The House Fund is a pre-seed and early-stage venture capital fund investing in UC Berkeley's top alumni, faculty, and student startups, with a focus on AI. Founded in 2016, it is based in Berkeley, California, and closed its third fund at $115 million in 2023.
Deal activity increased 400% year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $49.1M (across 66 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
56
Fund Size
$115M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
5
Team
Zachary Hargreaves
Managing Partner
Annie Tsai
Alumni Part-Time Partner
Arjun Arora
Alumni Part-Time Partner
Ion Stoica
AI Faculty Partner
Joseph Gonzalez
AI Faculty Partner
Ken Goldberg
AI Faculty Partner
Kurt Keutzer
AI Faculty Partner
Leandrew Robinson
Alumni Part-Time Partner
Michael Jordan
AI Faculty Partner
Sydney Thomas
Venture Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WWealth | Series C | $100M | Sep 2026 |
 Night | Growth | — | Feb 2026 |
 Scholé.ai | Seed | $3M | Jan 2026 |
 LMArena | Series C | $150M | Jan 2026 |
 Bespoke Labs | Series A | $40M | Jan 2026 |
| LMArena | Series A | $150M | Jan 2026 |
 SkyPilot | Seed | $20M | Jan 2026 |
 Savvy Wealth | Series C | $100M | Jan 2026 |
 Savvy | Series C | $100M | Jan 2026 |
 depthfirst | Series B | $80M | Jan 2026 |
 The General Intelligence Company | Seed | $8.7M | Dec 2025 |
 SigIQ | Seed | $9.5M | May 2025 |
 HeyMarvin | Unknown | $11M | Jan 2025 |
 Arena AI | Series B | $30M | Jan 2025 |
 Forta | Series A | $55M | Jan 2024 |
 Forta Health | Series A | $55M | Jan 2024 |
 Genmo AI | Series A | $28.4M | Jan 2024 |
 Parade | Unknown | $17M | Sep 2023 |
 Prime Roots | Series B | $30M | May 2023 |
| WWealth | Series A | $11M | Nov 2022 |
 Skillest | Unknown | $1M | Jun 2022 |
 Opaque Systems | Series A | $22M | Jun 2022 |
| OOpaque | Series A | $22M | Jun 2022 |
 Pebble | Seed | $6.2M | May 2022 |
 Ghost Financial | Pre-Seed | $2.5M | Apr 2022 |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 20 October 2026