# Stanford University

> Stanford University is a VC fund backing Software and Health Care. See 120 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stanford, United States
- Total investments: 120
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/stanford-university
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Stanford
- Website: http://www.stanford.edu
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/6192688417

Stanford University is a teaching and research university that focuses on graduate programs in law, medicine, education, and business. Few colleges can match the breadth, excellence, and prestige of Stanford’s academics, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The university is organized into seven schools: Business, Earth Sciences,Education, Engineering, Humanities and Sciences, Law, and Medicine Student life at Stanford is quite active, due in part to the 11,000+ students living on campus. Art is a strong presence at Stanford, fostered by Stanford Lively Arts, the Cantor Center for Visual Arts, and numerous student clubs and organizations. Stanford also features extensive athletic programs, including more than 35 varsity sports and about 20 clubs sports. In order to maintain its high standards, Stanford University has extremely selective admissions. The university admits undergraduates based on a combination of academic achievement, intellectual curiosity, and personal experience. Graduate admissions criteria and application procedures vary based on the program of study. Undergraduates at Stanford have access to a variety of financial aid opportunities, including institutional scholarships, grants from the government, and student employment. Graduate students can receive financial aid through fellowships and grants, but funding is typically not available for master’s students.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Stanford University. Shizune tracks 122 team members at Stanford University. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/stanford-university?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 23 | 19% |
| Health Care | 19 | 16% |
| SaaS | 15 | 13% |
| Biotechnology | 12 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 12 | 10% |

173 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 38 | 32% |
| Series B | 26 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 14 | 12% |
| Seed | 12 | 10% |
| Series C | 9 | 8% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 90 | 75% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Finland | 1 | 1% |
| South Korea | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Audrey Maclean | Consulting Associate Professor, School of Eng. | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audrey-maclean |
| Badr Al-Rumaih | Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford Wave Physics Lab | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/badr-al-rumaih |
| Carolyn Bertozzi | Professor of chemistry | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carolyn-bertozzi |
| Christopher Field | Perry L. McCarty Director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-field-eb2e |
| Chuck Eesley | Associate Professor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chuck-eesley |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GridCARE | GridCARE provides energy security and resilience at a never-before-seen pace, making it the indispensable one-stop power solution for AI data centers. | $64M | Series A | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Pumpkinseed Technologies | Pumpkinseed allows for high-speed readings of biological bits. | $20M | Series A | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Deepgram | Deepgram helps enterprises unlock the potential of their audio data with custom-trained speech recognition for accuracy and scale. Deepgram's deep learning speech recognition system searches for keywords in transcripts by sound and text within audio and video files, used for transcribing calls, meetings, and voicemails for searchable notes,providing businesses with a fast, high accuracy speech-to-text on an easy-to-use API.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $130M | Series C | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| Adaptyx Biosciences | Adaptyx Biosciences develops wearable sensors. | $14M | Seed | Oct 20, 2025 |  |
| Upscale AI | Upscale AI is a high‑performance AI networking company accelerating AI democratization with open‑standard and full‑stack turnkey solutions. | $100M | Seed | Sep 17, 2025 |  |
| August Health | August Health is the platform for forward-thinking, care-obsessed senior living operators. The platform is purpose-built for proactive care, enabling communities to shift from reactive tactics to proactive care strategies. Unquestionably user friendly, August Health is easy to learn and easy to use, allowing staff to focus on resident care. Theonly EHR platform created by a senior living physician and a former Apple engineering leader, August Health is known for improving care quality, simplifying compliance, and providing first-of-its-kind insights and analytics. Communities across the country rely on August Health, including leading operators such as Sonida Senior Living, Priority Life Care, Bickford Senior Living, Claiborne Senior Living, Koelsch Communities, and 12 Oaks Senior Living. Learn more at augusthealth.com. | $29M | Series B | Aug 07, 2025 |  |
| Dispatch Bio | Dispatch Bio helps create a world where all cancer patients can be cured. | $216M | Series A | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| Phia | Phia is a company that provides a tool for online shoppers to compare prices and discover better deals across thousands of retailers and resale platforms. It offers a browser extension and a mobile app that include features such as price-comparison, alerts for price changes, and suggestions of similar or used items when an item seems overpriced.Phia draws on data to help users assess whether a listed price is fair, high, or typical. It also curates personalized shopping feeds and editorial picks based on shoppers’ behavior and preferences. The goal is to simplify decision-making for consumers by consolidating options and insights into one interface. | $250K | Grant | May 02, 2025 |  |
| PangeAI | PangeAI functions as an agentic layer over various types of geospatial data. The platform processes satellite imagery, vector geometries, and coordinate systems to answer physical-world questions. Artificial intelligence agents execute spatial analysis tasks directly for enterprise users. The system accepts natural language queries to evaluatedifferent physical environments. The technology removes the requirement for dedicated geographic information system teams during standard operations. The software identifies specific locations for new infrastructure projects. The application assesses environmental variables like flood zones across multiple land sites. The tool integrates earth observation datasets to generate standard spatial reports. |  | Grant | May 01, 2025 |  |
| Nova Anchora | Nova Anchora, a biopharmaceutical startup, is developing a corrected protein therapy for DEB, a severe uncommon skin disease. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 29, 2025 |  |

10 of 120 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Foresite Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresite-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Mayfield Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayfield-fund) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Mohr Davidow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohr-davidow-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Peninsula Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peninsula-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Stanford University invest in?

Stanford University invests primarily in Software, Health Care and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 120 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 Stanford University?

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### Who are the partners at Stanford University?

The team at Stanford University includes Audrey Maclean (Consulting Associate Professor, School of Eng.), Badr Al-Rumaih (Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford Wave Physics Lab) and Carolyn Bertozzi (Professor of chemistry), among 122 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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