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🚀 Excited to announce that our portfolio company Isometric Technologies (ISO) has been acquired by Triumph Financial, Inc.! Since our initial investment, we've watched ISO pioneer the development of a 'FICO for Freight', and this combination is a perfect strategic fit - integrating ISO's performance analytics platform with Triumph's vast payment and factoring network will create unprecedented transparency and actionable intelligence for carriers, brokers, and shippers. 🚛 Congratulations to founders Brian Cristol, John Stauffer, and the entire team on finding an ideal partner to accelerate your vision of transforming freight logistics!

"Courtyard Ventures has its eyes on Vertical AI-Powered Search & Discovery Engines Driving Personalization– And Here’s Why." In this post, Venture Partners Leela Najafi & Zach Quart deep dive into how vertical AI-powered search can drive organized access & personalized, curated choice, make a compelling case for its future growth and use across industries. From tackling choice paralysis to building durable competitive moats with domain-specific AI, this piece explores the trends, opportunities, and frameworks that drive builders and investors in this space. Read the full post here. ⬇️

Congrats to Kalder on raising another round! Exciting times ahead! 🎉

As we look to the future of government and society, I believe we’re on the brink of a powerful shift: a youth-led Entrepreneurs Corps. I expect we’ll see younger generations tackling today’s urgent issues—and those on the horizon—with what I discuss as entrepreneurial defiance. Just as the Peace Corps and Climate Corps were created to address immense global challenges, we could see a new wave of young innovators addressing the pervasive economic and social problems of our time. In this piece, I explore how universities and impacted communities could fill these critical gaps and become the launchpads for public-interest-driven innovation and change. Courtyard Ventures #Innovation #Berkeley #Entrepreneurship

“Now is the time for a Grassroots, Youth-Led Entrepreneurs Corps.” In this blog post, Venture Partner Leela Najafi describes the sentiment across UC Berkeley’s campus following the presidential election and describes an idea of how to harness emotions and energy to meet the moment with the Berkeley spirit of entrepreneurial defiance. Here’s what that might look like. ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/giX2NnbS

Excited to share that UC Berkeley's renowned Lean Launchpad kicked off with an exciting Pitch Night 🚀 ! 19 innovative startup ideas were presented, addressing global challenges from energy demands to mental health accessibility. As Courtyard Ventures, we're proud to be part of this ecosystem. We're a Haas MBA student-run venture firm investing in UC Berkeley's most innovative startups - the #1 school for venture-backed startups nationwide. The Lean Launchpad continues to fuel groundbreaking ideas. Applications close on Oct 24th! #UCBerkeley #LeanLaunchpad #Startups #Haas #CourtyardVentures https://lnkd.in/gtnpSQ5t