Fika Ventures is an LA-based boutique seed fund that invests in founders solving meaningful, systemic problems through the use of data, related AI-enabled technologies, and automation.

Founded in 1915, the California Community Foundation is one of the leading philanthropic organizations in Los Angeles County, managing more than $1 billion in assets. Each year, it gives out more than $150 million in grants to invest in the future of our local communities. The foundation partners with individual donors and actively supports nonprofit organizations to address diverse and dynamic needs of our communities. The expertise and commitment of CCF enables individuals, families and organizations to fulfill their charitable goals and dreams. To learn more, visit the foundation's Web site at calfund.org.

A non-profit foundation dedicated to building and maintaining an open crawl of the web, thereby enabling a new wave of innovation, education and research.

UCLA Technology Development Group is responsible for administration of intellectual property, including implementation of the University of California Patent Policy, the evaluation of inventions, prosecution of patents, licensing of intellectual property, monitoring of existing licenses, distribution of resulting income, and provision of support to other University units in copyright, trademark, and research funding agreements. In addition, the office provides critical support for the campus entrepreneurship community, fostering the development of start-ups using technology licensed from UCLA and making early-stage investments in promising technologies through UCLA's Innovation Fund.

Investment vehicle for first time fund managers from underrepresented backgrounds.

Proud supporter of All Raise, a non-profit organization on a mission to accelerate the success of female and non-binary founders and funders to build a more prosperous, equitable future.

Personal investments:* Turvo* SHIFT Cars* Nest* Tradesy* Laurel & Wolf* The Kitchen

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First Descents offers young adult cancer fighters and survivors a free outdoor adventure experience designed to empower them to climb, paddle and surf beyond their diagnosis, defy their cancer, reclaim their lives and connect with others doing the same.

Our mission is to use science, technology and engineering to develop persistent curiosity and to show that knowledge is empowering.

Work with the Mayor of LA, Eric Garcetti, and his administration on initiatives that create long-term economic growth by making Los Angeles a no-brainer home for entrepreneurs and startups to thrive and excel.

Susa Ventures is an early stage technology fund investing in entrepreneurs building products, technologies and tools that create, capture, distribute and leverage proprietary and unique data. For many of our investments, data is the enabling platform as well as the monetization engine.

Ocean Conservancy is a nonprofit environmental advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. The organization helps formulate ocean policy at the federal and state government levels based on peer reviewed science.

Factual provides the platform to power disruptive data ecosystems to help developers innovate.