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Cove Fund
Venture capital · Irvine, CA, United States · North America
Cove Fund is a seed-stage venture capital fund based at UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation in Irvine, California. It invests in early-stage technology and life science companies in Southern California, typically writing initial checks of $250K to $1M and reserving capital for later rounds.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsseed stagetechnologylife sciencessouthern californiauniversity affiliatedgeneralist
Your fit with Cove Fund
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Or find every investor that fitsCove Fund lists 17 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (28%), Healthcare & Biotech (17%) and Cybersecurity (7%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside NuFund Venture Group, SeedFolio and 100KM VC.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Cove 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 Cove Fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 17. 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 | 0% |
| Series A | 100% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 44th | 17 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 66th | 6% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 44th | 28% 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 | 28% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 17% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 7% | 4% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Media & Entertainment | 7% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| NuFund Venture Group | 3 |
| SeedFolio | 2 |
| 100KM VC | 1 |
| Act One Ventures | 1 |
| Alpha Edison | 1 |
| Boomerang Ventures | 1 |
| ClearVision Equity | 1 |
| Corazon Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1694%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company16%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with NuFund Venture Group
Compare Cove 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 Cove Fund| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Cove Fund
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Cove Fund's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
17 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLNG provides a creative suite for the jewelry industry to design, visualize, and market jewelry products. | ConsumerE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| CARI Health empowers clinicians to personalize methadone dosing for every patient. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cenfire develops and manufactures MEMS switches for electronic systems, particularly for semiconductor test and AI applications. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Exokēryx develops technology for isolating extracellular vesicles (EVs) for research purposes. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Carro connects brands, retailers, and marketplaces through product data, orders, and settlement, building the foundation for agentic commerce. | E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Goanna Ag provides precision farming solutions for irrigation management and resource monitoring | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops artificial intelligence software for automated echo measurements and detection of heart diseases from ultrasound images. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Melio has created a faster way to diagnose bloodborne infections through a breakthrough in systems engineering that integrates proprietary assay, state-of-the-art microfluidics and cutting edge machine-learning techniques. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Occuspace provides an occupancy intelligence platform that delivers real-time occupancy data to help optimize building usage | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Quantum Elements builds, optimizes, and launches quantum applications faster than ever powered by AI | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| SigmaSight combines elite claims professionals with AI to improve outcomes on major claims and build liability intelligence for organizations. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Time Machine provides a platform for training, ramping, and improving teams | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| VECKTA provides a platform for buying and deploying onsite energy solutions such as solar and storage for commercial and industrial properties | EducationReal Estate & Construction | Oct 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Visaic provides a platform for sports entities to connect with their audience and monetize their content | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| WethosAI models how people think, respond, and make decisions so organizations can test scenarios, identify risks, and prepare for better outcomes. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Xilo Insurance Distribution Automation provides AI agents for insurance distribution, including intake, quoting, and proposals | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a headless CMS | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- covefund.com
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 20 Oct 2026
- Companies checked
- 17
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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