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.
36% of their portfolio is in Biotech & Life Sciences. Average disclosed round size is $5.4M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
9
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
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
11 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 |
| MiLaboratories | Series A | $10M | Jan 2024 |
 Intento | Series A | $8M | Oct 2023 |
| Izote Biosciences | Pre-Seed | $2.6M | Jan 2023 |
 FanRally | Unknown | $3M | Jan 2022 |
 Hue | Seed | $4.5M | — |
 Jacobi Robotics | Seed | $5M | — |
| NNovaXS Biotech | Seed | $1.5M | — |
 Jacobi | Seed | $5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Somersault Ventures4 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center3 shared
Berkeley SkyDeck3 shared
Embark Ventures2 shared
Veg Capital2 shared
Bee Partners2 shared
FTW Ventures2 shared
Nucleus Capital2 shared
TEN132 shared
Speedinvest2 shared
Acrobator2 shared
Kfund2 shared
The House Fund2 shared
Swift Ventures2 shared
LDV Partners2 shared
Foothill Ventures2 shared
432 Legacy1 shared
Glasswing Ventures1 shared
Underscore VC1 shared
NFX1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026