Yale University

Yale University, founded in 1701 and originally known as the Collegiate School, is a prestigious institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. It comprises three primary academic components: Yale College, which serves as the undergraduate program, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and ten professional schools. The university supports a diverse student body of approximately 11,250 individuals and features a wide range of centers, programs, libraries, and museums dedicated to research and education. Yale is committed to academic excellence and includes various programs that contribute to its comprehensive educational offerings. The institution also has a significant investment portfolio that includes a mix of asset classes, reflecting its strategic approach to financial management.

Alan Forman

Investment Director, Real Estate

Alexander Hetherington

Director, Natural Resources and Absolute Return

Matthew Mendelsohn

Director, Buyout and Venture Capital

Daniel Otto

Senior Associate

Timothy Sullivan

Director - Private Equity

David Swensen

Chief Investment Officer

Dean Takahashi

Senior Director, Investments

8 past transactions

Coral Vita

Seed Round in 2021
Coral Vita Inc. operates as a reef restoration company. The company uses science and business model innovation to protect and restore vulnerable coral reefs that are facing unprecedented damage from climate change. It restores reefs by growing and transplanting resilient corals. The company engages in coral farming. Coral Vita Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in San Diego, California.

IvyTech Design LLC

Seed Round in 2020
Our patent-pending technology would give the surgeon better access to joint and fracture surfaces during distraction as well as more accurate alignment during compression, which could reduce the risk of complications due to improper bone fusion. Our devices were tailored for specific orthopedic applications, including correction of diaphyseal nonunion in long bones, reduction of transverse fractures in foot and hand, and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in the spine.

Thermaband

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Thermaband's mission is to reframe the reality of what menopause means for women in midlife through leveraging the power of empathetic technology. Founded by a mother-daughter duo in search of a cooling relief solution made by women, for women experiencing hot flashes/night sweats. After recognizing the deficiency in this market, the founders recognized an opportunity to make a difference globally. The duo built a collective of over 1,200 women virtually, and co-created the Thermaband Zone, a patent-protected smart personal thermostat that provides heating and cooling sensations to the inner wrist, with their community.

RxAll

Grant in 2017
RxAll, Inc. develops an artificial intelligence pharmacy platform for pharma authentication, distribution, and primary care through which patients and pharmacies in Africa order authenticated medicines and receive tele-pharma primary care. Its platform uses a molecular sensor device and a cloud database of spectral signatures of medicines to carry out non-destructive product authentication before pharmacy order fulfillment. The company uses artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms to identify drug counterfeits and provide real time information to pharmaceutical companies. RxAll, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in New Haven, Connecticut.

Verb Energy

Grant in 2017
Verb Energy, Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Lexington, Massachusetts, specializes in the production of caffeinated energy bars. The company's flagship product, the Verb Caffeinated Energy Bar, is designed to provide a healthy and convenient source of energy. Each bar incorporates caffeine derived from organic green tea, combined with carbohydrates and protein to ensure prolonged energy release. Verb Energy aims to deliver tasty and nutritious energy products that cater to a wide audience, promoting a lifestyle of health and vitality while remaining affordable.

tonebase

Grant in 2017
tonebase gives you access to educational content produced by the world's greatest musicians and music educators. By giving everyone access to the world's greatest musical minds, tonebase hopes to democratize music education. https://tonebase.co/

Saphlux

Seed Round in 2015
Saphlux, Inc. develops, produces, and commercializes semi-polar gallium nitride (GaN) materials that solve droop and green gap problems in LEDs and lasers. The company offers semi-polar GaN templates in two diameters or customized size (quarters). Saphlux, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in New Haven, Connecticut.

New Haven Pharmaceuticals

Series B in 2014
New Haven Pharmaceuticals (NHP) is a specialty pharmaceuticals company developing proprietary prescription pharmaceuticals that utilize currently marketed drugs or generally recognized as safe (GRAS) active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for use in therapeutic applications that represent significant market opportunities. The company's novel product pipeline employs proprietary, oral, controlled-release technologies, as well as intellectual property licensed from Yale University, which will enable optimal dosing, safety, efficacy and patient convenience.