What Is Waterman Ventures?
The smartest, simplest way for Brown alums to add venture capital to their portfolio. We are also…
- A full-time alumni investment team
- An Investment Committee with over 250 years of investing experience
- 13k alumni followers
- The only fund of its kind for Brown alumni
- Private, for-profit, and not officially sanctioned by the university
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Why Invest in Venture Capital?
Consistently Strong Returns

Benefits of Venture Investing
Your chance to invest like an insider in game-changing innovation.
Participate in huge value creation pre-IPO and pre-acquisition.
Higher quality investment opportunities than angel investing or going it alone.
VC is not tied to the stock market, offering diversification during a downturn.
Invest directly in your interests: seed-stage startups, social impact, women entrepreneurs and more.
Investment Strategy
Smart, Simple Venture Investing
Diversified Venture Portfolio
15 – 30 investments per fund, diversified by stage, sector, and geography
Co-Invest with Strong Lead Investors
We only invest when a strong, established investor (often a fellow alum) is leading the financing
Deal Access via Alumni Connections
Entrepreneurial teams desire our investment because we are a meaningful check, low friction, and have a large rolodex
Co-Invest Alongside Top Venture Firms
Invest In Deals Most Individuals Never Know About or Get Access To
- 3M New Ventures
- 500 Startups
- Accel Partners
- Accomplice
- Alsop Louie Partners
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Arena Ventures
- Aspect Venture Partners
- Atlas Ventures
- Benchmark
- Bessemer Venture Partners
- Bezos Expeditions
- BlackRock
- Blockchain Capital
- Borealis Ventures
- Comcast Ventures
- CrunchFund
- DFJ Capital
- Drive Capital
- Flybridge Capital
- Elephant Partners
- Founder Collective
- Foundry Group
- F-Prime Capital (Fidelity)
- General Catalyst Partners
- Golden Seeds
- Goldman Sachs Ventures
- Google Ventures
- Greylock Partners
- Highland Capital
- Javelin Partners
- Khosla Ventures
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Link Ventures
- Maveron
- Menlo Ventures
- ML Capital
- New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
- Nokia Growth Partners
- Norwest Venture Partners
- NXT Ventures
- Obvious Ventures
- OrbiMed
- Pelion Venture Partners
- Relay Ventures
- Resolute Ventures
- Sequoia Capital
- Summit Partners
- Space Angels
- SV Angel
- Thiel Capital
- Venrock
- Winklevoss Capital
- Y Combinator
The leading venture capital firms are provided for illustrative purposes only; there is no guarantee that any fund will invest alongside of any other venture capital firm.
How does Waterman Ventures assemble a great portfolio for me?
- Full-time investment team wakes up every morning dedicated to delivering a diverse portfolio to investors
- An Investment Committee with over 250 years of investing experience
- We use our Brown alumni and broader Alumni Ventures Group network to access deals that simply are not available to most individuals
- We only invest in deals with a strong lead investor with sector expertise, combining their due diligence with our own