group, and RDM, and began his career at TA Associates. Holds an engineering degree from Dartmouth and an MBA from Harvard.
Ludwig Pierre Schulze is Executive Managing Partner and a Board Member at Alumni Ventures. He previously founded and led a fintech company serving over 12 million people, worked as a general manager at Nokia, held venture capital roles focused on enterprise and mobile software, and consulted at The Boston Consulting Group. He holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia University.
Rob Adams is an Executive Partner at Alumni Ventures, where he founded Congress Avenue Ventures and Ring Ventures, investment funds focused on the University of Texas and Texas A&M communities. With 30 years in venture capital, he previously served as Director of Texas Venture Labs at the University of Texas at Austin and founded AV Labs in affiliation with Austin Ventures. His career also includes two decades as a software executive, including roles at Lotus and Pervasive Software, and he has founded or financed more than 300 companies. Adams holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University, an MBA from Babson College, and a Ph.D. in Management from Capella University.
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2 people who came through Waterman Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Waterman Ventures located?
- Waterman Ventures is headquartered in Boston, US.