Managing Partner
CurrentSpike Ventures is the Stanford affinity fund of Alumni Ventures (AV), America's largest venture firm for individual investors, with a portfolio of >1,300 companies and an alumni community of 600,000+ members from 27 leading universities (Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, Dartmouth, Yale, etc.). With a total raised of >$1.25B and growing, AV is trusted by 10,000+ accredited investors for their venture investing. A Top 20 Venture Firm (CB Insights 2024), AV is also recognized by PitchBook as the #1 most active VC firm in the US and the #3 globally (2022 and 2023).Spike co-invests in great companies alongside well-known VC firms such as a16z, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, NEA, Sequoia, and many others. Example Spike portfolio companies include: Lacework, Humio (acquired by CrowdStrike), Cohere, Capella Space, Coda, RapidSOS, Deliverr (acquired by Shopify), SecureFrame, Yassir and Jeeves.Spike's name pays homage to the golden spike that was driven by Leland Stanford to finish the First Transcontinental Railroad across the nation, ushering in a new era of commerce, transportation and expansion for the US. At Spike Ventures, we take inspiration from Leland Stanford’s audacious vision as we endeavor to invest in compelling venture opportunities on behalf of the Stanford alumni network.