Webinar

An Introduction to Bascom Ventures

Watch our on-demand 45-minute presentation about Bascom Ventures, Alumni Ventures’ Wisconsin-focused venture capital fund. The discussion will be led by Managing Partner Greg Baker, Principal Keaton Nankivil, and Senior Partner Dan Burns, and is open to all alumni and friends of Wisconsin.

During the session, we discuss:

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    The goal and structure of the fund
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    The value of the Alumni Ventures’ model
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    Some examples of current portfolio companies
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    The benefits of diversifying into venture capital
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    The minimum requirements needed to invest in the fund

* You must be accredited to invest in venture capital

The webinar recording does not feature our live Q&A, please make sure to join webinars live to participate in the discussion. 

About your presenters

Greg Baker
Greg Baker

Managing Partner, Bascom Ventures & Towerview Ventures

Overview:

Greg began as a Managing Partner with Alumni Ventures in 2017, where he has helped lead more than 100 investments across a wide range of sectors. He is the Founder of Bascom Ventures and also manages Towerview Ventures, Alumni Ventures’ Duke-focused fund, the Foundation Fund, and the CIO Select Fund. His portfolio includes innovative companies such as Axiom Space, SHINE Medical, American Gene Technologies, Juvena Therapeutics, Centaur Health Holdings, Canela Media, and Matchwell.

At Alumni Ventures, Greg has been a generalist investor, but his passion lies in infrastructure—investing in the tools and platforms that will enable and support the next generation of transformative industries, particularly in energy. He is especially interested in how foundational technologies create ripple effects that unlock growth across healthcare, frontier tech, and industrial innovation.

Prior to joining Alumni Ventures, Greg built a successful career as a senior executive across the electrical products, packaging, and chemical industries, with expertise spanning corporate leadership, business development, startups, M&A, and strategic growth. He began his career as a Design Engineer at Texas Instruments before pursuing his MBA at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.

Funds actively worked on:

  • Bascom Ventures
  • Towerview Ventures
  • Foundation Fund
  • CIO Select Fund

Investment Lens:

Greg’s passion lies in infrastructure—tools and platforms that enable and support the next generation of transformative industries, particularly in energy. He is particularly interested in how foundational technologies create ripple effects that drive growth across:

  • Healthcare
  • Frontier technologies
  • Industrial innovation

Representative investments include:

  • Axiom Space (pioneering the commercial space industry)
  • Juvena Therapeutics (unlocking regenerative medicines)
  • Canela Media (leading digital media company serving Latino audiences)

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Keaton Nankivil
Keaton Nankivil

Senior Principal, Bascom Ventures

Keaton has spent his career focused on high-level teamwork. A proud Wisconsin Basketball alumnus, he started his career playing professional basketball in Europe. He played for and led teams in competitions across Europe, including stops in Germany, Spain, Latvia and Italy. When he returned from overseas, his career focus shifted to the entrepreneurial ecosystem. He has worked with both institutional and corporate venture teams and completed and MBA with a focus on entrepreneurship. He holds a BS in kinesiology from UW-Madison and an MBA from the Nicholas Center for Corporate Finance and Investment Banking from the Wisconsin School of Business.

Dan Burns
Dan Burns

Dan is a Senior Partner with Alumni Ventures in the Boston Office. He has over 27 years of experience working with accredited investors in public markets. The majority of his career has been spent with families developing and implementing financial plans. Dan is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine where he received his Bachelors Degree in History and captained both the indoor and outdoor track teams.

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