Has anyone had experience with any of the Alumni Ventures Group VC funds (basically school alumni affiliated VC funds like Yard Ventures for Harvard, Chestnut Street Ventures for Penn, etc)? Any good?

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Would stay away, no actual association with the schools, the schools hate them, the deals are third tier at best

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It’s mostly a marketing trick from what I understand.

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https://joinfishbowl.com/post_ygass7sddr

This was my assumption from the outset

The yard has no association to harvard

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