The first dedicated fund for the
UC San Diego community.
Independent capital for founders with UC San Diego roots.
#1
UC campus for new inventions
$1.73B
Annual research enterprise
500+
Invention disclosures in FY2025
279,000+
Alumni worldwide
Community over credit. Growth over greed. Many over mine.
The companies are already here.
$17B
raised by UC San Diego companies since 2015
venture funds dedicated to the UC San Diego community
Until now.
More than 900 inventions in two years. 32 became companies.
931+ invention disclosures, fiscal years 2024 and 2025
32 startups formed
We back great companies with UC San Diego DNA anywhere inside. More than founders.
- Founders
- Early employees
- Faculty
- Staff
- Students
- Alumni
Each company we back becomes a way for the UC San Diego community to be part of a great startup.
- Qualcomm
- Illumina
- Ubiquiti
- Impact Biomedicines
- Inhibrx
- Ricursive Intelligence
- LILA
- Drata
- Tessera Labs
- Adcentrx Therapeutics
- Radionetics Oncology
- Vironexis Biotherapeutics
- Sonocharge Energy
- South 8
- Retrace
- Reclaim.ai
- Protopia
- Personal.ai
A quarter of our carry goes back to campus.
It goes directly into entrepreneurship, through three programs.
25%
of GP carry, Fund I
Horizon Accelerator
The campus accelerator
Poseidon Fellows
Student fellowships
Campus ventures
Grassroots and academic ventures
Non-dilutive to LPs. We will ask our LPs to match it, with no commitment required.
The network around the fund.
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Partner
Horizon Accelerator
Built into the fund’s structure. Patrick Giblin, David Pelling and Doug Cohen sit on its advisory board.
- Companies in residence
- 29
- Raised by the portfolio
- $30M+
- Grant leverage
- 29:1
- Formation rate
- 88–90%
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Give-back
Poseidon Fellows and campus ventures
Funded by the shared carry.
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Community
Community investment advisors
UC San Diego experts advise on the technologies we review.
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Acceleration
Horizon and SkyDeck
Horizon is built in collaboration with SkyDeck’s management.
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Network
Silicon Valley network
LP, secondary and co-investment relationships built over 20+ years.
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Members
The Pacific
A private, invitation-only network for The Shores Fund community.
Partners
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Patrick Giblin
Managing Partner
Entrepreneur for 30+ years with five issued U.S. patents in AI. Advisory board member at the UC San Diego Entrepreneurship Center and Horizon.
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John Coelho
Partner
LP investor for 20 years. Joined StepStone Group in 2007 and helped scale its global investment platform.
Early positions in Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX.
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David Pelling
Partner
Family fund manager with deep San Diego roots. Advisory board member at the UC San Diego Entrepreneurship Center and Horizon.
Early positions in SpaceX and Oura.
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Doug Cohen
Partner
15+ years leading product data science at Facebook, Instagram, Snap and Figma. UC San Diego graduate and advisory board member at Horizon.
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Get involved
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Founders
Faculty, staff, students and alumni building in life sciences and tech.
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Investors
Accredited investors only, after a questionnaire and individual review.
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Partners and operators
Mentors and operators who want a front-row seat.
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Community
Event invitations and a path into The Pacific.
