CalTech
Venture Capital
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California, with over $5 billion in endowment assets. Its Office of Technology Transfer and Corporate Partnerships (OTTCP) manages the Gates Investment Fund (formerly Caltech Seed Fund), a $10M pre-seed and seed fund that invests in startups commercializing Caltech and JPL research across medtech, clean energy, AI, and robotics.
Pasadena, United States · 3+ investments
Pre-Seed
Seed
Medtech
Robotics
artificial_intelligence
clean_energy
- Headquarters
- Pasadena, United States
- Website
- caltech.edu
- AUM
- $7.8B
- Total Investments
- 3
- Last Investment
- Oct 2024
- Geographic Focus
- United States
Investment Thesis
University technology transfer fund investing pre-seed and seed capital in startups commercializing research from Caltech and JPL. The Gates Investment Fund (formerly Caltech Seed Fund) deploys $10M in grants of $25,000–$100,000 to cleantech and sustainability startups, with additional equity investments in broader deep tech.
CalTech is a Venture Capital firm based in Pasadena, United States. It has made 3 investments in Medtech and Robotics.
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