AV Academy Bootcamp: Menlo Park

AV Academy: Investor Bootcamp A half-day experience for Alumni Ventures members who are ready to go from curious to confident.

You joined Alumni Ventures because venture capital made sense to you — in theory. The returns, the access, the idea of backing the next generation of companies. But when a deal lands in your inbox, something stops you. Maybe it's the jargon. Maybe it's the risk. Maybe it's just not knowing what questions to ask.

That gap is exactly what this day is designed to close.

AV Academy Bootcamp is a small-group, hands-on session where we do the work. You'll leave knowing exactly what you're looking at when a deal crosses your desk — and whether it's right for you.

What we'll cover:

How venture capital actually works — AV's model specifically, not textbook theory. What you're buying, how the fund structure works, and what your money does between now and a return.Funds vs. syndicates — the real difference, in plain language. Which is right for your goals, your timeline, and your risk tolerance.The honest conversation about risk — what "could lose it all" means in practice, and why a diversified portfolio changes that calculus significantly.A live portfolio walkthrough — we'll pull up a real quarterly report and walk through it together. What's performing, what isn't, and how to read it.How to evaluate a deal — the actual framework our team uses, applied to a real opportunity.

What you'll walk away with:

By the end of the day, you'll be able to read a deal memo without guessing, understand what a quarterly report is telling you, and make a confident yes or no decision on an investment opportunity — not from anxiety, but from understanding.

We'll close the day with a live deal drop: a real syndication opportunity, available to all attendees. No pressure to invest. But for many people, this is the moment they make their first one.

This is for you if: You're an Alumni Ventures member who hasn't made your first investment yet — and you want to change that with confidence.

This is a small group. We cap attendance to ensure quality of instruction and a deep dive into the world of Alumni Ventures.