Xfund

GeneralistCambridge, United StatesActiveWebsite LinkedIn

Stage FocusPre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+

GeographyUS

TypeVC

Last Activity2026

Industry Focus

Industries

AIRoboticsBiotechMedtech

Investor TypeDeepTech Specialist

ExposureSome DeepTech Investments

Bio

Xfund was founded in 2014 as a pioneering partnership between leading venture capital firms and top research universities, with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Silicon Valley. It backs early-stage entrepreneurs — students, faculty, staff, alumni or self-taught founders — who show multidisciplinary, lateral thinking rather than narrow technical skill alone. The firm is co-managed by general...

Notable Investments

23andMe (DNA testing and ancestry/health insights)

AeroVect (autonomous ground-service systems for airlines)

CRABI Robotics (autonomous marine hull-cleaning robots)

Can9 (canine genetics research)

Curebase (e-clinical software for clinical trials)

Air (AI assistant for visual asset search and storage)

AirOps (scalable AI workflow platform)

Chalk (machine learning tools platform)

Altitude (insight platform for investors and bankers)

BuildCheck (AI construction plan review)

BoldVoice (pronunciation app for non-native English speakers)