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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Aug 1, 2023	Cohart	$4.0M Seed	—	Accomplice VC, Alumni Ventures, Bascom Ventures, B Capital Group, Bling Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Kleiner Perkins, KRM Interests LLC, Modern Venture Partners, NextView Ventures, Parkway VC, Alain Hanover, Louis Beryl, Tom Williams
Jun 1, 2023	Outbound AI	$16.0M Seed	—	Alumni Ventures, Bascom Ventures, DBL Partners, Family Office, Madrona Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, The Hit Forge, Charles Zedlewski, Diego Oppenheimer, Jeff Hammerbacher
Jun 1, 2023	MEND	$17.0M Series A	—	Accomplice VC, Alumni Ventures, Bascom Ventures, B Capital Group, Bling Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Kleiner Perkins, KRM Interests LLC, Modern Venture Partners, NextView Ventures, Parkway VC, Alain Hanover, Louis Beryl, Tom Williams
Jan 1, 2023	Scythe	$42.0M Series B	—	Accomplice VC, Alumni Ventures, Bascom Ventures, B Capital Group, Blackhorn Ventures, Bling Capital, Celesta, Energy Impact Partners, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Flybridge Capital Partners, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Inspired Capital, Kleiner Perkins, KRM Interests LLC, Mayfield, Modern Venture Partners, NextView Ventures, Parkway VC, Plug & Play Ventures, SOSV, Spero Ventures, True Ventures, Alain Hanover, Hannah Bronfman, Louis Beryl, Tom Williams
Sep 1, 2022	HopSkipDrive	$37.0M Series D	—	01 Advisors, 1776, Accel, Afore Capital, Aleph VC, Alumni Ventures, Amplify Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Avalancha Ventures, Backend Capital, Bascom Ventures, Basecamp Fund, Blisce, Buckley Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, Cowboy Ventures, DBL Partners, Dimension Capital, Draper Associates, E14 Fund, Energy Impact Partners, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Family Office, Felix Capital, FirstMark Capital, Floodgate, Flucas Ventures, Gotham Gal Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Human Augmentation Syndicate, Humba Ventures, Infinite Niches, Left Lane Capital, March Capital, Modern Venture Partners, Montage Ventures, Moxxie Ventures, Nyca Partners, Otherwise Fund, Parkway VC, Prototype Capital, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Rainfall Ventures, Relay Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Shrug Capital, SignalFire, Howard Lindzon, Sound Ventures, Stage 2 Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Susa Ventures, SV Angel, Greg Bettinelli, TCG (The Chernin Group), The Hit Forge, Transmedia Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, VZVC, Weekend Fund, What If Ventures, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, Alain Hanover, Alper Kiresepi, Andrew Bialecki, Anna Patterson, Chad Nitschke, Charlie Songhurst, Daria Derkach, Erick Miller, Eric Ries, Farzad Nazem, Howard Charney, Ian McNish, John Fontein, Josh Spear, Kevin Weil, Michael Birch, Moshe Lifschitz, Nico Rosberg, Peter Hunn, Richard Cooperstein, Rudra Peram, Sahin Boydas, Sean Park, Tyler Willis, Yagiz Sozmen, Zach Segal
Aug 1, 2022	PushPress	$11.0M Series A	—	Hustle Fund, Mucker Capital, Ash Rust
Jul 1, 2022	Tripitaca	$370K Seed	—	Hustle Fund, Mucker Capital, Ash Rust
Jun 1, 2022	SCiFi Foods	$22.0M Series A	—	Accomplice VC, Alumni Ventures, Bascom Ventures, B Capital Group, Bling Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Kleiner Perkins, KRM Interests LLC, Madrona Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, NextView Ventures, Parkway VC, SOSV, VZVC, Alain Hanover, Louis Beryl, Tom Williams
May 1, 2022	Airspace	$70.0M Series D	—	Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Atlantic Bridge, Bascom Ventures, BMW i Ventures, DBL Partners, Dynamo Ventures, Family Office, Flyover Capital, Glasswing Ventures, Index Ventures, Keshif Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, SNR, Telstra Ventures, The Hit Forge, Trajectory Ventures, Marcus Bartram
Apr 1, 2022	Deskree	$700K Seed	—	8VC, Colle Capital, ff Venture Capital, Hustle Fund, Mucker Capital, N49P Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Techstars, Ash Rust, Bradford Cross
Dec 1, 2021	ONI	$75.0M Series B	—	Alumni Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Stuart Peterson, Artis Ventures (AV), Canaan Partners, Genoa Ventures, Illumina Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, Northpond Ventures, Paladin Capital Group, Razor's Edge Ventures, Rebel Fund, Section 32, Shasta Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Vertical Venture Partners, Daniel Rothman
