Webinar
Strawberry Creek Ventures Apex Webinar
Join Alumni Ventures’ Managing Partner Matt Caspari for a special Apex Webinar hosted by Strawberry Creek Ventures.
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This session is designed to provide an in-depth look at how Strawberry Creek is sourcing, evaluating, and investing in some of the most promising startups across sectors. Matt will share recent fund updates, highlight exciting companies in the portfolio, and discuss how the team is navigating the current venture landscape.
Attendees will get a closer look at the fund’s investment strategy and learn how it aligns with broader market trends and long-term growth opportunities. Whether you’re already an investor or exploring your first venture investment, this session offers valuable insights from one of AV’s most active funds. Reserve your spot today to hear how Strawberry Creek Ventures is building a high-conviction portfolio for the Berkeley community.
Why Attend?
- HomeLearn how Strawberry Creek Ventures identifies and backs high-potential startups
- HomeGet updates on recent deals and fund performance
- HomeHear directly from Matt Caspari about investment themes shaping the fund
Alumni Ventures is America’s largest venture capital firm for individual investors.
About your presenter
Overview
Matt Caspari invests in mission-driven founders building the next generation of iconic companies—entrepreneurs tackling the world’s hardest, highest-stakes problems. He backs breakthrough technologies with the potential to redefine critical industries, unlock new markets, and create a more sustainable, secure future.
Before Alumni Ventures, Matt was a two-time venture-backed founder/CEO and a leader of the innovation team at Nike. He founded Aurora Biofuels, a deep-tech venture that grew to 100+ employees and secured more than $100 million in funding before its acquisition by Reliance Industries. Earlier, he advised life science multinationals at Cambridge Pharma Consultancy (acquired by IMS Health) and gained experience on Bloomberg’s M&A team. Matt holds a BS in Biochemistry from Georgetown University and an MBA with a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from UC Berkeley.
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Investment Area of Focus
His investment lens favors bold solutions to global challenges and durable advantages rooted in technology and aligned with long-term megatrends. This translates to surgical robots powered by physical AI, next-generation energy systems, space-based infrastructure, longevity therapeutics, and more. The through-line is the potential for extraordinary value creation at the intersection of deep science and global need.
Representative investments Matt has led for Alumni Ventures include Andromeda Surgical and Cytronic (Physical AI); Arda Therapeutics and Cambrian Biopharma (Technologies for the Human Body); Max Space and Orbital Operations (Space Infrastructure); and Fortera and Mainspring Energy (The New Energy Stack). Alumni Ventures’ Deep Tech portfolio also includes companies such as Axiom Space, Ayar Labs, Cohere, Frore Systems, Groq, Hawkeye360, Hayden AI, Lambda, Radiant, and Rigetti (Nasdaq: RGTI).