How many investments has Berkeley Frontier made?

Berkeley Frontier has 26 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.

What stage does Berkeley Frontier invest at?

Berkeley Frontier invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.

Where is Berkeley Frontier located?

Berkeley Frontier is headquartered in Berkeley, US.

Does Berkeley Frontier lead rounds?

Berkeley Frontier typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.

Who does Berkeley Frontier co-invest with?

Berkeley Frontier most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Felicis Ventures, SV Angel, among 202 tracked co-investors.

Berkeley Frontier

Venture capital

Berkeley · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 40 people tracked

Also known as BFF MANAGEMENT CO., LLC

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Investment thesis

Berkeley Frontier Fund is a philanthropic venture capital firm investing across all stages from early to late stage companies founded by or connected to UC Berkeley alumni and faculty. The firm aims to align incentives in private markets for Berkeley's public benefit, returning capital to support student entrepreneurship programs, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and advancing industries where Berkeley researchers and alumni have been foundational contributors—including AI, hardware, materials science, and biotech.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning Biotech Cybersecurity Deep Tech Hardware RoboticsSector AgnosticBerkeley New York United States

Source: firm website, verified Aug 18, 2026.

Stage

Pre-Seed–Late Stage

Berkeley, CA, US

Leads rounds

Follows

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2021

Last 12 months

1 investment

Tracked investments

Team · 40 people

from the firm's website & public directories

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli· Co-Founder, Cadence, Synopsys, Chair of Berkeley EECS· Berkeley, California, United Statesin

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli has been a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley since 1975, where he holds the Buttner Endowed Chair. He was involved in founding Cadence, Synopsys, Accent, and UPEK, and has served on the boards of directors of Cadence, UPEK, Sonics, Accent, and Value Partners. He is a member of Cadence's Strategy Committee, General Motors' Science and Technology Advisory Board, and United Technologies' Technology Advisory Council.

Alfred Chu· Founder, Starlite Investment Group· Hong Kong SARin

Charles Huang· Co-Founder of Guitar Hero, Berkeley Foundation Trustee· New Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taiwanin

Christine Tsai· CEO and Founding Partner at 500 Global· London, England, United Kingdomin

Christine Tsai is co-founder of Dot Investing, an angel investor, and product manager with experience spanning fashion, UX, corporate strategy at Microsoft, and management consulting. She has worked across multiple regions including Asia, Europe, and the United States, focusing on translating complex problems into executable strategies and bridging communication between technical and business stakeholders. Dot Investing was created to provide investors with tools, knowledge, and access to participate in private and alternative markets.

Chuck Ng· Founder/President of BCAIA

Esther Ma· Founder of Prestique· Whippany, New Jersey, United Statesin

Esther Ma is a Procurement Business Partner for Marketing Consumer Health at Bayer with an MBA from Michigan State University in Supply Chain Management and Marketing. She has three years of supply chain management experience as an area manager in Amazon's distribution operations and one year of technical recruiting experience at Workbridge Associates. Her background includes work across cross-functional teams in supply chain, procurement, and recruiting functions.

Francis Ng· Chairmen of Yat Sen Foundation· Greater Tokyo Areain

Francis Ng is a software engineer at ENGI with experience in web and mobile development technologies including C#, Java, JavaScript, PHP, and C++. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh.

Gary Yeung· Co-Founder of YK Bioventures· New York, New York, United Statesin

Jack McCauley· Co-Founder of Oculus, Berkeley Foundation Trustee· Boonsboro, Maryland, United Statesin

Loraine Binion· Executive Director of Finance, UC Berkeley Foundation· Oakland, California, United Statesin

Richard Chan· Managing Partner· Washington DC-Baltimore Areain

S. Steven Pan· Chairman, Silks Hotel Group – Regent Taipei, Berkeley Foundation Trustee· Taipei City, Taipei City, Taiwanin

Scott Shenker· Professor, Berkeley EECS, Co-Founder of Databricks

Shuhong Ye· Co-Founder of Meituan Dianping, Berkeley Foundation Trustee· Hong Kong SARin

Vincent Cheung· CEO of Nan Fung Group, Berkeley Foundation Trustee· Canadain

Vincent Cheung is an RSP Analyst at Aviva Canada. He brings over 10 years of experience in education management, including work in student recruitment coordination, academic assessment, and student data management.

