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Plum Alley
Plum Alley is an SEC-registered investment adviser in New York, NY, registered since 2021. It advises on investment strategies. Plum Alley is headquartered in...
Plum Alley
Plum Alley is an SEC-registered investment adviser in New York, NY, registered since 2021. It advises on investment strategies. Plum Alley is headquartered in New York.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2011
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
New York
Corporate office
New York, NY, United States
Principals
Deborah Jackson
Founder
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Plum Alley?
Founder Deborah Jackson leads the firm, with investment decisions executed through a six-person team that includes partners Avantika Daing, Sunil Rao, Parker Fay, Selby Drummond and Nate Wang. The 2024 restructuring introduced domain-expert venture managers who now run individual sector- and stage-oriented funds, suggesting decision-making is distributed across those specialized teams.
Does Plum Alley operate as a single venture fund or a platform?
Since its 2024 restructuring, Plum Alley Ventures Company operates as a platform supporting multiple funds — both its own proprietary vehicles and those run by external domain-expert managers — alongside a member syndicate for deal-by-deal co-investment. This makes it a hybrid between a direct early-stage investor and a curated manager-selection platform.
What type of companies does Plum Alley invest in?
The firm invests primarily in Series A B2B startups with gender-diverse founding teams, working on frontier technology or medical breakthroughs backed by patented intellectual property. It requires that the technology have a plausible path to affecting at least one billion people.
Does Plum Alley accept co-investors?
Yes, through its member syndicate model. Accredited investors can participate directly in individual deals that come through Plum Alley's platform, alongside the firm's main fund commitments.
What is Plum Alley's relationship to Plum Alley Inc.?
Plum Alley Inc. was the original legal entity founded in 2011. It was reconstituted in 2024 as Plum Alley Ventures Company — an operating company reflecting the expanded multi-fund, multi-manager structure — though the 'Plum Alley Inc.' lineage is still referenced in firm materials.
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