E14 Fund
About E14 Fund
E14 Fund describes itself as born at the MIT Media Lab and focused on companies founded by the MIT community. Its LinkedIn page lists a 2014 founding year and a Cambridge, MA base. Other directories give 2013 or 2017. One source says a Media Lab experiment began in 2013 and the fund launched formally in 2017. Habib Haddad is the founding managing partner and Calvin Chin is a managing partner. F4 also lists Andrea Porras as a partner. Tracxn counts a team of 9, including 3 partners. Fund sizes are not stated in the sources we found, so none are given here.
AI sits inside a wider MIT deep tech thesis that also covers robotics, biotech, hardware and materials. F4 says the fund looks for defensible science or engineering advantages and excludes pure SaaS without a deep tech component. Recent AI deals are mostly agent and infrastructure companies. E14 took part in Sycamore's $65M seed, which Coatue and Lightspeed led. It also joined Subconscious's $5.1M round, which MassVentures led. The Lounge deals desk also records E14 in Theorem (Seed, $6M, January 2026) and Adaption Labs (Seed, $50M, February 2026). It records E14 as a lead in SOND's $7M seed (May 2026). Tracxn counts 5 E14 investments in 2026 up to September.
E14 invests from pre-seed to Series A. F4 lists checks of $500K to $5M, and another directory gives $1M to $5M. Neither figure comes from the firm itself. Tracxn reports 33 seed investments with an average round size of $9.07M, which is the size of the whole round and not E14's check. The fund also publishes an application route on its site.
- Sycamore: operating system for enterprises to build, deploy and manage autonomous AI agents; $65M seed, March 2026.
- Subconscious: inference platform for long-running AI agents, out of MIT research; $5.1M seed, 2026.
- SOND: sleep technology company; $7M round, May 2026.
- Adaption Labs: $50M seed, February 2026.
- Theorem: $6M seed, January 2026.
- Replit: coding platform, listed among E14's notable earlier investments.
- Overjet: AI dentistry software, listed among E14's notable earlier investments.
- linkedin.com/company/e14fund
- f4.fund/firms/the-e14-fund
- superscout.co/investor/e14-fund
- tracxn.com/d/venture-capital/e14-fund/**Q0bURPmJOZq6ZXq0XgYVUY4N2gEKHt
- privateequitylist.com/investors/the-e14-fund
- creati.ai/ai-news/2026-03-31/sycamore-raises-65-million-seed
- thesaasnews.com/news/subconscious-raises-5-1m-pre-seed-seed
- vcbacked.co/directory/investors/e14-fund
Investing activity
E14 Fund appears in 5 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $115M, and led 1 of them. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $7M and the largest at $65M. The most recent are Subconscious (Seed, $5.1M, Aug 2026), SOND (Seed, $7M, May 2026) and Sycamore (Seed, $65M, Mar 2026).
E14 Fund most often invests alongside MassVentures, Underscore VC, Foothill Ventures and Meach Cove Capital, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about E14 Fund
What stage does E14 Fund invest in?
E14 Fund invests from pre-seed to Series A, mostly at seed. It focuses on companies founded by people from MIT.
What check size does E14 Fund write?
Directories list $500K to $5M, and one lists $1M to $5M. The firm has not published an official range that we found.
Who leads AI investing at E14 Fund?
Habib Haddad (founding managing partner) and Calvin Chin (managing partner) lead the firm. Andrea Porras is also listed as a partner.
Does E14 Fund invest in non-MIT founders?
Its stated focus is MIT founders. F4 lists non-MIT founders as outside its focus, so a clear MIT link helps a pitch.
What AI companies has E14 Fund backed recently?
Recent AI rounds include Sycamore ($65M seed), Adaption Labs ($50M seed), Theorem ($6M seed), SOND ($7M) and Subconscious ($5.1M seed).
What AI companies has E14 Fund invested in?
E14 Fund's AI investments include Subconscious, SOND, Sycamore, Adaption Labs and Theorem. The 5 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is E14 Fund based?
E14 Fund is based in Cambridge, US.
What stage does E14 Fund invest at?
In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, E14 Fund has invested at Seed, with a median round of $7M. E14 Fund led 1 of those rounds.
Who does E14 Fund co-invest with?
E14 Fund's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are MassVentures (1 deal), Underscore VC (1 deal), Foothill Ventures (1 deal), Meach Cove Capital (1 deal) and Ubiquity Ventures (1 deal).
How can founders reach E14 Fund?
Founders on AI Lounge can see E14 Fund's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add E14 Fund to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.