Borok: Alumni Ventures seed strategy prioritizes cap table access over valuation
Glenn Borok · Navigating Venture Ecosystems and Community Investing with Glenn Borok of Alumni Ventures | The Innovators & Investors Podcast · Jun 23, 2026 · at 4:54
Glenn Borok, Principal at Alumni Ventures Seed Fund, explains how the firm approaches high valuations when investing at the seed stage.
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“As a fund, I think our hypothesis is that you want to be in the best in class companies in any capacity. So, you know, we're obviously a tip of spear approach on the seed fund. So we're trying to Start to build that relationship over time and we want to get on the cap table and work with those companies and showcase our value and how we can you know, work with them with our large network of over 15,000 folks that, that are involved from an LP perspective. And so in that case, you know, valuation is less of a concern for us. We like to just be able to be a part of that, that story from an early stage.”
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