# The House Fund

> The House Fund is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 126 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berkeley, United States
- Total investments: 126
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 8%
- Fund size: $44M
- Last fund: Nov 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-house-fund
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/TheHouseVC/
- Website: http://thehouse.fund
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thehousefund/

The House Fund is a pre-seed and early stage venture capital fund focused on the boldest Berkeley startups. UC Berkeley has some of the most brilliant minds and daring businesses in the world, like Tesla, Apple, and Intel. It has never had a place to unite its entrepreneurs, until now. Started in 2016, with 50+ investments, $2B in follow-onfunding, and 10 exits later, The House Fund has become a thriving ecosystem for the boldest Berkeley startups to grow.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for The House Fund. Shizune tracks 10 team members at The House Fund. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/the-house-fund?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 32 | 25% |
| Software | 31 | 25% |
| Machine Learning | 17 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 14 | 11% |
| Blockchain | 7 | 6% |

145 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 54 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 22 | 17% |
| Series A | 22 | 17% |
| Series B | 8 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 4% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 85 | 67% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adithya Iyengar | Senior Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adithya-iyengar |
| Akash Malhotra | Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akash-malhotra |
| Annie Tsai | Part Time Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annie-tsai-2 |
| Arjun Dev Arora | Part Time Partner | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arjun-dev-arora |
| Brett Wilson | Venture Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-wilson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SkyPilot | SkyPilot is an open-source framework for running AI and batch workloads on any infra. | $20M | Seed | Jul 21, 2026 |  |
| Bespoke Labs | Bespoke Labs is an applied artificial intelligence research company that develops reinforcement learning environments, data curation systems, and infrastructure for training and evaluating AI agents. The company builds simulation environments that mirror real-world software systems, enabling organizations to improve the reliability and performanceof AI agents in production settings. It also develops tools for agent evaluation, prompt optimization, benchmarking, and reinforcement learning research, alongside open datasets and evaluation frameworks for AI model development. Bespoke Labs collaborates with AI research organizations and enterprises to support the development, testing, and optimization of long-horizon AI agents for complex workflows. | $31.8M | Series A | Jul 06, 2026 |  |
| depthfirst | Depthfirst is an applied AI lab focused on cybersecurity. We've built the General Security Intelligence layer that helps security teams detect, triage, and remediate critical vulnerabilities across their software and infrastructure. | $80M | Series B | Mar 31, 2026 |  |
| Scholé | AI-native personalized learning | $3M | Pre-Seed | Jan 28, 2026 |  |
| Inferact | The aim of Inferact is to make vLLM the leading AI inference engine in the world and advance AI by lowering the cost and speed of inference. | $150M | Seed | Jan 22, 2026 |  |
| Arena | LM Arena provides a platform for testing AI models. LM Arena serves as an essential resource for researchers and developers worldwide. As the AI field expands, the importance of reliable benchmarking tools like LM Arena remains undeniable. The company also operates Chatbot Arena, a specialized service for evaluating artificial intelligence systems. | $150M | Series A | Jan 06, 2026 |  |
| Voio | Voio develops AI models to assist radiologists by automating report drafting and enhancing diagnostic accuracy across imaging tasks. | $8.6M | Seed | Nov 20, 2025 |  |
| The General Intelligence Company | The General Intelligence Company is an AI based It firm offering ai agents for running autonomous businesses. | $8.7M | Seed | Oct 31, 2025 |  |
| Grata Health | Grata is an AI-enabled addiction treatment platform that pairs a virtual clinic (MAT, therapy, peer support) with software to triage, schedule, and support patients in under a minute. The patient app delivers continuous recovery touchpoints, and the EHR automates provider workflows and risk monitoring to improve retention and lower cost of care. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| o1.exchange | Building the next generation NASDAQ and AI Religion to bring human beings together with social and financial AI Agents @ Cohuman Labs. Trillion Dollar Market Cap. Backed by a16z games (SPEEDRUN), and many other top investors. AI + Web3 + Infra + Consumer | $3M | Seed | Aug 19, 2025 |  |

10 of 126 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does The House Fund invest in?

The House Fund invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 126 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 The House Fund?

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### Who are the partners at The House Fund?

The team at The House Fund includes Adithya Iyengar (Senior Associate), Akash Malhotra (Principal) and Annie Tsai (Part Time Partner), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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