Jacky Chan· Partner· Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiain

Dylan Chiu· Principal· New York City Metropolitan Areain

Ben Chan· Venture Partner· Batu Pahat, Johore, Malaysiain

Ben Chan is a Project Manager at Honsoar Jaycorp Cabinetry Sdn Bhd. He has held executive positions across product management, product marketing, technical sales, engineering, and strategy.

Chethan Ramachandran· Venture Partner· Alamo, California, United Statesin

Chethan Ramachandran is the CEO and co-founder of Skillprint, a platform that combines AI and machine learning, neuroscience, and games to support cognitive development. He began working on machine learning projects in 2004 and has had several company exits. He also serves as a Venture Partner and advisor to multiple funds ranging from early-stage incubation to late-stage growth.

Jenny Zhang· Venture Partner· Phnom Penh, Cambodiain

Melissa Kotterman· Venture Partner· San Francisco Bay Areain

Melissa Kotterman is Chief Executive Officer at Vivere Oncotherapies and serves as a board member. Her research background is in biopharmaceuticals, focusing on early-stage discovery and preclinical studies, with expertise in viral gene therapy and the use of adeno-associated virus (AAV) for rare and complex diseases. She has developed viral gene delivery vectors targeting more than 10 tissue and cell types, including human embryonic stem cells and adult neural stem cells, with additional research interests in infectious disease, regenerative medicine, neuroscience, and oncology.

Sean Zhang· Venture Partner· Xuhui District, Shanghai, Chinain

Steven Lam· Venture Partner· Toronto, Ontario, Canadain

Alice Han· Venture Partner· San Francisco Bay Areain

Eliot Sun· Venture Partner· San Francisco Bay Areain

Jeremy Hammer· Venture Partner· Oakland, Californiain 𝕏

Jeremy Hammer is a Senior Solutions Consultant at CentralSquare Technologies with 25 years of experience in emergency services, including roles as a volunteer firefighter, 911 dispatcher, training officer, and supervisor. He works with public safety agencies to implement and optimize software solutions, drawing on his operational background in emergency response. His experience spans critical decision-making under pressure, team leadership, and complex incident coordination.

Sherry Wong· Venture Partner· Hong Kongin

Steve Felter· Venture Partner· Berkeley, Californiain 𝕏

Steve Felter is a Venture Partner at Berkeley Frontier Fund. He has spent over a decade in leadership roles at venture-backed startups, serving as CEO, COO, and CFO across stages ranging from early fundraising and team building to scaling, acquisition, and integration into a Fortune 50 company. His areas of focus include business development, growth, operations, and finance.

Alvin Tang· Assistant Physician-in-Chief, The Permanente Medical Group· Toronto, Ontario, Canadain

Alvin Tang is a manager with experience in the casino industry. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Business Technology Management from Ryerson University and currently works as Pit Manager at the Canadian National Exhibition.

Caroline Winnett· Executive Director of Berkeley Skydeck· Berkeley, Californiain

Caroline Winnett is the Executive Director of UC Berkeley SkyDeck, the university's startup accelerator and incubator operated as a partnership between the Haas School of Business, the College of Engineering, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. SkyDeck invests $200,000 in each cohort company and provides mentorship, resources, and access to UC Berkeley's network of over 700 advisors and accredited investors. The program has supported more than 140 startups in residence and maintains a Gold Tier rating from the Seed Rankings Project.

Chris Lee· Partner at Farron, Augustine & Alexander· Bridge City, Texas, United Statesin

Chris Lee holds a Vice President of Marketing role at ProMiles Software Development Corporation and serves as General Manager at Anonymous. He has experience across the software, industrial safety, and trucking industries, with a background in evaluating business opportunities.

Corey Goodman· Managing Partner – Venbio Partners, Adj. Professor of Neuroscience, UC Berkeley· Greater Phoenix Areain

Corey Goodman is an Engineering Project Specialist at Apple, Inc in the Hardware Technologies division. In this role, Goodman oversees resource allocation and project progression for prototype development initiatives.

