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Courtyard Ventures
Venture capital · Berkeley, CA, United States · North America
Courtyard Ventures is an MBA-led venture fund embedded in UC Berkeley's entrepreneurial ecosystem that invests in early-stage startups founded by students and alumni. It typically invests $50,000 to $100,000 and says it has deployed nearly $3M across multiple funds since 2021.
Invests inFintechAI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics
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Or find every investor that fitsCourtyard Ventures lists 2 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (25%), AI & Machine Learning (25%) and Mobility & Logistics (25%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Benchstrength, Blackhorn Ventures and Canapi Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Courtyard Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 50% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 50% |
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 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Benchstrength | 1 |
| Blackhorn Ventures | 1 |
| Canapi Ventures | 1 |
| Dreamers VC | 1 |
| Lorimer Ventures | 1 |
| Plug and Play | 1 |
| Porsche Ventures | 1 |
| Proeza Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2100%
- 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 25% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 25% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 25% | 3% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Courtyard Ventures 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 Courtyard Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2025 | Series C+ | |
| 10 Sept 2024 | Seed |
Round details for Courtyard Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Courtyard Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
2 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides an AI-powered client intelligence layer for financial services | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2024Seed | Funding round | |
| Ridepanda offers a subscription platform for e-bikes and scooters for companies to provide to their employees as a benefit | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Oct 2025Series C+ | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- courtyard.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Sept 2024
- Companies checked
- 2
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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