Nov 1, 2021	WorkWeek	$2.0M Venture Round	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Cherubic Ventures, Hustle Fund, LightShed Ventures, Mucker Capital, Next Coast Ventures, Not Boring Capital, Prototype Capital, Ash Rust, Bob Meese, Chung-Man Tam, Kevin Lin, Mario Gabriele, Steve Chen
Apr 1, 2021	Seed Health	$40.0M Series A	—	Alumni Ventures, Vasudev Bailey, Artis Ventures (AV), Modern Venture Partners, Rebel Fund, Daniel Rothman
Apr 1, 2021	Breinify	$6.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Cota Capital, Draper Associates, Eaglehead Capital, Founder Collective, FTX Ventures, Fusion Fund, Gradient Ventures, Gutbrain Ventures, Hustle Fund, Mucker Capital, Hans Tung, Race Capital, Sparrows, Streamlined Ventures, Telstra Ventures, Think + Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Bart Swanson, Harris Barton
Apr 1, 2021	Wasabi Technologies	$110.0M Series C	—	Alumni Ventures, Bascom Ventures, DBL Partners, Family Office, Modern Venture Partners, The Hit Forge
Jan 1, 2021	Doorvest	$3.0M Seed	—	10100, Kevin Hartz, Bain Capital, Bedrock Capital, C2 Investment, CapitalX, Chemistry VC, Convective Capital, Daffy, Emergent Ventures, Hustle Fund, JLL Spark, Kepler Operator’s Fund, Mucker Capital, Paradox Capital, Ravelin Capital, REMUS Capital, Shrug Capital, Soma Capital, Starship Ventures, Vibe Capital, Ash Rust, Bryce Hall, Dylan Field, Evan Moore, Griffin Johnson, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Moshe Lifschitz, Sam Altman, Siqi Chen, Zach Segal
Dec 1, 2020	Lyte	$33.0M Series B	—	305 Ventures, 75 & Sunny, Accomplice VC, Addition, Altimeter Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Bascom Ventures, Jamison Hill, B Capital Group, Bling Capital, Bond, Buckley Ventures, Scott Hartley, Flybridge Capital Partners, General Catalyst, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Kleiner Perkins, KRM Interests LLC, Lux Capital, Modern Venture Partners, NextView Ventures, NFX, Parkway VC, Playground Global, Portal Ventures, Rebel Fund, Smash Capital, Social Capital, SQN Venture Partners, ThirdLove, Tiger Global Management, Tribe Capital, Y Combinator, Alain Hanover, Andre Iguodala, Jared Leto, Justin Mateen, Louis Beryl, Mark Cuban, Peter Kazanjy, Rashaun Williams, Tom Williams
Oct 1, 2020	Pillar	$2.0M Seed	—	Accomplice VC, Alumni Ventures, Bascom Ventures, B Capital Group, Bling Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Kleiner Perkins, KRM Interests LLC, Modern Venture Partners, NextView Ventures, Parkway VC, Alain Hanover, Louis Beryl, Tom Williams
Sep 1, 2020	Doorvest	$1.0M Seed	—	Hustle Fund, Mucker Capital, Ash Rust
Aug 1, 2020	Firstbase	$2.0M Seed	—	01 Advisors, 2045 ventures, 2.12 Angels, A Capital, Accomplice VC, Afore Capital, Alpaca VC, Alumni Ventures, Aux21 Capital, Backend Capital, Bascom Ventures, Basecamp Fund, B Capital Group, Bling Capital, Daft Capital, Flucas Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Forum Ventures, Founders Committee, Golden Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Infinite Niches, Innovation Endeavors, Jetstream, Kleiner Perkins, KRM Interests LLC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LOI Venture, Long Journey Ventures, M13, Makers Fund, Modern Venture Partners, Moxxie Ventures, Multicoin Capital, NextView Ventures, Parkway VC, Pioneer Fund, Prototype Capital, Scribble Ventures, Shrug Capital, SignalFire, Sound Ventures, Sterling Equity, SV Angel, Techstars, Trucks Venture Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Twenty Two Ventures, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Alain Hanover, Alex Sok, Alper Kiresepi, Anna Patterson, Don Hutchison, Howard Charney, Joshua Reeves, Kevin Lin, Kevin Weil, Louis Beryl, Mark Cuban, Matt Mazzeo, Michael Ma, Moshe Lifschitz, Nkechi Iregbulem, Peter Hunn, Ronny Conway, Rudra Peram, Scott Banister, Sumon Sadhu, Tom Williams, Tyler Willis, Yagiz Sozmen, Zach Segal
Aug 1, 2020	Turing	$14.0M Seed	—	Accomplice VC, Altair Capital Management, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Amplo, Array Ventures, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, Axiom Partners, A'Z Angels, Bascom Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, B Capital Group, Bling Capital, Brainstorm Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Climate Capital, Colossal Biosciences, Contrary Capital, Dreamers VC, f7 Ventures, Aniq Kassam, Felicis Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Foundation Capital, FreeSky Capital, Frontier Ventures, Gaingels, General Catalyst, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Ideas & Capital, Infinite Niches, Innovation Endeavors, Jetstream, Kleiner Perkins, KRM Interests LLC, LombardStreet Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, Forest Baskett, NextView Ventures, Glenn Solomon, One Way Ventures, Parkway VC, Peak State Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Prosperity7 Ventures, Quiet Capital, Safar Partners, Saga, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, SVG Ventures-THRIVE, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, TSVC Capital, Unchained Capital, Inc., UpHonest Capital, UP.Partners, Virginia Venture Partners, Work-Bench, Adam D'Angelo, Alain Hanover, Charlie Cheever, Christopher Nguyen, Clark Landry, David Petraeus, Dylan Field, Emil Michael, Eric Bunting, Eric Ver Ploeg, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Gabriel Jarrosson, Gokul Rajaram, Howard Cox, Immad Akhund, Jed Ng, Jeff Morris, John Spindler, Kamiar Kordari, Kevin Lin, Kevin O'Leary, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Louis Beryl, Manik Gupta, Marat Kichikov, Marc Benioff, Max Mullen, Nicolas Berggruen, Sahin Boydas, Scott Banister, Siqi Chen, Sue Xu, Tom Williams, Tony Xu
Aug 1, 2020	Rigetti Computing	$79.0M Series C	—	01 Advisors, Acequia Capital, Acrew Capital, Aleph VC, AllegisCyber Capital, Altair Capital Management, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Amplify Partners, Array Ventures, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, Bascom Ventures, B Capital Group, Brainstorm Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Climate Capital, Craft Ventures, DBL Partners, Dimension Capital, Draper Associates, Dreamers VC, Earthshot Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, f7 Ventures, Family Office, Flex Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, FreeSky Capital, Frontier Ventures, Gaingels, Galaxy Digital, Grasshopper Capital, Helpful Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Humba Ventures, Ideas & Capital, Infinite Niches, Insight Partners, Javelin Venture Partners, LombardStreet Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, NanoDimension, Northpond Ventures, Peak State Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Qiming Venture Partners, Safar Partners, Sand Hill Angels, Sequoia Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Susa Ventures, The Hit Forge, The Westly Group, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Transformation Capital, Trucks Venture Capital, UpHonest Capital, Virginia Venture Partners, VZVC, WestCap, Y Combinator, Aaron VanDevender, Adam D'Angelo, Adrian Aoun, Charlie Cheever, Charlie Songhurst, Christopher Nguyen, Clark Landry, Eric Bunting, Erick Miller, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Farzad Nazem, Gokul Rajaram, Greg Kidd, Ian McNish, Jed Ng, Jeff Morris, Julius Genachowski, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Louis Beryl, Marat Kichikov, Richard Cooperstein, Ryan Tedder, Sahin Boydas, Scott Banister, Siqi Chen, Sue Xu
May 1, 2020	RapidSOS	$1.0M Venture Round	—	Accomplice VC, Alsop Louie Partners, Alumni Ventures, Stuart Peterson, Vasudev Bailey, Bascom Ventures, B Capital Group, Bling Capital, Credo Ventures, DBL Partners, Family Office, Flybridge Capital Partners, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Kleiner Perkins, KRM Interests LLC, Modern Venture Partners, NextView Ventures, Parkway VC, Precursor Ventures, Rebel Fund, The Hit Forge, True Ventures, Alain Hanover, Daniel Rothman, Louis Beryl, Tom Williams
May 1, 2020	Wasabi Technologies	$30.0M Series B	—	Alumni Ventures, Bascom Ventures, DBL Partners, Drive Capital, Family Office, Hyde Park Venture Partners, LAUNCH, Modern Venture Partners, Prosperity7 Ventures, The Hit Forge, Alain Hanover
Mar 1, 2020	Plastiq	$75.0M Series D	—	8VC, Abstract Ventures, Accel, Accomplice, Accomplice VC, Activant Capital, Alumni Ventures, American Express Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angular Ventures, Archetype, Stuart Peterson, Vasudev Bailey, Axiom Partners, Bain Capital Crypto, Bascom Ventures, B Capital Group, Cadenza Capital Management, Cedar Capital Group, Cherubic Ventures, CRV, Dell Technologies Capital, Delta Blockchain Fund, Kevin Ding, Early Light Ventures, Electric Capital, FirstMark Capital, Flex Capital, Formic Ventures, Founders Fund, F-Prime Capital Partners, Fusion Fund, Future Energy Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Greycroft, Hack VC, Initialized Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Magnify Ventures, Maven Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, NextView Ventures, Paladin Capital Group, Parkway VC, Practical Venture Capital, Rainfall Ventures, Rebel Fund, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, South Park Commons, Stellar Capital, Stride VC, William Guo, Valar Ventures, Verified Capital, Winklevoss Capital, WorkLife Ventures, Zinc, Adam D'Angelo, Alain Hanover, Andrei Dunca, Anne Wojcicki, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Barokas, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Curtis Lee, Daniel Rothman, Daren Cotter, David Yaffe, Deepak Jeevan Kumar, Esther Dyson, Jaffray Woodriff, Jehan Chu, John Fontein, John Legend, Joi Ito, Matthew Dellavedova, Matt Mazzeo, Nelson Chu, Rick Johanson, Steve Chen, Ted Serbinski

