Glenn Borok, Principal at Alumni Ventures Seed Fund, outlines the fund's investment mandate and syndication approach.
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“And so they brought me on board to help build out their seed fund strategy, which is geo agnostic sector agnostic, but stage specific. So we're writing, you know, generally anywhere from 50 to 300 K checks into early stage companies and co-investing, not leading with some of the best funds out there and trying to start to build that relationship over time.”
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