We believe two things to be true. First, there is no greater place for exceptional talent than UC Berkeley and its alumni. And second, the stronger the startup ecosystem, the stronger its participants.
Given that we started by supporting the community, we've been built from day one as a community-first fund—when most VCs are capital-first. We exist to meet the needs of entrepreneurs, curating comprehensive resources for Berkeley founders and creating the connected environment startups need to thrive.
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We don't invest based off hyped market trends. Instead, we talk to the brightest minds in the world who tell us where the technology is going, and how that will shape the world around it.
We invest in the unstoppable founders who show us what the future will look like.
Over the last decade we've seen advances in Artificial Intelligence unlock incredible capabilities. But there is much work to be done by academics, entrepreneurs, industries, and governments to develop AI technologies, translate its adoption, and ensure it is used wisely.
With its concentration of industry-leading AI researchers, startups, and corporations, Berkeley is becoming one of the most advanced global hubs for AI.
This is why we created AI@The House: a partnership with some of the top AI researchers in the world, to pair the research capability of the university with the business potential of startups, creating the ideal environment for AI startups to thrive.
Since each founder has different needs, a batched, one-size-fits-all approach to company building, to us, seems like the VC equivalent of industrial mass-producing.
You can think of us as customized Venture Capital. We select startups by hand, and support according to your nuance for an environment situated to make your business thrive.
You won't see batches or group demo days here. All our help is tailored, even with a Personalized Demo Day— meetings with curated investors in your sector.
We do it the hard way because it’s the right way. There are no shortcuts or overnight successes, but the results are worth it.