Apr 10What’s job success: money, promotions, accolades? Joseph Fung from Uvaro answers that questionWhat does a successful career look like? Money? Promotions? Accolades? Uvaro co-founder and CEO Joseph Fung is working to create a more holistic definition of career success — one that includes financial success, but also fulfillment and community. …Startup7 min readStartup7 min read
Jun 1, 2022How Audrey Li helped build the premier collegiate capital partnerMIT undergraduate Audrey Li is the CEO of Collegiate Capital Partners, a student-led investment advisory firm that connects the venture capital industry with five universities in the northeast. Collegiate Capital Partners works with around 70 angel and VC partners who maintain a total of $28 billion in assets under management…6 min read6 min read
Jun 1, 2022Rhonda Shrader says that the best founders “do not expect to have everything wrapped up in a nice bow”Xfund advisor Rhonda Shrader has spent much of her career founding and leading biotech, health tech, and retail startups. Now, she’s living out her passion for supporting entrepreneurs at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. Rhonda is the Executive Director of the Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Program and…6 min read6 min read
Jun 1, 2022Martin Chavez wants us to “face the tiger”Martin Chavez has been a disruptor throughout his career, which has seen him move nimbly from academia to Silicon Valley to Wall Street and in between. After graduating from Harvard with his A.B. in biochemical sciences and S.M. in computer science, he earned his Ph.D. in medical information sciences from…8 min read8 min read
Mar 22, 2022Amrita Saigal of Kudos doesn’t mind if you steal her idea: “the idea is such a small part of it.”Amrita is the founder and CEO of Kudos, the sustainable disposable diaper made with a 100% cotton liner and plant-based materials. …9 min read9 min read
Feb 16, 2022Dean Frank Doyle is building a whole new kind of engineering schoolDean Frank Doyle of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). Xfund has a natural ally in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), led by Dean Frank Doyle. Frank is also the John A. & Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor…7 min read7 min read
Feb 7, 2022Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe says “you have to stick to things” to be successfulAnne Wojcicki, co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. Only three years after the human genome was sequenced, Anne Wojcicki co-founded 23andMe — and kickstarted the personal genomics industry in the process. …7 min read7 min read
Jan 24, 2022Why acclaimed investor Jim Breyer spends his time at the world’s great universitiesAcclaimed investor, founder, and educator Jim Breyer. Xfund is fortunate to count acclaimed investor Jim Breyer as a long-time supporter of the fund. Jim is known for being an early investor in dozens of companies, including Facebook, Etsy, Spotify, and Marvel; many of his investments have returned more than 100…Xfund7 min readXfund7 min read
Jan 17, 2022Entrepreneur and Professor Mike Smith is keeping America’s oldest university youngProfessor and company founder Mike Smith. With his long career in both academia and industry, Xfund Advisor Mike Smith brings a singularly valuable perspective to his work with Xfund. An engineer by training, he is also an entrepreneur, researcher, instructor, and Harvard administrator. Currently, Mike is the John H. Finley…7 min read7 min read
Jan 11, 2022How Claudia Laurie of Prive took lessons from Uber into E-commerceClaudia Laurie, co-founder and CEO of Prive. Claudia Laurie is the co-founder of Prive, where she and her co-founder, Alex Craciun, are helping D2C brands build sustainable recurring revenue through e-commerce subscription tools. Prive is the second company Claudia has launched — she started a D2C fashion brand as an…Xfund5 min readXfund5 min read
