Cougar Venture Fund
Venture capitalHouston · Pre-Seed–Series A · 12 people tracked
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Investment thesis
The Cougar Venture Fund is an educational, student-run early-stage venture fund operated through the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business. It gives MBA students hands-on experience analyzing and investing in early-stage technology companies as part of a Venture Capital Investment course, guided by an advisory board of entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capitalists. The fund has cultivated relationships with top-tier venture capital partners, angel groups, and accelerators to help its portfolio companies access the resources needed to reach their strategic and operational goals.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 12 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 1 of 1 portfolio companiesBiotech ×1Healthtech ×1
HQs:United States×1
Investments · 1 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path7 Hills Pharma is a clinical-stage drug development company developing first-in-class integrin-targeted agonists intended to improve the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies and stem cell transplantation.
BiotechHealthtechHouston, US
Upendra Marathi(Executive Officer, Director)inRobert Bent(Executive Officer)
BoardJoseph Bailes(Director)Stephen A. Bent(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatKala Marathi· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Jul 2024
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Cougar Venture Fund invest at?
- Cougar Venture Fund invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Cougar Venture Fund focus on?
- Cougar Venture Fund focuses on Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is Cougar Venture Fund located?
- Cougar Venture Fund is headquartered in Houston, US.
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