Webinar
Purple Arch Ventures: Introduction to the Fund
Join us for a live, 45-minute presentation about Purple Arch Ventures, Alumni Ventures’ fund for Northwestern alumni and friends of the community. The discussion will be led by Purple Arch Ventures Managing Partner David Beazley and is open to all alumni and friends of Northwestern. There will be time for open questions during the call.
During this session, we will discuss:
- HomeThe goal and structure of the fund
- HomeThe value of the Alumni Ventures’ model
- HomeSome examples of current portfolio companies
- HomeThe benefits of diversifying into venture capital
- HomeThe minimum requirements needed to invest in the fund
Climate Investing
Why Its Really Different This Time
Alumni Ventures
Consolidates in Manchester Millyard
VC Firm Wins
Best Alternative Investment Platform
Climate Tech VCs
Most active U.S. VCs in climate tech
NH Tech Alliance
Member Monday features Alumni Ventures
New Opportunities
Industry disruption means access to VC
Chicago Expansion
AV expands to Chicago with a 6th office
Most Active VCs
Many big-name firms active in March
AV’s VentureCorps
Launch of new VC apprenticeship program
Anyone noticed?
Most active VC is far from The Valley
* You must be accredited to invest in venture capital. Important disclosure information can be found at avg-funds.com/disclosures.
About your presenters
David has played a leading role in many aspects of the VC investment cycle: structuring transactions as a fundless sponsor, improving operations as a consultant, leading management teams as a CEO, evaluating opportunities as an investor and advisor, and selling companies as a licensed business broker. Previously, he founded Synergy Financial, a private capital and consulting firm for entrepreneurs, PE professionals, and family offices. He started his investment career as a professional advisor managing millions in assets. David has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Northwestern and played for the two-time Big Ten Championship Northwestern Wildcats Football Team. He serves on the NUvention and Kellogg Entrepreneurial Center Advisory Boards.
Partner
Michael is a Principal Specialist for Quantum Computing in the High Performance Computing group at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, he leads global business development and go to market efforts for Amazon Braket, a fully-managed quantum computing service in the cloud at AWS. He was previously SVP for Applications at Rigetti Computing, a quantum computing hardware company based in Berkeley, and CEO of QxBranch, a quantum computing applications start-up company acquired by Rigetti in 2019. Michael has a background in probabilistic risk modelling for aerospace applications and studied a Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Avionics and an Executive Master of Business in Complex Project Management, both from the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.