Webinar
Owning the Arteries of Commerce: Why and How AV is Leading the Way in Supply Chain and Logistics
Join Alumni Ventures’ Ryan Musto for an in-depth session exploring how innovative startups are transforming global commerce through advancements in supply chain and logistics.
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From AI-driven optimization platforms to real-time visibility tools and last-mile delivery automation, this webinar will highlight how AV portfolio companies are building the backbone of the modern economy. Ryan will walk through the investment rationale, emerging trends in freight, warehousing, and fulfillment, and how AV identifies early-stage opportunities in this critical sector.
You’ll also get a glimpse into how these solutions solve real bottlenecks in today’s global trade environment and why the firm believes the logistics stack is ripe for reinvention. Whether you’re new to venture or already invested in infrastructure technologies, this conversation will help you understand where value is being created. Reserve your spot today to learn how AV is helping to build and back the arteries of tomorrow’s commerce.
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Why Attend?
- HomeUnderstand how startups are reshaping the $10T+ global logistics and supply chain industry
- HomeLearn what "investing in infrastructure" looks like in a venture capital context
- HomeHear directly from Ryan Musto on how AV evaluates and supports founders in this space
Alumni Ventures is America’s largest venture capital firm for individual investors.
About your presenters
Overview
Ryan is a macro-driven investor focused on HardTech and DefenseTech, backing frontier builders riding the tailwinds of global geopolitics and industrial transformation. He looks for companies tackling mission-critical challenges in national security, reindustrialization, and energy.
Prior to joining Alumni Ventures, Ryan co-founded and served as Chief Operating Officer of Cityline Technologies (acquired by RentButter), an AI underwriting software in the real estate space. He scaled the business across North America, spearheading all business operations and fundraising.
Ryan holds a MSc with Distinction from the University of Oxford, where his research focused on Saudi Arabian developmental economics, and a BA from Cornell University, where he double majored in Near Eastern Studies and History. He loves learning languages (fluent Arabic, intermediate Italian, and beginner Korean) and is an avid skier and guitar player. He is a Fellow at The Economic Club of New York.
Funds Actively Worked On
- Blue Ivy Ventures
- Nassau Street Ventures
- US Strategic Tech Fund
Investment Area Of Focus
At Alumni Ventures, Ryan leads efforts across advanced manufacturing, supply chain, and maritime technologies. In an era of seismic shifts in global trade, supply-chain realignment, and heightened great-power competition, he sees unprecedented opportunities for startups to modernize logistics, shipbuilding, and infrastructure—key pillars of resilience. As the world’s economic architecture stares down a once-in-a- generation makeover, he believes startups are indeed best positioned to act, react, solve, and ultimately benefit from the disorder.
Ryan led Alumni Ventures’ investment in HavocAI, a leading unmanned surface vessel (USV) manufacturer that is redefining naval warfare and fleet protection; Abyss Defense, a shipbuilding-focused advanced manufacturing startup; and PDW, a category-defining defense drone business.
Overview:
Clare brings a dual-lens of public policy and business strategy to venture investing, shaped by hands-on experience across emerging technologies, national security, and public systems. Her work spans both the public and private sectors—from prosecuting complex criminal networks at the Manhattan DA’s Office to driving strategic insight at frontier tech startups, such as Skydio and SandboxAQ.
At Alumni Ventures, Clare is a Senior Associate on the Strategic Tech team, where she focuses on dual-use technologies with commercial and national security applications. Her investment thesis centers on companies modernizing public infrastructure and defense capabilities—particularly those leveraging software, autonomy, and advanced energy systems to address mission-critical challenges.
Funds actively worked on:
- Lakeshore Ventures
- Purple Arch Ventures
- US Strategic Tech
Investment Areas of Focus:
Clare’s broader investment strategy is driven by a belief that venture capital can be a powerful lever for societal impact. She gravitates toward founders working in highly regulated, under-innovated sectors where technological progress can unlock system-wide change—across domains such as govtech, housing, law enforcement, critical infrastructure, healthcare access, next-gen energy, and defense. She’s particularly interested in companies that are reimagining how government and industry work together to solve large-scale problems through scalable, resilient technology. Her recent investments highlighting this thesis include: Aslan Protects, deploys AI agents to detect online leakage and prevent mass shootings, enabling proactive intervention by law enforcement; Closure Intelligence, a geospatial analytics platform for security and law enforcement; Unique Minds, builds AI-powered digital support systems tailored for neurodiverse individuals, enhancing independent living and therapeutic outcomes; Zeno Power, building radioisotope power systems for off-grid and deep space applications. These companies reflect Clare’s broader strategy: to invest in enduring platforms that serve strategic public systems and unlock decades of impact through dual-use innovation. She believes the next great venture outcomes will come not just from software or marketplaces, but from building the connective infrastructure between government and technology