The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): David Schwab, Highlander Venture Fund
University of California Riverside (UCR) called on experienced venture capitalist David Schwab to run its $10m Highlander Venture Fund when it was launched in June 2017.
Schwab’s Vertical Venture Partners – the Silicon Valley firm he founded at the start of 2014 – is a partner in Highlander, which received a $2m initial contribution from UCR Foundation, the university’s endowment.
The fund was set up to offer financial backing to technology startups in sectors such as healthcare, energy and agriculture. It is being run in parallel with UCR’s Excite accelerator program.
Highlander Venture Fund made its first investment in January, contributing $250,000 to a series B round for NanoCellect Biomedical, a San Diego-based developer of microfluidic cell-sorting technologies founded by UCR alumnus Jose Morachis in 2009.
In addition to his role at Vertical, Schwab remains managing director of Sierra Ventures and is also an adviser to…
