The House Fund is a pre-seed and early-stage venture capital firm established in 2016 to support startups founded by UC Berkeley students. See contact routes.
The House Fund is a pre-seed and early-stage venture capital firm established in 2016 to support startups founded by UC Berkeley students, faculty, alumni, and affiliates. Its investment thesis focuses exclusively on the Berkeley ecosystem, targeting companies at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages across sectors including artificial intelligence, SaaS, consumer, and enterprise technology. The firm typically writes checks up to $10 million and often acts as a lead investor in early rounds. Notable portfolio companies include Databricks, Flexport, Anyscale, and Ambi Robotics, with several exits such as Determined AI (acquired by HPE) and Gradescope (acquired by Turnitin). The House Fund distinguishes itself as the first fund fully dedicated to Berkeley, aiming to unite the university’s entrepreneurs into a thriving ecosystem that has generated over $2 billion in follow-on funding and 10+ exits since inception. The firm emphasizes providing foundational capital and strategic access to the Berkeley network to help visionary founders build generational companies.
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