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Leadership Team

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Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Anderson Angels is an early-stage investment syndicate primarily focused on funding startups emerging from the UCLA entrepreneurial ecosystem. It specializes in Seed and Series A rounds, typically investing between $100,000 and $5 million. The firm’s mission centers on providing not only capital but also strategic experience and network access to UCLA students, alumni, and ventures connected to the university. Their investment philosophy emphasizes supporting promising early-stage companies with strong teams and innovative ideas, leveraging the collective expertise of current and former UCLA Anderson MBA graduates and affiliates. This approach helps foster growth and innovation within the UCLA startup community and the broader Southern California tech ecosystem[1][2][5].

Origin Story

Anderson Angels was founded by a group of UCLA Anderson School of Management MBAs and friends of UCLA who sought to create a syndicate that could fund and support early-stage ventures linked to the university. The group includes managing partners and advisors with backgrounds in venture capital, entrepreneurship, and corporate leadership, such as Lawrence Jen, Eric Lau, and Lawrence Ham. The syndicate has evolved to become a key player in channeling capital and mentorship to startups within the UCLA network, leveraging the strength of its members’ experience and connections to accelerate company growth[2][5].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Operates as a syndicate allowing members to invest on a deal-by-deal basis, focusing on Seed and Series A rounds with significant minimum investments.
Network Strength: Comprised of UCLA Anderson MBAs and alumni with deep ties to the university and the Southern California startup ecosystem.
Operating Support: Provides portfolio companies with access to experienced investors, entrepreneurs, and operators who offer strategic guidance beyond capital.
Focus on UCLA Ecosystem: Exclusive emphasis on ventures connected to UCLA, creating a specialized and supportive environment for startups emerging from this community[1][2][5].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Anderson Angels rides the trend of university-affiliated venture syndicates that leverage academic ecosystems to identify and nurture high-potential startups early. The timing is favorable due to the increasing importance of university innovation hubs as sources of disruptive technology and entrepreneurial talent. By focusing on UCLA ventures, Anderson Angels taps into a rich pipeline of innovation driven by research and student entrepreneurship. This localized, network-driven investment approach helps bridge the gap between academic innovation and market-ready startups, influencing the broader Southern California tech ecosystem by accelerating venture formation and growth[2][4].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Anderson Angels is well-positioned to deepen its impact by expanding its syndicate membership and increasing deal flow from UCLA’s growing entrepreneurial activities. Trends such as increased university-industry collaboration, the rise of specialized angel networks, and the growing importance of early-stage capital will likely shape its trajectory. As the UCLA startup ecosystem matures, Anderson Angels’ influence may extend beyond capital provision to become a key enabler of innovation and commercialization, reinforcing UCLA’s role as a significant tech hub. This evolution ties back to its core mission of perseverance and collaborative growth within the UCLA community[2][4][5].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Operates as a syndicate allowing members to invest on a deal-by-deal basis, focusing on Seed and Series A rounds with significant minimum investments.
Network Strength: Comprised of UCLA Anderson MBAs and alumni with deep ties to the university and the Southern California startup ecosystem.
Operating Support: Provides portfolio companies with access to experienced investors, entrepreneurs, and operators who offer strategic guidance beyond capital.
Focus on UCLA Ecosystem: Exclusive emphasis on ventures connected to UCLA, creating a specialized and supportive environment for startups emerging from this community[1][2][5].