Stanford University is a private research university in Stanford, California, whose endowment is managed by Stanford Management Company (SMC). SMC invests the university's endowment and other financial assets across public equities, private equity, venture capital, real assets, absolute return strategies, and fixed income to provide long-term support to the university.
Their most common stage is series-a (47% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $49.7M (across 54 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
52
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
CL
Claire Luo
Managing Director, Investments
DB
Daniel Baker
Investment Analyst
SW
Steven Wright
Investment team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
60 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Apollo | Seed | $31M | Jan 2026 |
 Adaptyx Biosciences | Seed | $14M | Oct 2025 |
| AAdaptyx | Seed | $14M | Oct 2025 |
 Upscale AI | Seed | $100M | Sep 2025 |
 Dispatch Biotherapeutics | Series A | $216M | Jul 2025 |
| DDispatch Bio | Series A | $216M | Jul 2025 |
 Stellaromics | Series B | $80M | Feb 2025 |
 August Health | Series B | $29M | Jan 2025 |
 bsport | Series B | — | Dec 2024 |
| Stellaromics | Series A | $25M | Nov 2023 |
 Inworld | Unknown | — | Aug 2023 |
 Smartlens | Series A | $6.1M | Jul 2023 |
 Auradine | Series A | $81M | May 2023 |
 Foresight Diagnostics | Series B | $58.8M | Apr 2023 |
 StayNTouch | Series A | $48M | Jan 2023 |
| Inworld | Series A | $50M | Jan 2023 |
 Jeeves | Series C | $180M | Mar 2022 |
 Ubits | Series A | $5M | Jan 2022 |
| Jeeves | Series C | $180M | Jan 2022 |
 Skyryse | Series B | $205M | Oct 2021 |
| Jeeves | Series A | $26M | Jun 2021 |
| Jeeves | Series B | $57M | Jan 2021 |
| NNeighbourly | Series A | — | Jan 2021 |
 EnerVenue | Series A | $100M | Jan 2021 |
 Progentec Diagnostics | Series A | $5M | Jan 2020 |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator9 shared
Silicon Valley Bank8 shared
Sequoia Capital6 shared
Andreessen Horowitz5 shared
Clocktower Technology Ventures5 shared
Urban Innovation Fund5 shared
Mohr Davidow Ventures5 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners4 shared
Alumni Ventures4 shared
CRV4 shared
Mayfield Fund4 shared
GV4 shared
Arrive3 shared
Roc Nation3 shared
Cota Capital3 shared
Spike Ventures3 shared
Gaingels3 shared
Techstars3 shared
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.3 shared
Foresite Capital3 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026