The House Fund

Venture capital firm
Berkeley, California, USAFounded 2016thehouse.fundSee connections →

Pre-seed and early-stage venture fund investing in Berkeley alumni, faculty, and student founders across AI, deep tech, and healthcare.

At a glance

The House Fund appears in 2 funding rounds tracked by ValueAddVC since 2026. Its most recent tracked deal was Bespoke Labs' $40M round (Jul 6, 2026). ValueAddVC also tracks 9 funds managed by The House Fund.

Strategy

Stages
Pre-SeedSeed
Sectors
AIDeep TechHealthcareQuantum ComputingFintech
Geographies
Berkeley, California, USA
Check size
$1M–$2M

Recent changes

  1. Oct 14, 2026New fund: The House Fund I (target $16M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  2. Sep 15, 2026New fund: The House Fund II ($10M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  3. Sep 5, 2026Sectors updated: AI, Deep Tech, Healthcare, Quantum Computing, Fintech thehouse.fund
  4. Sep 5, 2026Check size updated: $1M–$2M thehouse.fund
  5. Sep 5, 2026Stages updated: Pre-Seed, Seed thehouse.fund
Earlier changes (9)
  1. Jul 6, 2026Invested in Bespoke Labs (Seed + Series A, $40M) Business Wire
  2. Jan 6, 2026Invested in Arena (Series A, $150M) Wikipedia
  3. Nov 25, 2025New fund: The House Fund IV (target $50M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  4. Jan 1, 2022New fund: The House Fund I Value Add VC funds tracker
  5. Nov 19, 2021New fund: The House Fund Opportunity Fund III (target $40M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  6. Nov 17, 2021New fund: The House Fund III (target $36M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  7. Sep 13, 2019New fund: HOUSE FUND OPPORTUNITIES (target $15M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  8. Dec 13, 2017New fund: The House Fund II (target $50M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  9. Oct 22, 2015New fund: House Fund L.P., The (target $5M) SEC EDGAR Form D

Funds

9
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
The House Fund I2026size disputedOther
As of Oct 14, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D
The House Fund II2026$10MOther
As of Sep 15, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D
The House Fund IV2025target $50MFlagship
As of Nov 25, 2025SEC EDGAR Form D
The House Fund I2022size disputedFlagship
As of 2022Value Add VC funds tracker
The House Fund Opportunity Fund III2021target $40MOpportunity
As of Nov 4, 2022SEC EDGAR Form D
Show 4 earlier funds
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
The House Fund III2021$115MFlagship
As of 2023SEC EDGAR Form D
HOUSE FUND OPPORTUNITIES2019target $15MOpportunity
As of Sep 13, 2019SEC EDGAR Form D
The House Fund II2017$44MFlagship
As of 2019SEC EDGAR Form D
House Fund L.P., The2015target $5MFlagship
As of Oct 22, 2015SEC EDGAR Form D

Portfolio

2 total

Recent Investment Activity

2

Track record: led 0 and participated in 2 of 2 tracked venture rounds · 2 in the last 12 months

DateCompanyEventRoleAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Jul 6, 2026Bespoke LabsSeed + Series AParticipated$40M—
Wing Venture CapitalLeadunverifiedMayfield FundunverifiedThe House FundunverifiedOpenAIunverifiedLabs CEO Tristan HandyAnthropic
Pulse story
Jan 6, 2026ArenaSeries AParticipated$150M~$1.7BWikipedia

Sector / Stage Activity

By stage (tracked rounds)
Seed + Series A
1 · 50%
Series A
1 · 50%

Co-Investors

12

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Latest Pulse

  1. Savvy Wealth Raises $100M At $600M ValuationAI-native RIA platform Savvy Wealth closed a $100 million Series C at a $600 million valuation led by Ryan Smith and Ryan Sweeney's Halo Fund, after growing recruited assets past $4 billion this year.→
  2. Bespoke Labs Raises $40M to Train AI AgentsBespoke Labs raised $40 million led by Wing VC to build realistic, company-like environments -- codebases, tickets, Slack, logs -- that let frontier labs and enterprises train and evaluate long-horizon AI agents.→
  3. Arena, the AI Leaderboard Everyone Uses, Becomes a $100M Business Eight Months After LaunchArena, the crowdsourced AI model leaderboard that began as a UC Berkeley research project, disclosed on June 29 that it has reached $100 million in annualized run-rate revenue — up from $30 million in January — just eight months after launching its paid AI Evaluations product. The company has raised $250 million total, including a $150 million Series A in January at a $1.7 billion valuation.→
  4. Arena, the AI Leaderboard Everyone Uses, Hits $100M Revenue Run-RateArena -- the crowdsourced AI-model leaderboard born as a UC Berkeley research project and now relied on across the industry -- has reached a $100 million annualized revenue run-rate, up from $30 million in January, on the back of its commercial AI-evaluations business. The company raised a $150 million Series A in January at a $1.7 billion valuation and has turned 10 million-plus human model comparisons into a paid product for labs and enterprises.→

The House Fund FAQ

What is The House Fund's latest fund?

The House Fund II, closed at $10M (As of Sep 15, 2026; SEC EDGAR Form D).

How large are The House Fund's funds?

The House Fund funds Value Add tracks include The House Fund II ($10M, 2026); The House Fund III ($115M, 2021); The House Fund II ($44M, 2017), out of 9 The House Fund funds tracked in total.

What companies has The House Fund invested in?

The House Fund's portfolio includes Arena, Bespoke Labs.

Who does The House Fund co-invest with most?

In the rounds Value Add tracks, The House Fund most often invests alongside 01 Advisors (1 shared deal), 8VC (1 shared deal), Andreessen Horowitz (1 shared deal), Dell Technologies Capital (1 shared deal), Dheeraj Pandey (1 shared deal).

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