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Join the Virtuous Cycle.
A revolution in Venture Capital.

The California Innovation Fund powers a cycle of education, innovation, and entrepreneurship to make VC more equitable and create impactful positive change.

Venture funding and the backing of a strong community of UC alumni and faculty.

As entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and friends we do everything we can to help ground-breaking entrepreneurs succeed. We fuel the education of the next generation of entrepreneurs by re-investing 50% of our GP carry into the public University of California system.

Windfall

Featured Startup

Advice to founders

In our interview with Arup Banerjee, co-founder of Windfall, he gives emerging founders three critical pieces of advice.

Windfall’s mission is to change how organizations perceive and use people data.

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Created by and for our alumni community

UC alumni are embedded throughout the Silicon Valley innovation ecosystem, from C-suite leadership to Venture Capital. The California Innovation Fund was created by and for this powerful community, nourishing the next generation of UC researchers and entrepreneurs via a virtuous innovation cycle. 

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