# Berkeley Ventures

> Berkeley Ventures is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Information Technology. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berkeley, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/BerkVentures
- Website: http://berkeleyventures.com

Berkeley Ventures is a for-profit incubator that helps startups in sectors, including internet, software, mobile, clean energy, and gaming. It offers access to mentors and advisors, introductions to investors, incubator space, connections to local resources, and a program to help startups grow.Berkeley Ventures aims to find early-stage companiesand provide them with facilities, advisors, introductions, and more. The company was founded in 2009 by Chris Doner.Berkeley Ventures is headquartered in Berkeley, California.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 2 | 67% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 33% |
| Sales Automation | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Doner | Founder | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Veruna | Veruna is an insurtech developer of the Salesforce-based agency management platform. Veruna is an agency management system provider that offers an AMS designed to meet the needs of the modern insurance agency through true customization and integration. Veruna is challenging independent insurance agents to walk away from the status quo and embracechange. Veruna is committed to enabling independent agencies to grow their business by changing the way they do business. | $10M | Series B | Oct 17, 2023 |  |
| Champ | Through the application of its secure, patent-pending technology, CHAMPtitles ends the reliance on legacy systems to manage U.S. automobile titles. CHAMPtitles partners with each party in the vehicle title ecosystem to reduce their costs in handling titles, turning the burdensome administrative process of issuing a vehicle title into a profitableactivity. | $12.9M | Series B | Sep 22, 2022 |  |
| Tremor | Tremor designs, builds & manages SmartMarkets utilize state-of-art auction technologies & optimization techniques. | $4M | Series A | Sep 09, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Guidewire Software](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guidewire-software) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Anthemis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthemis-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Ally Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- CoVerica — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EMC Insurance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emc-insurance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- EOS Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Berkeley Ventures invest in?

Berkeley Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Berkeley Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Berkeley Ventures?

The team at Berkeley Ventures includes Chris Doner (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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