The House Fund

www.thehouse.fund

VCMatch tracks The House Fund as an investor focused on AI/ML and Enterprise SaaS companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, Berkeley, Ca and United States markets, and $2m check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$2m

Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

Focus Areas

AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS

Geography

Berkeley, CA and United States

Investment Thesis

The House Fund is a community-first, campus-embedded early-stage VC that focuses on sourcing and supporting Berkeley-affiliated founders at inception and pre-seed/seed. They emphasize hand-selected, tailored support rather than batch programs — what they call “customized Venture Capital” — and prioritize long-term, founder-centric company building, leveraging the UC Berkeley ecosystem (research, alumni, faculty, students) and an AI platform to help founders go from 0→1.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

The House Fund is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds in AI/ML and Enterprise SaaS, especially across Berkeley, CA and United States, with public check-size signals around $2m.

Focus statement

They invest at inception in startups with at least one UC Berkeley founder/faculty/student/affiliate, concentrating on pre-seed and seed rounds and leveraging Berkeley’s AI talent through initiatives like AI@The House to back ambitious, technically driven founders.

Value Add

Community-first, campus-embedded model (founded from and tightly connected to the Berkeley community rather than capital-first)
Exclusive eligibility requirement: at least one founder who is a UC Berkeley alumnus, faculty member, student, or affiliate
AI platform: 'AI@The House' — a long-running (since 2016) partnership with top AI researchers to provide access to AI talent, insights, and research
Customized, hands-on support (no batches or group demo days; they provide a 'Personalized Demo Day' and tailored help)
Track record of being an early/inception investor (claims partnership 'at inception' with founders who've built 6 unicorns (7 total))
Clear check sizing and stage preference: 'Up to $1,000,000' as first investor; 'Up to $2,000,000' to lead or co-lead Seed rounds
Programs and grants specific to Berkeley ecosystem (e.g., BAIR Grant, AI Accelerator, Cal Knowledge Network access)