David Drubin· Chair of Berkeley Molecular and Cell Biology· Berkeley, California, United Statesin

David Schaffer· Executive Director of QB3, Director of Bakar Labs· New York City Metropolitan Areain

David Schaffer is Head of Private Investments, Legal at Point72, L.P., where he serves as lead transactional attorney for the firm and its affiliates, including Point72 Ventures, Cohen Private Ventures, Point72 Hyperscale, and Point72 Biotech. He manages legal aspects of Steven A. Cohen's private investment portfolio, handling negotiation, implementation, management, and disposition of private equity, venture capital, and strategic transactions.

Farouk Najjar· Investor· Berkeley, California, United Statesin

Max Hui· Managing Director at CDH Investments· Hong Kong SARin

Michael Rape· Professor and Head, Division of Molecular Therapeutics, UC Berkeley· San Francisco Bay Areain

Rich Lyons· Chancellor, UC Berkeley· London, England, United Kingdomin

Rich Lyons is a designer at LoveFrom with nearly twenty years of experience across print, digital, and motion design. He previously spent ten years on the Apple Design Team, where he contributed to the Human Interface Visual Design of Apple Vision Pro, and has worked with brands including Airbnb, Deliveroo, Nokia, and the Premier League across projects spanning art direction, spatial design, interaction design, and photography. Earlier in his career, he held positions at SEA and DesignStudio.

Tsu-Jae King Liu· Dean, UC Berkeley College of Engineering

Yong Rui· Corp. CTO & SVP, Lenovo· Singaporein

Founder mafia

3 people who came through Berkeley Frontier went on to found or lead other companies.

Michael RapeProfessor and Head, Division of Molecular Therapeutics, UC BerkeleyFounded Lyterian Therapeutics Chethan RamachandranVenture PartnerFounded Skillprint David SchafferExecutive Director of QB3, Director of Bakar LabsFounded Viveretx

What they invest in

from 23 of 26 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×14Deep Tech ×10Enterprise Software ×10Hardware ×5Biotech ×4Cloud Computing ×4Developer Tools ×4Cybersecurity ×3

HQs:United States×15

Investments · 26 tracked

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Agenthublabsagenthublabs.com

Co-investors468 Capital

AGI Inctheagi.company in 𝕏

AGI develops on-device AI agents that automate tasks across applications while maintaining privacy and working offline.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsStreamlined Ventures

Aimatxaimatx.ai in

AIMATX operates an AI platform for materials discovery that predicts material properties and guides targeted experimentation to shorten research cycles.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew Materials

Co-investorsTyche Partners

Atom Computingatom-computing.com in 𝕏

Atom Computing develops large-scale quantum computers using optically-trapped neutral atoms for on-premises deployment.

Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingBerkeley, US

Ben Bloom(Founder & CEO)in

BoardDror Berman(Director)inEthan Batraski(Director)in

Co-investorsAbstract Ventures Blue Ivy Ventures BoxGroup Cantos Ventures Caruso Ventures DCVC (Data Collective)+15 more

Atriosatrios.com

Warm-intro marketplace connecting tastemakers.

Co-investorsBlitzscaling Ventures Seaplane Ventures

Ayar Labsayarlabs.com in 𝕏

Ayar Labs develops co-packaged optics (CPO) technology for AI infrastructure, enabling optical connectivity between thousands of GPUs across data center racks.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSan Jose, US

Mark Wade(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAlumni Ventures Basecamp Fund Blue Bear Ventures Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)Factorial Funds G Vision Capital +14 more

D-Matrix AI Inference Accelerationd-matrix.ai in 𝕏

d-Matrix develops AI compute hardware and platforms optimized for generative AI inference, designed to be faster, more energy-efficient, and more accessible than existing solutions.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductors

Sid Sheth(Founder)in

Co-investorsPlayground Global Temasek Alpha Square Group Amino Capital Cortado Ventures Entrada Ventures +10 more

Databricksdatabricks.com in 𝕏

Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Ali Ghodsi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ion Stoica(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matei Zaharia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inReynold Xin(Founder)inPatrick Wendell(Founder)inAndy Konwinski(Founder)in

Co-investors137 Ventures A.Capital Ventures Aglae Ventures Alkeon Innovation Altra Venture Amplify Partners +68 more

Discorddiscord.com in 𝕏

Discord is a communications platform for voice, video, and text chat designed primarily for gaming communities and players.

