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Ryan Musto, Principal at Alumni Ventures, led a look at why the closure of the Strait of Hormuz was never just an oil story — and what the long-tail supply chain effects reveal about where the most consequential venture opportunities in energy and industrial resilience are forming today.

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Bryan is a Principal at Alumni Ventures with over 10 years of experience in venture investing, M&A, and corporate strategy. Bryan's investment thesis focuses on technological disruption, including AI video and full-stack AI.

Glenn Borok is a principal on Alumni Ventures’ Seed Team, investing in early-stage AI, vertical SaaS, and fintech. He previously worked at Jump Capital, LinkedIn, In-Q-Tel, and Monitor Deloitte.

Luca Giani is a Senior Principal, investor, and serial entrepreneur with a track record across venture creation, M&A, and translational science. He specializes in bridging science, strategy, capital, and talent to help build mission-driven ventures.

Former Senior Principal, Purple Arch Ventures

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Loops Smart AI raises $3.5 million in seed funding to build a unified AI platform for online retailers, with a16z Speedrun leading the round. Its tools combine natural-language product search, a shopping assistant, product-catalog enrichment and virtual try-ons to support shoppers throughout their buying journeys. The company says more than 70 retailers use its platform; customer A101 reports an 83% increase in conversion, while Tchibo reports a 13.6% rise in average order value.

Oct 2026 · SiliconANGLENews article

Evvy raises $40 million in Series B funding to scale its precision diagnostics and care platform for women’s health. Its at-home vaginal microbiome test uses metagenomic sequencing, while EvvyAI analyzes results and matches patients with personalized prescription treatment plans. The company says its technology has served more than 100,000 patients through 3,000 medical practitioners, and it plans to use the funding to validate AI-enabled care models, starting with fertility issues.

Sep 2026 · SiliconAngleNews article

Lightfield raises $47 million in a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz to build an AI-native CRM for companies using autonomous agents. Its platform captures customer interactions across email, calendars, Slack and LinkedIn, structures them into a business “world model,” and provides a monitored agent harness with open interfaces. Since launching in November, it has signed up more than 5,000 companies, and dozens have replaced Salesforce with it.

Sep 2026 · SiliconAngleNews article

Lightfield raises a $47 million Series A led by a16z as it builds an AI-centered CRM for business customers. CEO Keith Peiris says the company has 5,000 business customers and 400% net dollar retention, and describes Lightfield as a tool for answering company-wide questions. The startup pivoted from Tome, its AI presentation builder, which reached 25 million users and raised $80 million.

Sep 2026 · Upstarts MediaNews article