Courtyard Ventures is an MBA student-led venture capital fund at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, investing in pre-seed and seed-stage startups emerging from the UC Berkeley ecosystem. The firm is industry-agnostic and typically invests $50,000 to $100,000 per startup.
Average disclosed round size is $5.3M (across 7 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
7
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
KC
Kevin Chang
Managing Partner
XW
Xan Wood
General Partner
NJ
Nirveg Jain
Partner
SB
Sarah Bassett
Venture Partner
SP
Stephan Peng
Venture Partner
ED
Endy DING
Venture Capitalist
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
7 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ridepanda | Unknown | $7.5M | Jan 2025 |
 MiLaboratories | Series A | $10M | Oct 2024 |
 Izote Biosciences | Pre-Seed | $2.6M | Oct 2024 |
 Intento | Series A | $8M | Oct 2023 |
 FanRally | Unknown | $3M | Jan 2022 |
 Hue | Seed | $4.5M | — |
| NNovaXS Biotech | Seed | $1.5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Somersault Ventures3 shared
Veg Capital2 shared
Embark Ventures1 shared
Bee Partners1 shared
FTW Ventures1 shared
Nucleus Capital1 shared
TEN131 shared
Speedinvest1 shared
432 Legacy1 shared
Kfund1 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center1 shared
Glasswing Ventures1 shared
Underscore VC1 shared
NFX1 shared
Fika Ventures1 shared
The MBA Fund1 shared
Phoenix Capital Ventures1 shared
Yamaha Motor Ventures1 shared
Porsche AG1 shared
Blackhorn Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 9 September 2026