University Growth Fund
VC Fund
Salt Lake City, United States
University Growth Fund is a VC fund in Salt Lake City focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. The University Venture Fund (UVF) is the largest student-managed venture capital fund ($18.2M) in the United States. UVF is an independent venture fund that leverages the innovation of students from around the country. It promotes entrepreneurship by creating a forum of students to be directly involved in venture capital. Associates in theUniversity Venture Fund are given a unique opportunity to work together with seasoned venture capitalists performing due diligence on start-up opportunities around the nation. UVF has invested alongside many nationally recognized venture funds including Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Benchmark Capital, Battery Ventures, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Opus Capital, Best-Buy Capital, etc. Major investors include Morgan Stanley and UBS.University Venture Fund invests in compelling new technologies, high growth opportunities and stable cash flowing businesses across a broad range of industries and sectors. This opportunistic investment approach allows UVF to take advantage of the latest trends and market dynamics and leverage the diverse backgrounds of our students. UVF only co-invests alongside other reputable institutional investors.Each year UVF hosts the University Private Equity Summit when business students from around North America gather to share best practices and learn from investment industry professionals.
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 16%
- Fund size:
- $18M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries University Growth Fund invests in
Stages University Growth Fund invests in
Countries University Growth Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $820k–$12M
- Series B
- $6.2M–$17M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 6 (24%)
- Biotechnology 6 (24%)
- Software 5 (20%)
- SaaS 3 (12%)
- Therapeutics 3 (12%)
Stage
- Series A 8 (32%)
- Funding Round 5 (20%)
- Series B 2 (8%)
- Series C 2 (8%)
- Series D 2 (8%)
Country
- United States 21 (84%)
- Chile 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sidhaant Savara
Senior Associate
|
Senior Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Tom Stringham
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
James Lee Sorenson
Founding Donor; Board of Directors
|
Founding Donor; Board of Directors | Total investments: 4 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carputty is a consumer automotive startup that provides car loan services to its clients. The company's transparent and easy-to-use line of credit puts the customer in the driver’s seat, while its proprietary, predictive valuation tool knows the perfect time to buy and sell and teaches owners to see their vehicle as an asset.Carputty wasfounded by Patrick Bayliss and Joshua Tatum in 2020. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 06, 2024 | ||
| Beereaders is a digital platform that promotes literacy skills among Spanish-speaking students presenting personalized learning and using original Spanish content in a game-like experience. | $3.5M / Seed / Apr 18, 2023 | ||
| Beereaders is a digital platform that promotes literacy skills among Spanish-speaking students presenting personalized learning and using original Spanish content in a game-like experience. | $2.5M / Seed / Mar 21, 2022 | ||
| Business model focused as distribution channel of basic need products in bulk. Revolving around retail sale through dispenser machines in returnable packaging, reducing prices, responding to the problem of lack of liquidity in low-income families that cannot buy higher volume formats, combating poverty tax, further reducing the environmentalpackaging impact.Algramo aims to establish a wholesale relationship with manufacturers of consumer products such as detergents, rice and oil, among others, in order to buy the products in bulk, not packaged-saving packaging costs significantly without lowering the quality of the product . Thus, bulk suppliers distribute products in stores in large quantities, also reducing logistics costs. | $9.1M / Series A / May 13, 2021 | ||
| Vutility is the leading provider of real-time, high-resolution, energy monitoring solutions - enabling businesses to optimize their energy consumption and improve operational efficiencies. Using its innovative and affordable proprietary HotDrop™ technology, companies across a range of retail and commercial industries gain relevant and timelyinsights into their energy usage. | $11.8M / Series A / Apr 28, 2020 | ||
| Recyclops is a startup technology company that innovates customer-centric and sustainability solutions. Recyclops leverages technology and local communities to bring recycling to communities that normally wouldn’t have access to it. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Orem, Utah. | $250K / Convertible Note / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| GoReact provides software for video-based skill assessment. It is reshaping education by humanizing and accelerating skills-based learning. The education software facilitates scalable video observation, coaching, and assessment that drives skills competency. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Orem, Utah. | $4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 21, 2018 | ||
| Lineagen is a provider of diagnostic and healthcare services focused on complex diseases for which an individual's genetic profiles contribute strongly to their susceptibility. Lineagen is committed to improving outcomes for those affected by autism and other complex diseases, for which effective early diagnosis and intervention can have asignificant positive impact. The company's comprehensive genetic testing and support/counseling service are initially designed to enable early evaluation of children at risk for disorders of childhood development, including autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Founded in 2002, Lineagen's commercial strategy represents the culmination of significant proprietary research into genetic causes and diagnostic pathways of key complex diseases, including autism, MS, and COPD. One of the company's core research competitive advantages is its access through the University of Utah to the Utah Population Database, an unmatched biomarker discovery research platform that has been used to help the University identify more disease-related genes than any other institution in the world. | $12.2M / Series C / Jan 26, 2015 | ||
| Lineagen is a provider of diagnostic and healthcare services focused on complex diseases for which an individual's genetic profiles contribute strongly to their susceptibility. Lineagen is committed to improving outcomes for those affected by autism and other complex diseases, for which effective early diagnosis and intervention can have asignificant positive impact. The company's comprehensive genetic testing and support/counseling service are initially designed to enable early evaluation of children at risk for disorders of childhood development, including autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Founded in 2002, Lineagen's commercial strategy represents the culmination of significant proprietary research into genetic causes and diagnostic pathways of key complex diseases, including autism, MS, and COPD. One of the company's core research competitive advantages is its access through the University of Utah to the Utah Population Database, an unmatched biomarker discovery research platform that has been used to help the University identify more disease-related genes than any other institution in the world. | $3.5M / Series C / Dec 18, 2013 | ||
| Workfront is a cloud-based Enterprise Work Management solution that helps marketing teams, creative agencies, and other enterprise teams conquer the chaos of excessive email, redundant status meetings, and disconnected tools. Unlike other tools, Workfront Enterprise Work Cloud is a centralized, easy-to-adopt solution for managing and collaboratingon all types of work through the entire work lifecycle, which improves team productivity and executive visibility. Workfront is trusted by thousands of global enterprises, like Cars.com, Cisco Systems, Comcast, iProspect, Schneider Electric, and Trek. To learn more, visit www.workfront.com or follow us on Twitter @Workfront_Inc. | $17M / Series C / Oct 31, 2012 | ||
| See all 25 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does University Growth Fund invest in?
University Growth Fund invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Software startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does University Growth Fund invest in?
University Growth Fund typically joins rounds of $820k–$12M at Series A and $6.2M–$17M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not University Growth Fund's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds University Growth Fund took part in.
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Who are the partners at University Growth Fund?
The team at University Growth Fund includes Sidhaant Savara (Senior Associate), Tom Stringham (Managing Director) and James Lee Sorenson (Founding Donor; Board of Directors). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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