StoryHouse Ventures

What StoryHouse Ventures does

StoryHouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2022 and headquartered in Claremont, California, that invests exclusively in companies founded by or affiliated with the Claremont Colleges community (Pomona College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Scripps College, and Pitzer College). The firm is led by General Partner Miles Bird and Chief of Staff Josh Tatum, operating with a small team (1-10 employees). StoryHouse deploys capital through StoryHouse Fund I into seed and Series A rounds across a diversified set of verticals including Healthcare, Fintech, Climate Tech, BioTech, PropTech, Aerospace, Consumer Services, and Developer Tools, with a publicly disclosed portfolio of approximately 30 companies such as Living Carbon, Levels, Hiki, Delphi Labs (acquired by Cube), Groundlight AI, Hamlet, Nimbus Health, Speakeasy, and AgVend.

The firm operates no proprietary technology platform; its core offering is venture investment combined with community-building resources. These resources include the StoryHouse Review bi-weekly newsletter covering emergent technology trends and Claremont-affiliated founders, quarterly StoryHouse Investor Updates, and a Getro-powered Claremont Job Board featuring 5,000+ open roles at roughly 300-400 Claremont-affiliated technology companies. The firm does not charge portfolio companies for investment and generates revenue through the standard venture capital model: management fees (typically 2% of committed capital) on Fund I, with future upside from carried interest (typically 20%) on fund profits following successful exits. Co-investment relationships with tier-1 venture firms including a16z, Khosla Ventures, Madrona, Polaris Partners, Felicis, Greycroft, LowerCarbon Capital, and Quiet Capital enable StoryHouse to participate in rounds alongside established managers.

The firm is backed by a network of prominent Claremont-affiliated leaders serving as LPs or advisors, including Shadiah Sigala (Honeybook), Daniel Kan (Cruise), Arielle Zuckerberg (Long Journey Ventures), Nathan Gross (Doximity), John Shrewsberry (former Wells Fargo CFO), Edith Harbaugh (LaunchDarkly), Ashwin Navin (BitTorrent, Samba TV), Josh Jones (Ravn Alaska), Heather Callender-Potters (PharmaJet), and Matthew J. Estes. No fund size, AUM, revenue figures, or LP commitment totals are publicly disclosed.

Name

StoryHouse Ventures

Legal name

StoryHouse Ventures

Website

https://storyhousevc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

StoryHouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests exclusively in companies founded by Claremont Colleges alumni, deploying Fund I capital across diverse verticals and operating a community job board and newsletter serving the Claremont entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital / Private Equity

NAICS

Other Financial Vehicles (525990), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Series A/B) (FSANAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Venture capital investing
• Seed stage funding
• Early stage investment
• Fund management
• Startup ecosystem

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Fund Management: Standard venture capital revenue model consisting of management fees (typically 2% of committed capital) and carried interest (typically 20% of fund profits). Returns generated through successful portfolio company exits.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

StoryHouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests seed and venture capital from StoryHouse Fund I into companies founded by alumni and affiliates of the Claremont Colleges. The firm pairs capital deployment with community-building resources, including a bi-weekly newsletter, quarterly investor updates, and a job board connecting talent with Claremont-affiliated technology companies.

Product overview

StoryHouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that provides investment capital, community resources, and ecosystem connectivity to founders affiliated with Claremont Colleges. The firm operates Fund I and delivers value through three primary resource offerings: StoryHouse Review, a bi-weekly newsletter covering emergent technology trends and Claremont founders; StoryHouse Investor Updates, quarterly updates on fund building and deployment; and a Claremont Job Board connecting talent with portfolio companies. The firm does not offer distinct software products, platforms, or modules — its core offering is venture investment combined with community-building resources for the Claremont entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• StoryHouse Review: A bi-weekly newsletter covering emergent technology trends and Claremont founders.
• StoryHouse Investor Updates
• Claremont Job Board

Products and services

• StoryHouse Fund I Early-stage venture capital fund that deploys seed and venture capital into companies founded by alumni and affiliates of the Claremont Colleges; capital is paired with ecosystem resources and co-investor syndication with firms such as a16z, Khosla Ventures, Felicis, and Greycroft.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 50 investments led by GP Miles Bird including successful exits

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lerer Hippeau: Early-stage NYC-based venture firm investing seed and Series A in consumer, software, and frontier-tech startups. Comparable in fund size, stage, and community-focused operating approach; a typical co-investor profile for emerging managers like StoryHouse.
• Susa Ventures: Early-stage, community-driven venture firm investing in seed and Series A rounds. Comparable to StoryHouse in fund size, stage focus, and emphasis on founder community and value-add beyond capital.
• Pioneer Fund: Early-stage venture firm led by several university-affiliated operators that invests in founders from a curated network of schools. Closely comparable to StoryHouse in deploying capital from a community-led LP base and focusing on university-derived deal flow.
• Contrary (formerly Contrary Capital): Community-led early-stage venture firm that invests in founders from top university ecosystems. Directly comparable to StoryHouse in its reliance on student/alumni networks and thesis-driven community engagement, although Contrary operates at a larger scale across multiple universities.
• Rough Draft Ventures: General Catalyst-backed student-focused early-stage fund investing across multiple universities. Shares StoryHouse's community-led thesis, student-founder sourcing model, and small-team structure.
• Long Journey Ventures: Early-stage venture firm led by Arielle Zuckerberg and other operator-LPs. Comparable in size, stage focus, and operator-LP model; notably, Long Journey's GP is also an LP/backer of StoryHouse, evidencing similar LP relationships and thesis.
• Dorm Room Fund: Student-led venture fund originally affiliated with Drexel/UPenn that invests in founders connected to university ecosystems. Comparable to StoryHouse in its tight coupling to a specific academic community and emphasis on operator/student deal sourcing.

Broad incumbents

• Andreessen Horowitz (a16z): Tier-1 multi-stage venture firm with co-investments alongside StoryHouse in Living Carbon and Levels. Not directly comparable in scale or focus, but shares exposure to the same portfolio verticals (climate tech, consumer health) at vastly larger check sizes.
• Khosla Ventures: Large early-stage venture firm investing across deep tech, biotech, and enterprise. Co-investor alongside StoryHouse and a reference point for the kind of institutional firm StoryHouse partners with on rounds it cannot lead alone.
• Madrona: Pacific Northwest-focused early-to-growth stage venture firm. Direct co-investor in StoryHouse portfolio companies. Comparable as an early-stage investor in similar verticals (AI, biotech, climate) but operates at much larger AUM and broader geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments16 records

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