University of Virginia

Charlottesville VA. Founded by Thomas Jefferson. $15.5B UVIMCO Long Term Pool (Jun 2025) — top-5 public university endowment, among top-20 all universities. CEO: Robert Durden. 85 external managers. ~7.5% return FY2024. Darden School of Business: #1 public MBA. LaCross Institute for Ethical AI in Business (2024, $62M+ gift, largest in Darden history). School of Data Science (2021). Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship. UVIMCO Alumni Ventures fund: Emmet Street Ventures (already in DB). VIPC connection: VIPC Lab-to-Launch partners with UVA as one of 6 R1 universities.