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About The UCLA Venture Capital Fund

Leadership

For more information about the UCLA Venture Capital Fund, contact Brandon Eicher, Assistant Director of Development in the College of Letters and Science, at beicher@support.ucla.edu. You can also contact Brandon by phone at (310) 206-6062.

The UCLA Venture Capital Fund offers a dynamic way for venture capatilists and entrepreneurs to make pledges of stock in start-up companies before they go public. If the donated shares eventually benefit from a liquidity event (merger or IPO), the institution gets the windfall and the donor receives a substantial tax deduction. This “cashless” form of support creates a philanthropic partnership between UCLA and its entrepreneurial backers.

You may also support the UCLA Venture Capital Fund from a broad range of other gift opportunities including: cash, common stock, bequests, or even gifts of real estate.

Josh Green '77, JD '80, Par. '10
Mohr Davidow Ventures
Chairman and Co-Founder

Ron Conway Par. '05, '05, '09
Angel Investors LLC
Co-Founder

Ihab Abu-Hakima Parent '10
Meru Networks, Inc.

David Arfin '83
SolarCity

Gary Baker '80
ClipBlast!

Bob Baltera MBA '96
Amira Pharmaceuticals

Jeff Brody Parent '12
Redpoint Ventures

Craig Carpenter '95
Recommind

André de Fusco '80
Cynvenio Biosystems LLC

Tim Draper Parent '06, '09, '12
Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Kirk Dunn '83
Powerfile Inc.

Demian Entrekin '88
Innotas

Hideki Garren MD, PhD '83
Bayhill Therapeutics, Inc.

Rick Gustafson '87
Genius.com

Venky Harinarayan MS '90
Kosmix

J. Kevin Judice PhD '90
Achaogen

Mark Kapczynski '93
Kontrol Media

John Kohler '76
Red Leaf Group

Jim Lanzone '93
Clicker.com

Steve Laub '80
Atmel Corporation

Keith Leonard '84, MBA '95
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals

Calvin Lui '94
Tumri

Susan Mason MBA '96
ONSET Ventures

Steve McDermott '84
Panasas

Andrew Mosson '93
Tippit

Charles Marshall MBA '68
Wired Benefits

Bill Reichert Parent '11
Garage Technology Ventures

Craig Rosenberg '94
Tippit

Treb Ryan '88
OpSource

Michael Silton
Rainmaker Systems, Inc.

Jeff Suto JD '88
Jeffrey Y. Suto, PC

Peter Stevenson '84
TrustNode

Dave Welsh '89
Adams Street Partners

David Wu '93
RotoHog.com

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