Alumni Ventures Group’s Purple Arch Arch Ventures adds Rex James Burgdorfer to their Investment Committee


Alumni Ventures Group (AVG)’s  Purple Arch Ventures recently added Health Care Private Equity specialist Rex Burgdorfer to their Investment Committee. Rex brings decades of knowledge to this unique venture capital firm, designed for individual investors (and Northwestern Alumni) looking for access to a high-quality, diversified venture portfolio. Their benefits include, accredited alumni seeking a complete “one-click” venture portfolio. 

Purple Arch Ventures is the simplest way for Northwestern alums to add venture capital to their portfolio by leveraging: 

  • A full-time alumni investment team including Chicago Healthcare Private Equity Leader, Rex Burgdorfer: 
  • An Investment Committee with over 250 years of investing experience
  • 15K+ alumni followers
  • The only fund of its kind for Northwestern alumni
  • Private, for-profit, and not officially sanctioned by the university

About Rex James Burgdorfer: 

Rex has spent the entirety of his career in the institutional securities industry. For the last decade, he has served as an investment banker specializing in healthcare M&A. He has advised on ~$10 billion of completed hospital system transactions involving academic (Duke, Northwestern, U. of Chicago), nonprofit (Beaumont, UnityPoint), local-Government (Santa Clara, CA), and for-profit companies (sponsored by Apollo, Blackstone, TPG, Warburg Pincus). Rex spent the early part of his career at Morgan Stanley focused heavily on infrastructure privatization funds.

Rex is also an active private investor with a personal portfolio of 20+ angel investments. He is particularly interested in entrepreneurship aimed at bridging social, educational, and economic inequality. He holds an MBA from Kellogg and lives with his family in Winnetka.

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