Aluminate

Aluminati Network Group, founded in 2003 by Daniel Watts, is a UK-based provider of fully customizable community-building platforms. Their product suite caters to alumni, membership, education, and enterprise networks, designed to drive engagement through modular, branded online environments

• Origins: Began in 2002 as an Oxford graduate email continuity service (“Email for Life”), extended to UCL and beyond.

   

• Established: Officially founded in 2003 by Daniel Watts; grew into a team focused on alumni tech and community platforms.

   

• Expansion: From email services to social data syncing with LinkedIn/Facebook, and launching the Aluminate platform in 2008. Currently serves clients across the UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia, NZ, Canada, and more

Aluminate Community Builder

A cloud-based, modular platform for building communities in sectors like education, enterprise, and membership 

Key modules (common across editions):

• Dashboard – Personalized landing pages.

   

• Mentoring – Mentor–mentee matching.

   

• Groups, Chat & Directory – Tools for connection and messaging.

   

• Fundraising & Digital Library – Content repositories and donation features.

   

• Events, Campaigns, Job Boards – Centralized engagement tools.

   

• Security & Identity – Identity verification, GDPR compliance, COPPA support 

   

• Integrations – Social media sync (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter), SSO, API support with some limitations .

   

2. Specialized Editions

• Education – For schools and universities, features tailored to student–alumni interaction .

   

• Enterprise – Supports corporate alumni programs, internal recruitment, onboarding, referrals 

   

• Membership – For associations and societies; includes chat, networks, content & event tools .