Cove Fund

Mike Benvenuti is a Fund Manager with Cove Fund, an active Expert in Residence at UCI Applied Innovation, and an advisor or board member with several early-stage startups.

Dr. Paul Voois is a Fund Manager with Cove Fund and is also a member of Tech Coast Angels.

J.C. Ruffalo is a Partner at Cove Fund, where he is actively involved in sourcing, evaluating, and executing investments, as well as supporting portfolio companies in their growth, strategic positioning, and follow-on financing efforts.

Don is the former CEO of Questcor, a specialty pharmaceutical company sold to Mallinckrodt in 2014 for $5.8 billion.

Michael, Director of Private Equities at Mark IV Capital, leads their investment efforts in rapidly growing companies.

Bruce is a co-founder of Miramar Digital Ventures. With over two decades of collaborations with technology entrepreneurs, Bruce co-leads Miramar investments in the Data, IoT and AI markets.

Mr. Malas is a Principal and Co-Founder of IRA Capital. His responsibilities include raising equity for IRA’s private funds and syndicated offerings, while overseeing the firm’s overall investment strategy.

Fariborz Maseeh is the founder and managing principal of Surlamer Investments, an investment management firm, which invests in real estate, technology startups, and manages several proprietary traded hedge funds.

Richard is the former Chief Innovation officer of Beall Applied Innovation at UC Irvine. He founded his first company with $250 dollars and later sold to SAIC, a multi-billion dollar international firm.