Osage University Partners
Venture capital firm that invests alongside university technology-transfer offices in spinouts commercializing academic research, sharing returns back with affiliated institutions; participated in Overland AI's $32M Series A (Jan 2025), reflecting the company's University of Washington origins.
Osage University Partners (OUP) is a Bala Cynwyd, PA-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 that invests exclusively in startups commercializing university research. OUP manages the co-investment rights of 150+ affiliated universities and research institutions: in exchange for these rights, OUP gets contractual access to invest in future financing rounds of companies that licensed technology from those institutions, and the affiliated university shares in OUP's investment profits. The firm invests across all stages, from pre-seed through crossover/pre-IPO, across technology (software, hardware, climate tech) and life sciences (therapeutics, medtech, diagnostics, research tools).
Overview
- Firm
- Osage University Partners
- Headquarters
- Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Founded
- 2009
- AUM
- $800M (per firm's own site; independently corroborated via SEC Form D filings summing $100M Fund I (2011) + $215M Fund II (2015) + $273M Fund III (2019) + $195.8M+ Fund IV (as of an April 2023 Form D/A, target $275M))
- Avg. check
- $1M-$20M
- Stages
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth
- Thesis
- Invests in startups spun out of university research, using co-investment rights held by 150+ partner universities/research institutions to source proprietary deal flow, sharing investment profits back with those institutions.
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Frequently asked
- What is Osage University Partners?
- Invests in startups spun out of university research, using co-investment rights held by 150+ partner universities/research institutions to source proprietary deal flow, sharing investment profits back with those institutions.
- How much does Osage University Partners manage?
- Osage University Partners manages $800M (per firm's own site; independently corroborated via SEC Form D filings summing $100M Fund I (2011) + $215M Fund II (2015) + $273M Fund III (2019) + $195.8M+ Fund IV (as of an April 2023 Form D/A, target $275M)) in assets, and was founded in 2009.
- What stages does Osage University Partners invest at?
- Osage University Partners invests at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, with typical checks of $1M-$20M.
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Founding year, AUM, check size, stage range, sector focus, and portfolio/IPO counts per OUP's own site
Osage University Partners: OUP homepageVerified2026-08-09 - 2
Named partners: Robert Adelson, Marc Singer, Bill Harrington, Matt Cohen, Manny Stockman (Managing Partners), Mitra Miri (Partner, Life Science), Kirsten Leute (Partner, Operations), Louis Berneman (Founding Partner), Anna Turetsky (General Partner, PxB Fund)
Osage University Partners: OUP team pageVerified2026-08-09 - 3
Osage University Partners participated in Overland AI's $32M Series A round
Overland AI: Overland AI Raises $32 Million in Series A Funding to Advance Ground Autonomy for U.S. Defense ForcesVerified2025-01-13 - 4
Osage University Partners IV, LP Form D/A: total offering $275M, total sold $195.825M as of filing date, first sale 2022-04-08
SEC EDGAR: Form D/A — Osage University Partners IV, LP (CIK 1901483) / OUP IV AFF Partnership, LP (CIK 1903681)Verified2023-04-04 - 5
Osage University Partners closed a $100 million debut venture capital fund and affiliated with a slate of leading universities
GlobeNewswire: Osage University Partners Closes $100 Million Debut Venture Capital Fund, Affiliates With Leading UniversitiesVerified2011-02-24