Michael Peri
Partner at Alumni Ventures
Michael Peri
Partner at Alumni Ventures
Chicago, Illinois
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2023 - Current
Alumni Ventures (AV) is a network-powered venture capital firm, with a rapidly growing portfolio of over 1300 companies and $1.3B+ in AUM. Our community boasts over 10,000 active investors and 625,000+ community members. Recognized as a leader in the industry, AV has been ranked as a Top 20 Venture Firm by CB Insights in '24, and as the #1 Most Active US Venture Firm and #3 Globally by PitchBook in '22 & '23.
Partner
2023
Network-powered venture capital with fellow UChicago alums.
Partner
2023
Network-powered venture capital with fellow Northwestern alums.
Lead Director | CVS Health Ventures
2022 - 2023
CVS Health Ventures is a dedicated corporate venture capital fund that works with high-potential, early-stage and growth-stage companies focused on making health care more accessible, affordable, and simpler. We invest in and partner with companies with the potential for technology-enabled innovation and disruption in digital health care. Our goal is to enable promising entrepreneurs to scale more quickly and effectively through access to our unmatched enterprise capabilities and consumer touchpoints, while offering expertise and insights from CVS Health's unique perspective. Select investments include: Abridge (Series B), Main Street Health (Series C), & Waymark (Series A)
Partner
2021 - 2022
Distributed Ventures invests in entrepreneurs as they transform the future of risk across FinTech, InsurTech, Digital Health & Benefits. As former founders, investors, and operators, we provide deep subject matter and early-stage operational expertise to help companies find success from day one. We believe a good venture partner brings more than capital, especially early in a founder's journey. Distributed Ventures was born out of NFP Ventures with the goal of helping entrepreneurs demonstrate product-market fit and accelerate their commercial traction via diverse distribution channels. As a result, our investments align with our strategic partners' subject matter expertise, market perspectives, and distribution strength. Select investments include: Ascend (Series A), Armadillo (Seed), and Covertree (Seed)
SVP | NFP Ventures
2018 - 2021
Select investments and board roles include: Sage, Wingspan, Indio, WealthTech, MoneyLion, Trustlayer, Relay, Kindbody, Vivante Health, Wellth, Axio, & more.
Vice President | Product & Analytics
2014 - 2018
Part of the founding team that incubated Zest Health with 7Wire Ventures. Zest was rebranded to Yaro prior to its acquisition by VirginPulse. Yaro is a consumer-centered start-up living and building at the intersection of FinTech and HealthTech. We’re building and launching new integrated products and technology to put millions of Americans at the center of their healthcare, enabling them to make smart choices as they use their health plans, and shop and pay for healthcare. We are the technology transformation engine, branded for and delivered through Health Plans and Providers/Systems, to help them serve their members as consumers, provide access and deliver better health outcomes, increase transparency and choice, and lower costs.
Vice President | Strategy & Product
2014 - 2018
Part of the founding team that incubated Zest Health with 7Wire Ventures and Lightbank. Zest was rebranded to Yaro prior to its acquisition by VirginPulse.
Manager | New Venture Strategy & Operations
2012 - 2014
Led strategic initiatives involving new clinic acquisitions, partnerships, new ventures, and technology implementation. Orchestrated enterprise-wide budgeting and performance analytics in collaboration with the executive team. Today, Erie boasts revenue exceeding $100M across 13 clinics and 10 hospital partnerships, serving over 90,000 patients. Motivated by the belief that healthcare is a human right, we provide high quality, affordable care to support healthier people, families and communities.
Co-Founder
2011 - 2012
Coupon Doc is your source for healthcare coupons and discounts. We launched in April 2012 with one goal: to make healthcare more affordable through the discounts that we source. To find coupons and save, type in a medication or condition to our search engine, and click one of the results that you’re interested in. Once at the coupon page, you can read about the drug, its coupon, and uninsured programs that the manufacturer offers. If you’d like to print the coupon, click the big ‘Redeem’ button, and fill out any necessary information. Then you can print the coupon and bring it with you to the pharmacy to save instantly. No other work is required. If you’d like to save the coupon for easy access in the future, click 'Clip' and the coupon will be saved to your medicine cabinet. CouponDoc was an alumni of Sandbox's Healthbox Accelerator, which is a startup incubator that provides mentorship and seed capital to innovative healthcare companies. CouponDoc also raised funding from investors such as Vivek Garipalli, Nat Turner, and Zach Weinberg.
Researcher | Behavioral Science
2007 - 2009
Focus on decision making and behavioral economics