ConsumerCreator EconomyGamingSocialSan Francisco, US

Jason Citron(Co-Founder; CEO (2015-2025); now Board Member & CEO Advisor)Stanislav Vishnevskiy(Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)inClint Smith(Executive Officer)Humam Sakhnini(Chief Executive Officer)Tomasz Marcinkowski(Chief Financial Officer)Ben Shanken(VP of Product)

Co-investorsAccel Access Industries Acquire Fi Acrew Capital AppWorks Ventures Arcane Group +36 more

Generation Labgenerationlab.com

Generation Lab offers an at-home epigenetic aging test (SystemAge) that measures 460 biomarkers across 21 organs and systems using DNA methylation, delivering a personalized aging report and action plan for consumers.

BiotechDigital HealthLongevity

Irina Conboy(Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer)

Co-investorsCoral Capital MARKHAM VALLEY VENTURES Samsung Next SLVC Transpose Platform Management Zone 2 Ventures Llc +3 more

Kanugetkanu.com

Kanu is an enterprise AI platform that connects a company's data sources and encodes its business logic to automatically build, deploy, and maintain custom workflows, applications, and dashboards inside the customer's own AWS or GCP environment.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

magic leapin 𝕏

Netskope provides cloud security technology and solutions, offering strategic and technical briefings to help security teams develop and manage cybersecurity programs that protect against cloud threats.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSanta Clara, US

Co-investorsAccel Adit Ventures Management, Llc Ballistic Ventures Base Partners Galdana Ventures Geodesic Capital+8 more

Mammoth Biosciencesmammoth.bio in 𝕏

Mammoth Bio develops technology to read and write the code of life, operating in the biotechnology sector.

BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesBrisbane, US

Jennifer Doudna(Founder)inTrevor Martin(Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer)inJanice Chen(Co-founder, Chief Scientific Officer & President, Research)Lucas Harrington(Co-founder)inAshley Tehranchi(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardUrshit Parikh(Director)

Co-investors8VC CALIFORNIA INNOVATION Decheng Capital Foresite Capital Mayfield Fund Mission Bay Capital +9 more

Multifactormultifactor.com in 𝕏

Multifactor provides zero-trust authentication, authorization, and auditing services.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Vivek Nair(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsHoneystone Ventures Taurus Ventures Transpose Platform Management Y Combinator Nexus Venture Partners

Neurona Therapeuticsneuronatherapeutics.com in

Neurona is a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company developing allogeneic, off-the-shelf regenerative neural cell therapies that integrate into neural circuits to treat chronic neurological disorders.

BiotechHealthtechSouth San Francisco, US

Cory Nicholas(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)James Stutz(Executive Officer)Arnold Kriegstein(Director)

BoardPeter Svennilson(Director)inTim Kutzkey(Director)Ray Kelleher(Director)

Co-investorsIaso Ventures The Column Group Ysios Capital

Pacific Fusionpacificfusion.com in

Pacific Fusion is developing a high-gain pulsed magnetic inertial fusion system designed to achieve net facility gain, using a modular fast electric pulser, a meter-scale fusion chamber, and small fuel containers.

Climate TechDeep TechEnergy

Keith LeChien(Founder)in

Co-investorsAcario Innovation Alumni Ventures Basecamp Fund DCVC (Data Collective)Leitmotif Lightspeed Venture Partners +5 more

Pocketheypocket.com in 𝕏

Pocket is a wearable AI device with accompanying app that captures voice conversations and thoughts, then uses AI models to transcribe, summarize, generate action items, and create mind maps.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardwareSan Francisco, US

Akshay Narisetti(Founder)inGabriel Dymowski(Founder)in

Co-investorsLobster Capital TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Y Combinator Accel

Resemble AIresemble.ai in 𝕏Feb 2026 · $13M

Resemble develops generative voice models and synthetic speech technology, alongside deepfake detection capabilities.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment

Zohaib Ahmed(Co-founder)Saqib Muhammad(Co-founder)

Co-investorsBetaworks Bright Pixel Capital CALIFORNIA INNOVATION Comcast Ventures Global Brain GMG Ventures +11 more

Resvitabioresvitabio.com

Ripplingrippling.com in 𝕏

Rippling is a workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, finance, and employee data across a business.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Parker Conrad(Founder/CEO)inPrasanna S(Founder/CTO)in

Co-investorsAbstract Ventures Amino Capital Ansa Capital Bain Capital Tech Opportunities Bedrock BoxGroup +32 more

