Cove Fund

Cove Fund is a family of seed-stage venture capital funds backing promising new ventures in Southern California. Headquartered at The Cove within UC Irvine’s Applied Innovation hub, our funds are based in a dynamic, centrally located community of entrepreneurs, innovators, and investors that anchors the region’s startup ecosystem. We invest in early-stage technology and life science companies with the potential to address large markets through highly differentiated products or services. Our focus is on startups that can achieve meaningful value-creating inflection points with their seed capital- Cove Fund I (launched 2015):$6M invested across 21 companies (fully deployed)- Cove Fund II (launched 2018):$14M fund with 21 portfolio companies; actively supporting follow-on rounds - Cove Fund (launched 2021):$24M fund currently investing; 14 companies funded to date If you’re a Southern California startup seeking early-stage capital — or an investor interested in joining as a limited partner — we’d love to hear from you: