UCLA is increasingly producing some of the most highly valued companies on the planet (Uber, Cornerstone, Cloudera, many more) yet there is not a significant amount of capital available to fund these early stage opportunities at the point when they need it most. Other universities such as Harvard, UCSD, NYU, Stanford, Columbia, Wharton and others have a significant amount of capital devoted to investing in the early stage community and UCLA needs the same. Involvement in this syndicate is a great way for Alumni to stay in touch with the entrepreneurial activity at UCLA as well as have the opportunity to make some interesting and hopefully very lucrative investments.

Because the Managing Partner of Bruin Ventures is a UCLA alum, regularly speaks in classes at UCLA and is also managing Canyon Creek Capital, the Syndicate is in the unique position to see opportunities both from active students as well as from more seasoned alumni who are active in the tech community at large.

Bruin Ventures aims to make entrepreneurship thrive at UCLA and we'd like your help to do it.

A meaningful portion of the carried interest will be used to support entrepreneurship at UCLA via either direct scholarships and grants or donations to the endowment.

Bruin ventures is not affiliated with UCLA, but regularly works closely with the university, its students and its staff.

I will syndicate any deals where the company allows me to but in all cases, the investments will be ones in which I believe in and am investing personally in.