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YEI Innovation Fund

YEI Innovation Fund

YEI Innovation Fund is an early-stage investment fund that supplies funding to ventures that have participated in a Yale Entrepreneurial Institute program.

: 2013

Yale University, Connecticut Innovations and First Niagara Bank created YEI Innovation Fund.

Leadership

James Boyle

Founder

FounderFounder

Portfolio Snapshot

Recorded participation and recipient operating status, not current holdings or realized exits

Recorded Recipients7

Repeat Participations1

Operating Recipients7

Top Investment Stages

Seed5 (62.5%)

Angel2 (25.0%)

Pre-Seed1 (12.5%)

Stage Mix

Seed 63%Angel 25%Pre-Seed 13%

Concentration shown as share of disclosed investments by stage.

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