Alpha Edison is a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm investing in tech-driven industry transformations. The firm operates Campus Capital, a nationwide venture fellows program that embeds university students as deal scouts on their campuses. The program is open to non-freshman undergraduates (sophomores and juniors), MBA students, and other graduate students (Master's and PhD). No prior venture capital experience is required.

The carry structure is the program's central incentive: if a Campus Capital Venture Fellow introduces Alpha Edison to a company that the firm subsequently invests in, the fellow receives a percentage of carry (the returns from the investment) up to a maximum of $500,000 per deal. This is one of the most transparent and potentially lucrative student-facing scout compensation structures in venture capital.

Alpha Edison reimburses business expenses incurred during the on-campus portion of the program, including transportation to startup and tech events, conference fees, and similar costs, up to $500 with more available if necessary.

The program leverages the insight that university campuses are natural hotbeds for early-stage startup activity: student founders, faculty spin-outs, and campus accelerator graduates represent a rich and often under-sourced pipeline for institutional venture capital. By embedding fellows across multiple campuses, Alpha Edison gains distributed deal flow that would be difficult to replicate with a centralized sourcing team.

The Campus Capital program aims to tap into the rich startup ecosystem present on university campuses by embedding students as deal scouts. This approach allows Alpha Edison to access a diverse range of early-stage startups and innovations that may otherwise go unnoticed, leveraging the unique insights and networks of student fellows.