Stanford Engineering Venture Fund

The partnership of Stanford Engineering and the venture capital community is legendary. Together, the two helped build Silicon Valley, propelling technology transfer from lab to industry. The Stanford Engineering Venture Fund (SEVF), created in 1985 and led by volunteer investment advisors, has shown extraordinary results and ensured a steady stream of innovation, innovators, and tech transfer going forward.

By providing resources that allow the school to seize opportunities and build the infrastructure of research and teaching, SEVF has made Stanford Engineering fearless in its pursuit of big ideas.

Proceeds from the SEVF have supported capital construction that has provided the entire school with 21st century facilities; endowed professorships that have strengthened the underlying research enterprise; endowed graduate fellowships that have trained the innovators and technology leaders of the future; and seeded the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, known throughout the world as a leader in entrepreneurship education.

The numbers

As of July 2014

With the help of the SEVF, Stanford Engineering will continue to develop technologies that will change the worlds of information technology, medicine, energy, business and beyond.

Thank you for considering investing in the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund, and in the future of technology leadership around the world.

Learn more about the benefits of partnering with the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund.

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