The House Fund - We invest in Berkeley alumni, faculty, students

The Unstoppable Founders

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Boxbot

Last-mile logistics, powered by automation.

Founder

Mark Godwin (Cal), Austin Oehlerking

PhD

Optimization, Machine Learning and Control 2011

Sector

Logistics, Robotics

Co-Investors

Toyota AI Fund, Artiman Ventures

our startups

Connect to the Cal
Knowledge Network.

Cal has some of the most brilliant minds and daring businesses in the world. Tesla. Apple. Intel. But it has never had a place to unite its entrepreneurs, until now.

This is The House.

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AI@The House

We're building a new platform for AI startup creation. With six of the top AI researchers in the world, we're bringing together top mature AI companies, startups, and research to build a new global center of gravity of AI activity in Berkeley.

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50+

Startups

$2B+

Follow-on capital raised

10

Exits

See how we get there

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Acquisitions

Follow-ons

We believe in Berkeley startups.

To join The House, we’ll talk to any bold startup who has at least one founder who is a UC Berkeley alumni, faculty member, student, or affiliate.

We make 2 types of investments:

Pre-Seed

Up to
$500,000

We like to be the first investor and are also happy to participate as part of a syndicate.

Early-Stage

Up to
$1,000,000

We'll follow a strong lead investor and participate as part of a Seed syndicate.

The energy, network, and resources that The House Fund brings to Berkeley is changing the landscape of entrepreneurship at Cal. They are bringing together the best resources and building a pathway of support for founders at all stages. Berkeley has been waiting for this.

The House Fund was one of our earliest supporters. They were helpful with recruiting and investor intros in Series A, and evangelized Superhuman far and wide. They work relentlessly for their startups. This is THE fund that Berkeley has always needed.

We are excited to work with The House Fund to invest in UC innovation and build a pioneering University venture fund. They’re really adding to the Berkeley startup ecosystem and providing a huge value add to Berkeley entrepreneurs.

The House is long overdue. The opportunity at Berkeley is tremendous. It’s been more difficult than we like to find all those opportunities... The House provides a single source of opportunities for us Series A investors.

Scott Shenker

Founder, Nefeli Networks & Nicira | Professor, EECS