Michael Madden

Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures Group

Greater Boston

Overview

Michael Madden is the Co-Founder of Alumni Ventures and the Managing Partner of The Yard Ventures, with a strong background in private equity, venture capital, and investments. His career highlights include leading investments in a wide range of successful startups and establishing himself as a key player in the Boston/New England tech ecosystem. Currently, as the Managing Partner of The Yard Ventures and Co-Founder of Alumni Ventures, Michael has invested in notable companies like Volley, Dune Security, and Cyrus Biotechnology, showcasing his expertise in identifying and supporting promising startups in sectors such as cybersecurity, AI, and SaaS.

Work Experience

The Yard Ventures

Founder & Managing Partner
2016 - Current
"The Yard" is a community of Harvard alums: investors, executives, entrepreneurs, and innovation enthusiasts with a connection to one of Harvard’s 15 schools. At our core, we are a Harvard alum venture fund investing in Harvard alum-led companies. We are private, for profit, and not affiliated with the University. We raise capital from alums who want access to a diversified, growth oriented portfolio of Harvard alum-led businesses. We invest alongside top-tier Venture Capital and Private Equity firms. Our portfolio spans a range of industries, stages and geographies. We are building a large community around this effort and would love for you to take part. By joining thousands of other alums, you will receive a monthly newsletter with updates on our investments, information on events, and other content related to The Yard. You can sign up at our website.

The Yard Ventures is an investment firm with broad professional, investing, and entrepreneurial experience.

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Alumni Ventures Group

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
2016
Alumni Ventures Group manages >$500M on behalf of alumni and community members of the university communities of the Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, etc. We are one of the most active venture capital funds in the US each of the last 3 years. We exclusively co-invest with well-established funds such as Accel, a16z, Benchmark, NEA and Insight Partners. We complement the lead investor with a network of 600K alumni to assist with connections, capital & customers. Investment criteria: sector agnostic, seed through growth stage, $50K - $10M check size

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital investment firm that manages fund families that invest in a portfolio of companies.

Raised $500,000.00 from Michael Bunning.

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Square 1 Bank

Managing Director
2013 - 2015
Led Square 1 Bank's venture banking efforts in the New England region. Worked with private equity and venture capital investors to provide all the resources necessary to help their portfolio companies thrive. Also worked directly with entrepreneurs and management teams to assist in the ongoing growth and success of their companies.

Square 1 Bank is a full-service commercial bank that provides financial services to entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.

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