SambaNova Systemssambanova.ai in 𝕏

SambaNova develops an integrated AI platform designed to help enterprises deploy and manage AI workloads efficiently.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSemiconductorsPalo Alto, US

Kunle Olukotun(Co-founder & Chief Technologist)inRodrigo Liang(Co-founder & CEO)

BoardLip-Bu Tan(Director)in

Co-investorsAtlantic Bridge Ventures Battery Ventures Cambium Capital Celesta Capital Felicis Ventures GV (Google Ventures)+11 more

Skild AIskild.ai in 𝕏

Skild develops AI software and robotics systems that enable robots to operate autonomously in unstructured, real-world environments, performing tasks like navigation, grasping, and inspection without constant human intervention.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics

Deepak Pathak(Founder)inAbhinav Gupta(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlpha Square Group CRV (Charles River Ventures)DG Daiwa Ventures Felicis Ventures LG Technology Ventures Lightspeed Venture Partners +14 more

Stellon Labsstellonlabs.com in 𝕏

Stellon Labs develops compact AI models optimized for edge computing and resource-constrained hardware environments.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Rohan Joshi(Founder)inDivam Gupta(Founder)in

Co-investorsTranspose Platform Management Y Combinator 468 Capital

Supabasesupabase.com in 𝕏

Supabase is a fully managed PostgreSQL backend platform that integrates with AI builders like Claude, Lovable, and Bolt to enable rapid development of production applications.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Paul Copplestone(Founder)inAnt Wilson(Founder)in

Co-investorsBase Case Capital Chapter One Coatue Management Craft Ventures Felicis Ventures Firebolt Ventures Management Company, Llc +11 more

TraceRoot.AItraceroot.ai in 𝕏

TraceRoot.AI provides an open-source observability and automatic remediation platform for AI agents, enabling developers to capture execution traces and diagnose issues with AI-assisted debugging that incorporates source code and version control context.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Xinwei He(Founder)in

Co-investorsImagination Capital Y Combinator

Viveretxviveretx.com in

Vivere is an early-stage biotech developing cancer therapies that use a bioengineering platform (based on UC Berkeley research) to activate the immune system against "cold" solid tumors through targeted delivery.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechBerkeley, US

Adam Schieferecke(Co-founder; Head of Research)Hyuncheol Lee(Co-founder; Head of Nonclinical Development)David Schaffer(Co-founder; President)inJohn Dueber(Co-founder; Scientific Advisor)Wanichaya Noiwangklang(Co-founder; Head of Operations)

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation.

Databricks · techcrunch.com · Aug 13, 2026

SoftBank just sold its last slice of Boston Dynamics. Here's what that tells about where smart robotics money is going — TFN

Skild AI · techfundingnews.com · Jul 17, 2026

Rippling co-founder Prasanna Sankar’s AI startup Vorflux raises $15 Mn

Rippling · entrackr.com · Jul 16, 2026

Open Vision Engineering Raises $11 Million to Drive Next Phase of Pocket's Growth - The Tribune

Pocket · tribuneindia.com · Jul 15, 2026

Discord IPO 2026: Valuation, S-1 Filing, Revenue & When It's Happening | Value Add VC

Discord · valueaddvc.com · Jul 15, 2026

Tata AIA Launches Multifactor Index Fund: NFO Open Until June 30 | Whalesbook

Multifactor · whalesbook.com · Jun 23, 2026

Atom Computing raises $300M to build world's first fault-tolerant, commercially viable quantum computer - SiliconANGLE

Atom Computing · siliconangle.com · Jun 17, 2026

Supabase doubles valuation to $10B in 8 months | TechCrunch

Supabase · techcrunch.com · Jun 5, 2026

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Berkeley Frontier made?: Berkeley Frontier has 26 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Berkeley Frontier invest at?: Berkeley Frontier invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does Berkeley Frontier focus on?: Berkeley Frontier focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Hardware, Robotics, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Berkeley Frontier located?: Berkeley Frontier is headquartered in Berkeley, US.
Does Berkeley Frontier lead rounds?: Berkeley Frontier typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Berkeley Frontier co-invest with?: Berkeley Frontier most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Felicis Ventures, SV Angel, among 202 tracked co-investors.

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