Cfund is founded by Alessandro Piol of Vedanta Capita; and Amol Sarva from Peek and Virgin Mobile USA

A seed fund targeting the community of US-based university Columbia University has been set up, named Cfund.

The fund said on its website: "Looking for seed funding for your startup? Cfund backs driven, talented startup founders from the greater Columbia University community (alums, students, faculty). The principals and advisors are all Columbia alumni/faculty as well as tech founders and investors."

The fund had an application deadline of May 1 for its initial wave.

The fund lists venture firms RRE…