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Keaton Nankivil

Investor

Partner at Alumni Ventures

Chicago, Illinois

Writes $50K – $10M checks · typically $5M

About

Keaton Nankivil is a Partner at Alumni Ventures who transitioned from professional athletics to venture investing. He focuses on supporting founders building companies with social impact and works to expand access to entrepreneurship and startup investing, particularly among athletes.

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Experience

  1. Alumni VenturesPartnercurrent2020 — presentChicago, IL
  2. Bascom VenturesPartnercurrent2020 — presentChicago, IL
  3. American Family VenturesVenture Capital Intern2019
  4. Alumni VenturesSenior Venture Fellow2017 — 2018
  5. Bascom VenturesVenture Fellow2017 — 2018Madison, Wisconsin Area
  6. Orlandina BasketProfessional Athlete2016Capo D'Orlando, Sicily
  7. VEF RigaProfessional Athlete2015Riga, Latvia
  8. Obradoiro CABProfessional Athlete2014 — 2015Santiago De Compostela Area, Spain
  9. ratiopharm UlmProfessional Athlete2011 — 2014Ulm Area, Germany

Education

  1. Wisconsin School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Corporate Finance & Investment Banking2018 — 2020
  2. University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor's degree, Education2007 — 2017

Skills & more

Leadership11Entrepreneurship4Start-ups5

From Keaton's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Wisconsin School of Business29

Eugene YangFund Operations Director at Keyhorse CapitalJenni LePrincipal at Clarevia VenturesRyan FreedmanCo-Founder, Executive Chairman at Alpaca VCJeff YureckoPartner at Arthur VenturesLauren DenshamPartner, Head of Portfolio Services & Impact at Energize VenturesJim PurintonTransaction Advisor at RueOne Investments

+ 23 more

Also attended University of Wisconsin-Madison194

Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalDougAdvisor at Clear VenturesDan RuchPartner at Rho VenturesGeorge RobertsInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersKevin WenzelAssociate at Marlin Equity PartnersSaar GurGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)

+ 188 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Bascom Ventures3

Christian KaczmarczykPrincipal at Third PrimeGiuseppe InfusinoCIO, Managing Partner at InvestBevJason JacobsohnManaging Partner at Propellant Ventures

Also worked at American Family Ventures19

PatrickInvestor at MGV.VCDrew AldrichFounder and Managing Partner at VIEWPOINT VENTURESRyan FrisbiePartner at VIEWPOINT VENTURESBrittany ClementsManaging Director at American Family VenturesAmanda JosephPrincipal at American Family VenturesCJ ArmbrustPrincipal at American Family Ventures

+ 13 more

Also worked at Alumni Ventures62

Lauren KolodnyInvestor at Aspect VenturesRobert BibowManaging Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalZimri RodriguezVenture Programs Coordinator at Keyhorse CapitalTimInvestor at FortySix Venture CapitalChris FaheySVP, Talent & Human Resources at Volition CapitalGail BallEntrepreneur-In-Residence at The Innovation Space

+ 56 more

Colleagues at Alumni Ventures

Andy Ervin
Deputy CIO at Alumni Ventures
Beth Obermiller
Co-Founder & Board Member Emeritus at Alumni Ventures
Brian Keil
Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures
David Beazley
Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures
David Lang
Board Director Emeritus at Alumni Ventures
David Shapiro
Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures
Errik Anderson
Board Director at Alumni Ventures
Glenn Borok
Principal at Alumni Ventures