Michael Collins
Michael Collins is Founder and CEO of Alumni Ventures, a venture firm for individual investors. He previously founded other companies and holds degrees from Dartmouth and Harvard Business School.
What Michael can write
Alumni Ventures writes $100K to $10M checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.
Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Alumni Ventures.Career
- TA Associates · VC
- Kid Galaxy · Founder
- Big Idea Group · Founder
- RDM · Founder
- Green D Ventures · Managing Partner
- Green D Ventures · Managing Partner Emeritus
- Alumni Ventures · Founder & CEONow
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Education
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Who is Michael Collins?
Michael Collins is Founder and CEO of Alumni Ventures, a venture firm for individual investors. He previously founded other companies and holds degrees from Dartmouth and Harvard Business School.
How much does Michael Collins invest?
Michael Collins invests through Alumni Ventures, which writes checks of $100K to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.
How do I pitch Michael Collins?
A warm intro from a founder Alumni Ventures backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.
What did Michael Collins do before Alumni Ventures?
VC at TA Associates; Founder at Kid Galaxy; Founder at Big Idea Group; Founder at RDM; Managing Partner at Green D Ventures; Managing Partner Emeritus at Green D Ventures.
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