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California Innovation Fund
Venture capital
California Innovation Fund invests in startups emerging from UC Berkeley and other university entrepreneurship ecosystems. It provides capital, mentorship and networks to founders, and runs a due diligence and post-investment support process.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsuniversity spinoutsbiotechdataaideep tech
Your fit with California Innovation Fund
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Or find every investor that fitsCalifornia Innovation Fund lists 27 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (29%), Healthcare & Biotech (26%) and Education (14%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside SOSV, Alumni Ventures and Berkeley Frontier Fund.
Counts come from funding rounds that name California Innovation Fund, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not California Innovation Fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 27. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 64th | 27 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 59th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 48th | 29% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 29% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 26% | 15% |
| Education | 14% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 10% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 7% | 4% |
| Fintech | 2% | 12% |
| Human Resources | 2% | 1% |
| Legal & Compliance | 2% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| SOSV | 3 |
| Alumni Ventures | 2 |
| Berkeley Frontier Fund | 2 |
| Better Ventures | 2 |
| BridgeX Ventures | 2 |
| Dorm Room Fund | 2 |
| Evolution VC Partners | 2 |
| IndieBio | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers27100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare California Innovation Fund head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with California Innovation Fund| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | Seed | |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Seed |
Round details for California Innovation Fund
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in California Innovation Fund's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
27 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AnswersAi provides instant solutions to problems by allowing users to snap a photo or screenshot of their question and receive answers instantly | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Blings creates personalized video for every customer | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Calyx develops and implements AI vision and sensor technology to improve poultry and livestock farming operations. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Catena Biosciences develops therapeutic structures, including antibody-drug conjugates, using its CysTyr Conjugation Platform. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces a portable scalp cooling system to help cancer patients preserve their hair during chemotherapy. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | |||
| Editpep pioneers precise, non-viral delivery of CRISPR in vivo. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI enrollment platform for universities to automate workflows and scale their teams. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Eko creates digital stethoscopes and provides AI disease detection and telehealth solutions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Encellin is focused on advancing next generation therapies, starting with endocrine disorders. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| FreeWire Technologies developed battery-integrated fast charging technology for fleet operators | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| GC AI provides an artificial intelligence platform for in-house legal teams to review contracts and automate legal tasks. | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Lilt provides an enterprise AI translation platform for companies to launch products and content in multiple languages. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Mammoth Biosciences develops in vivo gene editing therapeutics and diagnostics using CRISPR technology | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Miist Therapeutics develops inhaled microparticles to treat conditions like migraine, pain, and nausea | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Modelwise automates functional safety analysis for critical hardware systems | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Prosper Medical provides personalized medical care services, including primary care, longevity labs, and urgent care, using AI-powered technology to manage patient data and coordinate care. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| RadianX develops and manufactures perovskite solar technology to generate power from ambient light for various products and surfaces. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Nov 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Resemble AI develops and provides deepfake detection and watermarking technology for enterprises. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Selva Therapeutics is a privately held biotechnology company dedicated to the development of therapeutics for infectious diseases. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- californiainnovationfund.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 8 Oct 2025
- Companies checked
- 27
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