California Innovation Fund

What they do

The California Innovation Fund provides venture funding and the backing of a strong community of UC alumni and faculty. As entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and friends, we do everything we can to help ground-breaking entrepreneurs succeed. We fuel the education of the next generation of entrepreneurs by re-investing 50% of our profit into the public University of California system. Financial investment is just one aspect of our commitment to startups. The California Innovation Fund community includes successful entrepreneurs, experienced C-suite leaders, UC faculty and subject matter experts all with a passion for helping UC affiliated startups succeed. We focus on industry agnostic early-stage startups looking to raise late seed/Series A rounds of finance. We will invest between $250K and $1 million with reserves for follow-on investment. We will support UC affiliated entrepreneurs who are solving significant, urgent problems that will create a positive future and better the public good.

What they look for

To invest in early access top founders and technologies at UC Berkeley and global innovation programs, leveraging on-campus presence, incubator/accelerator relationships, and university IP.

Stage

Seed, Series A, Series B+

Sectors

AI, Healthcare

Based

Berkeley, US