INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
from the limelight of Silicon Valley, few seem to be paying attention to AVG
for three additional funds: Green D Ventures, Chestnut Street Ventures and Purple Arch Ventures, which represent capital committed by
talks like a venture fund, but a peek under the hood reveals its unconventional fundraising mechanisms.Rather than collecting $5 million
minimum investments from institutional LPs, AVG takes $50,000 directly from individual alums of prestigious universities
officer.Collins started AVG to make venture capital more accessible to individual people
In 2014, he started a $1.5 million fund for alums of his alma mater, Dartmouth
in United States startups across industries
Though unusual, all of this works to their advantage
We work in the background
Still, Collins says 65 of their portfolio companies have had liquidity events so far, including Jump, which sold to Uber in April, and
