The Notre Dame Pit Road Fund is a venture capital fund housed at the University of Notre Dame’s IDEA Center, created to help launch new startups from the University ecosystem.
The Pit Road Fund funds the best and brightest ideas and technologies from the broader Notre Dame ecosystem.
40+
active portfolio companies
$22.65m
assets under management
2018
Date Founded
About the Pit Road Fund
The Notre Dame Pit Road Fund was launched in 2018 with the mission to serve early stage companies associated with the University. By investing in de-risked, promising technologies through the Engine Commercialization Process, the Fund injects capital into Notre Dame led and affiliated companies as they mature. In addition, the Fund connects founders to mentors, strategic partners, sophisticated investors and board members, leveraging their resources to build and scale the Fund’s portfolio companies.
Philosophy & Investment Thesis
Designed to unlock tremendous value both socially and economically, the Pit Road Fund aims to create the next great company by leveraging the discoveries of technical solutions made by the University and the Notre Dame ecosystem.
- Industry Agnostic
- Investing in Faculty Research, Student Founders, Staff, Alumni & the South Bend-Elkhart Regional Community
- Investing under Catholic Social Guidelines
- Pre-seed, Seed and Series A Investments