Pre-Seed & Seed · By Invitation

The only fund with a pipeline
across 35+ universities.

$25M pre-seed and seed fund backed by the largest organized network of Jesuit and Catholic university founders, alumni, and capital.

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Track Record

These companies came from JECA universities. None had a fund behind them early. Until now.

Mercor
Georgetown · AI recruiting
Multi-billion valuation
$100M+ raised
Hallow
Notre Dame · Faith-tech app
$50M Series C
Largest globally
Alef Aeronautics
Santa Clara · Electric flying vehicle
FAA-certified
Tim Draper-backed
Simba Chain
Notre Dame · Blockchain infrastructure
$25M Series A
US DoD contracts
Intero Biosystems
Santa Clara · Biotech
Oversubscribed $2M
#1 Rice BPC
Viv
Boston College · Sustainable consumer
National retail
Forbes 30U30
The Pipeline

Deal flow from Silicon Valley to New York.

Santa Clara Silicon Valley
Fordham New York
Georgetown Washington DC
LMU Los Angeles
Notre Dame Midwest
Saint Louis Midwest
Boston College Boston
USF San Francisco

Plus 14 JECA member institutions across 12 countries including Marquette, Loyola Chicago, Seattle University, Ateneo de Manila, and others.

Santa Clara University Georgetown University University of Notre Dame Boston College Fordham University Loyola Marymount University Saint Louis University University of San Francisco
Investment Approach

The network is the advantage. Here is how we use it.

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Proprietary Deal Flow
35+ universities, 7 accelerators, and a network no other fund has access to. You see the companies first.
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Founder Quality
Mission-driven founders with strong ethics, resilience, and long-term orientation. They build for communities, not just markets.
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20+ Years of GP Experience
Every company is vetted. Technical, financial, market. The GPs have built, sold, and invested across multiple exits.
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Reserves for Winners
Follow-on capital for breakout companies. Your best bets get backed again instead of getting diluted.

Where the fund invests.

AI & Software
Climate & Sustainability
Digital Health
Fintech + Trust
Consumer + EdTech + Social Impact

Your capital gets early access to a pipeline nobody else has.

$25M pre-seed and seed fund. Deal flow from 35+ universities across 12 countries. By invitation only.

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Accelerators, demo days, and a fund. Built for people affiliated with JECA universities.

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University Accelerators
Bronco Venture (SCU), IDEA Center (Notre Dame), Georgetown Entrepreneurship, Fordham Foundry, LMU Kiesner Center, SLU Chaifetz Center, BC Shea Center.
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Demo Days & Pitch Tracks
Annual JECA Convening, Jesuit Pitch Competition, and regional pitch events across the network.
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Pre-Seed & Seed Funding
Building something real? The JECA Venture Fund invests at pre-seed and seed. Clear path to your first check.
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General Partners

A Google exit, an Omidyar partnership, a $2.5B business built from $5M, and early bets on Ethereum and Patreon.

Morgan Slain
Morgan Slain
Managing General Partner · Los Gatos
  • Sold Quickoffice to Google
  • PE exit with TeamsID
  • Partner at Omidyar seed fund UP2398
  • Founded SCU Bronco Venture Accelerator
  • Early investor: Ethereum, Chainlink, Patreon
  • VP New Media, Walt Disney Company
  • Stanford BA + MA
LinkedIn →
Kevin Macaluso
Kevin Macaluso
General Partner · San Francisco Bay Area
  • Built Alcatel-Lucent IP Routing from $5M to $2.5B
  • VP Americas at Nokia, drove $2B in annual revenue
  • Scaled team from 80 to 1,000+ across 4 continents
  • Startup Advisor, SCU Bronco Venture Accelerator
  • Advisory Board, Santa Clara Ventures
  • Harvard Business School MBA
  • Santa Clara University BSEE
LinkedIn →
Henry Leo Sheng
Henry Leo Sheng
General Partner · Bay Area / Hong Kong
  • GP at SCV, Venture Hub (HK), Metagrove (AU)
  • Employee #4 at RewardsPay, VP Operations
  • Employee #2 at Botco.ai, VP Finance (Gen AI)
  • CEO of VAR Live (VR company, acquired)
  • Active angel investor, focus on underserved founders
  • Mentor, SCU Bronco Venture Accelerator
  • Santa Clara University, Magna Cum Laude
LinkedIn →

GPs' prior funds delivered 2 acquisitions and 1 unicorn.

Service Partners

JP Morgan Chase Carta Winston & Strawn Weaver AWS Cisco NVIDIA Vaulted
Upcoming

Where the network meets in person.

April 8-10
JECA Convening + Jesuit Pitch Track
Fordham, New York
May 13-15
Jesuit Business Pitch Competition
Santa Clara, California
July 23-25
JECA at GCEC Conference
São Paulo, Brazil
Legacy

Built for someone other than yourself.

Jesuit education teaches one thing most business schools don't: build for someone other than yourself. That principle is 450 years old.

A Notre Dame grad builds a prayer app and grows it to $50M in funding because he built for a community he genuinely cared about, not a market he researched.

A Notre Dame blockchain company lands Department of Defense contracts because the government trusts the people behind the code.

The fund donates up to 20% of GP carry back to the universities. The system that shaped these founders is worth reinvesting in.

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morgan@santaclaraventures.com

408-859-5062

Investor Inquiry

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