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University Venture Fund

10 employees

The University Venture Fund (UVF) is the largest student-managed venture capital fund ($18.2M) in the United States.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Health Care7
Biotechnology6
EdTech3
Therapeutics3
Medical Device3
Software3
SaaS3
Exome2
CMA2
Genetic Counseling Services2
WES2
Autism2
Genetics2
Autism Spectrum Disorder2
No financial surprises2
No needles2
Health Diagnostics2
Developmental Delay2
Chromosomal Microarray2
Whole Exome Sequencing2

Funding rounds participated in

$5.3M sweet spot round size

Most of their 23 investments are in rounds between $3.5M and $12M

Investor type

Micro VC

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

Hedge Funds
Financial Services
Venture Capital and Private Equity Investment Firm
Venture Capital

Date founded

2001

Investments made

B

BeeReaders raised $3.5M on April 18, 2023

Investors: EWA Capital, Wisconsin Investment Partners, -, ALIVE Ventures and University Venture Fund

B

BeeReaders raised $2.5M on March 21, 2022

Investors: EWA Capital, Seed Round Capital and University Venture Fund

A

Algramo raised $9.1M on May 13, 2021

Investors: FEMSA, Dalus Capital, Volta Circle, ImpactAssets and University Venture Fund

V

Vutility raised $12M on April 28, 2020

Investors: Kickstart Seed Fund and University Venture Fund

R

Recyclops raised $250K on January 1, 2019

Investors: University Venture Fund

G

GoREACT raised $4M on December 21, 2018

Investors: Five Elms Capital, Ten Eighty Capital and University Venture Fund

L

Lineagen raised $12M on January 26, 2015

Investors: PrairieGold Venture Partners, HealthQuest Capital, PETROBRAS, Mountain Group Partners, Sanderling Ventures, Signal Peak Ventures and University Venture Fund

L

Lineagen raised $3.5M on December 18, 2013

Investors: PrairieGold Venture Partners, Signal Peak Ventures, Sanderling Ventures, Kickstart Seed Fund and University Venture Fund

W

Workfront raised $17M on October 31, 2012

Investors: Greenspring Associates, Escalate Capital and University Venture Fund

C

Coherex Medical raised $17M on March 13, 2012

Investors: University Venture Fund

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