Mike Collins is founder and chief executive of Alumni Ventures. He holds an engineering science degree from Dartmouth and an MBA from Harvard Business School, and began his career at TA Associates before founding several companies including Kid Galaxy and Big Idea Group. He launched Alumni Ventures in 2014 with $1.5M raised from fellow Dartmouth alumni.
Education
BE Engineering Science, Dartmouth College
MBA, Harvard Business School
Previous Experience
Founder, Big Idea Group - partially owned by WPP
Founder, Kid Galaxy
Founder, RDM
Began his venture capital career at TA Associates
Career Timeline
2014
Launched Green D Ventures, Alumni Ventures' first fund, with $1.5M raised from Dartmouth alumni.
2025
Grew Alumni Ventures past $1.5B in assets from more than 11,000 investors.