We believe that innovation starts in academia. The companies that change our world were founded by students while they were still in university.
We believe that innovation starts in academia. The companies that change our world were founded by students while they were still in university. Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, Reddit, Snapchat, and Uber (built by a Bruin!) were all developed by founders rich with resources from their academic institutions.
We're a early-stage fund founded and operated by superstar aspiring VC's and startup operators. We were brought together by our shared mission to uplift early-stage startup founders. We're rooted at the source of innovation, finding and investing in the next generation of technology-driven founders building world-changing businesses.
We're funded by students, alumni, and friends & family of UCLA. It’s a Bruin value to share success, so unlike other early-stage funds, we use our diverse investor network to support the founders we back. Send us a message to get involved!
A26 is a student-backed and operated early-stage fund supporting entrepreneurship at UCLA. Our student-operators and investors combined resources to raise an early-stage fund and invest the start-ups built by our most exceptional peers.
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