Berkeley Frontier Fund will provide growth-stage funding to companies emerging out of the University of California campus, and has already made four investments.
Berkeley Frontier Fund, a US-based venture capital fund, launched today to invest in companies founded at University of California (UC), Berkeley using a philanthropic model that aims to give back $25m to the institution.
The $50m growth-stage fund will make its first contribution of $2.5m to UC Berkeley in the fourth quarter of this year, with the anticipated $25m total to be donated over the fund’s…
Thierry Heles
Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.
