Alum is a relationship‑intelligence platform that aggregates verified alumni and alumni‑owned company data to generate warm‑introduction leads for sales, recruiting, and partnership teams. Its matching engine scores prospects using intent signals and provides AI‑augmented outreach drafts, with one‑click CRM integration and an API for automated pipeline sync. The platform also includes an alumni event module and analytics to track network activity and conversion metrics.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Cold outreach relies on generic LinkedIn messages and unsolicited emails that rarely convert, making it difficult for sales, recruiting, and partnership teams to generate qualified leads. Organizations with alumni networks lack a systematic way to surface and act on warm introductions embedded in those relationships.
Solution
Alum is a relationship‑intelligence platform that unlocks the value of alumni networks for enterprise go‑to‑market teams. By aggregating verified alumni and alumni‑owned business data, the platform applies a matching engine and intent‑signal scoring to surface high‑probability warm introductions. Users can explore curated alumni and business directories, receive AI‑augmented research insights, and trigger automated, personalized outreach directly from the dashboard. Integrated CRM connectors and an API enable seamless data flow into existing sales pipelines, while event listings and networking tools help nurture relationships over time. The result is a repeatable workflow that turns shared university affiliations into qualified sales, recruiting, or partnership opportunities without manual prospecting.
Target Audience
Primary users are enterprise sales and business‑development teams, founders, and recruiting groups within corporations or universities that maintain active alumni networks.
Features
- Verified Alumni Directory covering 1,100+ universities, searchable by location, industry, and graduation year
- Business Directory of alumni‑owned companies with contact details and verified ownership data
- Matching engine with 75+ data enrichment tools and niche analyzers that rank prospects by relevance and intent signals
- Warm‑introduction scoring that quantifies connection strength and likelihood to convert
- One‑click CRM integration (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot) and RESTful API for automated data sync
- AI‑powered research assistant that generates personalized outreach drafts and follow‑up sequences
- Event module that surfaces public alumni events and enables RSVP tracking to foster relationship building
- Analytics dashboard showing pipeline health, conversion metrics, and network activity trends