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.
They made 4 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $59.2M (across 40 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
39
Fund Size
$115M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Night | Growth | — | Feb 2026 |
| SScholé 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 |
 The General Intelligence Company | Seed | $8.7M | Dec 2025 |
 HeyMarvin | Unknown | $11M | Jan 2025 |
 Prime Roots | Series B | $30M | May 2023 |
 Opaque Systems | Series A | $22M | Jun 2022 |
| OOpaque | Series A | $22M | Jun 2022 |
 Ghost Financial | Pre-Seed | $2.5M | Apr 2022 |
 Ponder | Seed | $7M | Mar 2022 |
 Marvin | Pre-Seed | $3.8M | Feb 2022 |
 Bubble | Pre-Seed | $1.8M | Jan 2022 |
 Parade | Series A | $12.7M | Jan 2022 |
| PParade.ai | Series A | $12.7M | Jan 2022 |
 Arize | Series A | $19M | Sep 2021 |
| SSafelyyou | Series A | $19.5M | Sep 2021 |
 Safely You | Series A | $19.5M | Sep 2021 |
 Ambi Robotics | Series A | $26M | Sep 2021 |
 Databricks | Series H | $1.6B | Aug 2021 |
 Breef | Seed | $3.5M | Aug 2021 |
 Queenly | Series A | $6.3M | Jul 2021 |
| Opaque Systems | Seed | $9.5M | Jul 2021 |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 8 September 2026