
Xfund is the early-stage venture capital firm built to back entrepreneurs who think laterally and experiment across disciplines. We are a pioneering partnership between some of the country’s most successful venture capital firms and some of the world’s best research universities in the United States and abroad. Whether you’re a student, faculty member, staff, alumni — or perhaps you’re entirely self-taught — so long as you have a curious mind and an ability to execute, we’re interested.
Born of a unique cross-pollination between top venture firms and universities, Xfund believes that technical talent is necessary — but not sufficient — to build the world’s most durable companies. We seek out entrepreneurs with multidisciplinary abilities whom we know will make more insightful innovators and entrepreneurs. We don’t limit ourselves to traditional sector or industry lines: we’ve invested in a musical headset that primes your neurons; data analytics firms that put massive informational power into the hands of ordinary people; a company that’s making TV social; and the world’s leading personal genomics company, among many others.
Once we find entrepreneurs who share our commitment to a growth mindset, we welcome them to our family of leading venture capital investors, university faculty, and industry advisors. This can mean helping to place a Nobel laureate on your board, brokering a key strategic partnership, or just sharing a beer and tackling your problems as a team. Our unique structure and unparalleled network enable us to deliver value that few other firms can. Come partner with us.
Born of a unique cross-pollination between top venture firms and universities, Xfund believes that technical talent is necessary — but not sufficient — to build the world’s most durable companies. We seek out entrepreneurs with multidisciplinary abilities whom we know will make more insightful innovators and entrepreneurs. We don’t limit ourselves to traditional sector or industry lines: we’ve invested in a musical headset that primes your neurons; data analytics firms that put massive informational power into the hands of ordinary people; a company that’s making TV social; and the world’s leading personal genomics company, among many others.
Once we find entrepreneurs who share our commitment to a growth mindset, we welcome them to our family of leading venture capital investors, university faculty, and industry advisors. This can mean helping to place a Nobel laureate on your board, brokering a key strategic partnership, or just sharing a beer and tackling your problems as a team. Our unique structure and unparalleled network enable us to deliver value that few other firms can. Come partner with us.
Location: United States, California, Palo Alto
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2011
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 29
Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
- | Ravel | ravellaw.com | $8.1M | United Sta... |
- | Vaccitech | vaccitech.co.uk | $306.09M | United Kin... |
- | Uvaro | uvaro.com | $12M | Canada, On... |
- | Guideline | guideline.com | $222M | United Sta... |
- | SERVICE | getservice.com | $3.1M | United Sta... |
- | 23andMe | 23andme.com | $2.75B | United Sta... |
- | Curebase | curebase.com | $55M | - |
- | Bold Voice | boldvoice.com | - | United Sta... |
- | Zumper | zumper.com | $167.5M | - |
- | Kea | kea.ai | $13M | United Sta... |
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Mentions in press and media 18
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20.05.2025 | Kovr.ai: Revolutionizing Cyber Compliance with AI-Powered Automation | In the world of cybersecurity, compliance is often seen as a cumbersome beast. Organizations grapple with regulations that seem to multiply like rabbits. Enter Kovr.ai, a fresh player in the field, armed with $3.6 million in seed funding. T... |
19.05.2025 | Kovr.ai: $3.6 Million Secured For Transforming Cyber Compliance Automation | Kovr.ai, an AI-native cyber compliance automation platform provider, announced it emerged from stealth with $3.6 million in seed funding led by IronGate and Xfund with participation from Hack Factory, OODA Ventures, and McLean Capital. Kovr... |
22.12.2022 | 3 Black investors talk about what they’re looking for in 2023 | Founders and investors alike are bracing for a tough 2023 as the economy shows few signs of improving. But there are a lot of questions up in the air: Will the truckload of dry powder VCs have make its way to the market? Are there going to ... |
05.09.2020 | Xfund 3 Raises Fund to Support University-Based Startups | Xfund, a Palo Alto, CA-based Cambridge, MA-based early-stage venture capital firm designed to back lateral thinkers, closed its newest investment vehicle, Xfund 3. Launched in 2012 as a collaboration between Harvard University and New Enter... |
03.09.2020 | Xfund 3 Raises Oversubscribed Fund to Back University-Based Innovation | |
29.12.2019 | Wrapping Up CLT’s 2019: Q4 Deals in the Queen City | An exciting Q4 in the Carolinas has left many startups looking forward to a successful 2020. We thought the best way to ring in the new year would be to look back at the most noteworthy fundings, deals, exits, mergers, and acquisitions duri... |
29.03.2017 | What digital health sectors are hot and which are overhyped? Early-Stage Venture-Capital Investors Early-Stage Venture-Capital Investors | VCs from Sequoia, 500 Startups, Canvas and McKesson weighed in at Vator Splash Health At Vator Splash Health last week, we assembled a group of top healthcare venture capitalists to give us their take on the current market. Specifically: wh... |
23.03.2017 | Presenting the finalists for Vator Splash Health! | 8 startups will be pitching their ideas to some of the top healthtech VCs! Vator Splash Health is finally here! And in just a few hours, we'll find out who the winner of our competition is! The winning company, and the runner up, gets about... |
23.03.2017 | The winner of Vator Splash Health is... Iris Plans! | Congratulations to our runner up: Blumio! The ballots are in! They have all been counted and recounted, and we have a winner for this year's Vator Splash Health, Wellness & Wearables 2017. Hubert Zajicek of Health Wildcatters, and one o... |
10.02.2016 | Halo Neuroscience raises $9M Series A for neurostimulation for athletics, stroke rehab | The company is interested in applying its brain stimulation technology in two areas –athletics and stroke rehabilitation. For that reason it stands apart from other companies that have focused on areas like ADHD, concentration in general, a... |
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