Manchester investment firm launches Anti-Bias Fund
Alumni Venture Group seeks to address systemic biases
January 21, 2021
The Alumni Venture Group, Manchester, has launched the AVG Anti-Bias Fund, which it says will focus on deploying capital to support diverse founders, teams and business models addressing systemic biases.
Michael Collins, CEO of AVG, said the fund will compile a broad portfolio of 20 to 30 investments over the next 12 to 18 months. He added that the firm defines “diverse” as “not a white male.”
“There are numerous studies showing that companies with diverse leadership significantly outperform their all-white, all-male counterparts,” said Collins. “Yet most venture capitalists and VC-backed founders are still disproportionately white and male. The thesis for our new annual fund is primarily to back promising ventures that we think are good investments and that also fit our impact thesis. It’s a false dichotomy to say you can’t do well and do g
December 18, 2020
BERKELEY, Calif. December 17, 2020 Arris, a California-based manufacturing tech company enabling the use of high-performance composites in mass-market products, today announced a strategic investment of Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC). The Bosch Group’s venture division RBVC joins New Enterprise Associates, Taiwania Capital, Valo Ventures, and Alumni Venture Group as investors in Arris.
Arris’ flagship technology, Additive Molding™, is a high-speed manufacturing process that allows the world’s top brands to precisely align continuous carbon fibers and embed electronic components and multifunctional materials into a single topologically optimized part or component. The result: a cost-effective method for manufacturing lighter, stronger, faster, and more intelligent products at scale.
4 months ago
Iconic leader in manufacturing makes strategic investment in Silicon Valley manufacturing-tech pioneer
BERKELEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arris, a California-based manufacturing tech pioneer enabling the use of high-performance composites in mass-market products, today announced a strategic investment of Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC). The Bosch Group’s venture division RBVC joins New Enterprise Associates, Taiwania Capital, Valo Ventures, and Alumni Venture Group as investors in Arris.
Arris’ flagship technology, Additive Molding™, is a high-speed manufacturing process that allows the world’s top brands to precisely align continuous carbon fibers and embed electronic components and multifunctional materials into a single topologically optimized part or component. The result: a cost-effective method for manufacturing lighter, stronger, faster, and more intelligent products at scale.
Arris (Berkeley, Calif., U.S.), developer of Additive Molding technology for the production of high-performance composites in mass-market products, has announced the strategic investment of Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC, Stuttgart and Frankfurt, Germany). The Bosch Group’s venture division RBVC joins New Enterprise Associates, Taiwania Capital, Valo Ventures, and Alumni Venture Group as investors in Arris.
Arris’ flagship technology, Additive Molding, is a high-speed manufacturing process that enables precise alignment of continuous carbon fibers and embedding of electronic components and multifunctional materials into a single topologically optimized part or component. Arris says this process is a cost-effective method for manufacturing lighter, stronger, faster and more intelligent products at scale.