CAL Innovation — Full Portfolio

Blings provides a video personalization platform that dynamically updates content in real-time by pulling data from customer CRM and database systems, ensuring each viewer sees customized video experiences.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsCACalifornia Innovation FundHAHanaco Venture CapitalVEVertex Ventures IsraelVEVertex Ventures

Miist develops inhaled microparticle therapeutics that deliver medicine to the bloodstream in 30 seconds, targeting conditions like migraine, pain, and anxiety where rapid onset is critical.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesAlameda, US

EEEric Ezerins(Cofounder, Head of Technology)inDSDalton Signor(Cofounder, CEO)inRandy Krebs(Executive Officer)JSJeffrey Schuster(Chief Technology Officer)inEvan Alfano(Director)

Co-investorsCACalifornia Innovation FundENEntrepreneur FirstFRFREEFLOWTHThe Innovation SpaceRERefactor Capital

CatenaBio develops precision conjugation technology using native amino acids to enable biotherapeutic fusions of small molecules, nucleic acids, enzymes, and cells.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesBerkeley, US

MLMarco Lobba(Founder)inMatthew Francis(Founder)inGeo Guillen

Co-investorsCACalifornia Innovation FundCICivilization Ventures Management, LlcCRCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)FRFREEFLOWGAGaingelsIAIaso Ventures+14 more

Cooler Heads develops scalp cooling technology to prevent hair loss in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

HealthtechMedical DevicesSan Diego, US

KDKate Dilligan(Founder & CEO)in

BoardMGMaria Gonzalez-Blanch(Director)inMSMICHAEL SCHOTZINGER(Director)inLIZ TODIA(Director)LZLIZ ZAMBORY(Director)inJPJASON PESTERFIELD(Director)in

Co-investorsADAd Astra VenturesALAloft VCASAstiaBABacchus Venture CapitalCACalifornia Innovation FundGAGaingels+7 more

A Berkeley spinout developing a new generation of medicines for the brain and other hard-to-treat tissues using breakthrough science from UC Berkeley and the Innovative Genomics Institute.

BiotechBerkeley, US

Ross Wilson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)DFDana Foss(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

BoardJaromir Tesar(Director)

Co-investorsCACalifornia Innovation Fund

EdVisorly is an AI-based enrollment platform for higher education institutions, used to manage admissions and enrollment operations.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS

MSManny S.(Founder)inMSManny Smith(Founder)CWChristine Wyatt(Chief Operating Officer)inLLLandon Lewis(Chief Technology Officer)in

Co-investorsCACalifornia Innovation FundDODorm RoomMOMotley Fool VenturesPOPotencia VenturesSISilicon ValleyBLBlack Operator

Eko develops FDA-cleared digital stethoscopes and AI-powered software that enables healthcare professionals to detect and diagnose cardiovascular disease with greater accuracy.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices

CLConnor Landgraf(Co-Founder and CEO)inTCTyler CrouchinJBJason Bellet(Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer)in

Co-investorsQUQuesta CapitalHIHighland Capital PartnersARArtis VenturesBEBetter Ventures Central LlcCACalifornia Innovation FundDIDigiTx Partners LLC+15 more

EngageBio develops DNA-based medicines using proprietary non-viral delivery technology to achieve extended therapeutic expression from a single dose with low manufacturing complexity.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US

WOWill Olsen(Founder)inKathryn Kwant

Co-investorsCACalifornia Innovation FundGAGaingelsMEMetaplanetSCSciFoundersVEVentureSouqWOWorldQuant Ventures+10 more

LILT provides a multilingual AI platform that uses agentic AI models combined with expert human verification to translate and localize enterprise content such as product materials, technical documentation, and marketing campaigns.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

JDJohn DeNero(Founder)inSGSpence Green(Founder)in

BoardWilliam Coughran(Director)MRMark Rostick(Director)in

Co-investorsCACalifornia Innovation FundCLClear VenturesINIn-Q-TelINIntel CapitalKUKube VCRERedpoint Ventures+3 more

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

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment

ZAZohaib Ahmed(Founder)inSMSaqib Muhammad(Founder)in

Co-investorsBEBerkeley FrontierBEBetaworksBRBright Pixel CapitalCACalifornia Innovation FundCOComcast VenturesGLGlobal Brain+13 more

SixMap provides a cyber defense platform that discovers digital assets across IPv4 and IPv6 using its 6Gen computational mapping algorithm and continuously scans all ports on each host to identify exposures.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwarePasadena, US

JKJason Kaplan(Chief Executive Officer)inGregory Levesque(Director)AMAustin Murdock(Chairman, Chief Scientist, and Founder)inWilliam Jr. Murdock(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRARobert Ackerman(Director)inMJMichael Janke(Director)in

Co-investorsCACalifornia Innovation FundDADataTribeIAIAG Capital Partners

Space Kinetic develops technology to enable frequent, low-cost maneuvering and operations for spacecraft and space systems.

Deep TechHardwareSpace Tech

SZScott Ziegler(Founder)in

Co-investorsBABackswing VenturesBABalerion Space VenturesCACalifornia Innovation FundINIndustrious VenturesUPUP PartnersCECerraCap Ventures

Stylus Medicine develops in vivo genetic medicines using engineered recombinases, with initial focus on creating CAR-T therapies delivered via lipid nanoparticles for oncology, autoimmune, and genetic diseases.

BiotechDigital HealthMedical Devices

Michael C. Bassik, Ph.D.(Scientific Founder)ENEmile Nuwaysir, Ph.D.(Chairman & Chief Executive Officer)inJFJason Fontenot, Ph.D.(Chief Scientific Officer)Ami Bhatt(Founder)Lacramioara Bintu(Founder)Michael Bassik(Founder)

Co-investorsBRBrainstorm VenturesCACalifornia Innovation FundKHKhosla VenturesNENeva Sgr.RARA CapitalTATachyon Ventures+1 more

Synvivia engineers molecules designed to reprogram cells.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechSan Francisco, US

GLGabriel Lopez(CEO)in

Co-investorsCACalifornia Innovation FundCRCreative VenturesGAGaingelsMEMetaplanetTHThundermark CapitalY Y Combinator+4 more

TransCrypts is a blockchain-based platform for verifying and sharing employment, health and educational credentials.

CybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechNewark, US

ZZZain Zaidi(Founder)inZain Z(Founder)Ali Zaheer(Founder)

Co-investorsALAlpha EdisonALAlumni VenturesATAtland VenturesBEBeyond CapitalCACalifornia Innovation FundFAFaction+13 more

Vivere is a product development partner that helps brands, influencers, and companies ideate, create, manufacture, and distribute consumer product lines across categories including beauty, wellness and health, baby, pet care, and home and garden.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceWellness & FitnessHamburg, DE

Co-investorsARArmada Investment AGFFFf Venture CapitalGEGeneral CatalystRORockaway VenturesBEBerkeley FrontierPIPillar VC+2 more

Windfall provides a people intelligence and AI platform that generates insights on individuals to enrich customer and constituent data for targeting, engagement, and fundraising.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSales Tech

Arup Banerjee(Founder)Cory Tucker(Founder)Dan Stevens(Founder)

Co-investorsBOBonfire VenturesBUBullpen CapitalCLClocktower VenturesHOHomebrew

Your360 AI runs interview-based 360-degree feedback programs where an AI coach conducts voice conversations with employees and their feedback providers, then synthesizes the results into coaching themes and a prioritized growth plan.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechSan Francisco, US

Jared Seth Goralnick(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)SKSergio Kaszczyszyn(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inRenata Elisabeth Bell(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Co-investorsCACalifornia Innovation FundCACapital Factory