Venture Capital & Private Equity Investment Apprenticeship Program

Venture University Is The World's Leading Investor Accelerator For Venture Capital, Private Equity, & Angel Investing.

Venture University is redefining the value of an investment fund by creating an investment team that is capable of covering markets broader, deeper, faster, and smarter than a typical fund, providing a significantly more powerful network that can better support portfolio companies, and offering greater value to LPs.

Venture University's mission is to generate consistent and superior returns net of fees and develop and curate top investor talent for the benefit of the innovation ecosystem.

Venture University's investment fund invests initially up to $1M per company and up to $10M in follow-on rounds. Each quarter the investment team develops 3-5 core market theses and invests across consumer, enterprise, fintech / blockchain, healthcare, and frontier tech companies.

Venture University's trade school is designed as an Investor Accelerator and includes a VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship and Academic Program. Venture University accepts <2% of the applications it receives, making it more competitive to get into than the top Ivy League schools and MBA programs.

The Investor Accelerator includes individuals who aim to join venture capital and private equity funds, angel investors and family offices who seek to professionalize their investment strategies, aspiring new fund managers, entrepreneurs who want to learn to think like investors, experienced professionals who would like to make career transitions, and undergraduate and graduate students.

Individuals accepted into the Investor Accelerator gain quality investment experience by deal sourcing, conducting due diligence, presenting investment evaluations, participating on investment committees, making real investments with real capital, building a deep network within the startup and VC/PE industry, and sharing in the financial upside.

For more information, go to: https://www.Venture.University... University adds investors to its team four times per year: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Individuals can choose to join Venture University for 1-4 semesters, gaining investment experience for 3 months to 1 year, investing in 3-20 portfolio companies, and immersing themselves into the world of venture capital and private equity.

The next sessions available in SF and NYC:

• Winter 2020: Jan 13th - Mar 27th
• Spring 2020: Mar 30th - Jun 12th
• Summer 2020: Jun 15th - Aug 28th

Responsibilities:

• The Venture Capital & Private Equity Investment Apprenticeship is a full-time program, where individuals join Venture University's trade school and participate on Venture University's investment fund team, focusing on deal sourcing, due diligence, and investment evaluation. A part-time program option is also available for select individuals that can commit to at least three days per week, who may currently be in an undergrad or graduate program, or who have a flexible work schedule.
• Individuals also participate in an Academic Program which includes a one week academic investment intensive course, the "VC/PE Masterclass", fireside chats with investors and industry experts, and Academic Night Modules that are 1-4 hrs long and go deep into the topics of venture capital, private equity, and entrepreneurship.
• Deal source from accelerators, seed funds, venture funds, private equity funds, startup founders, and strategics
• Attend VC / Startup networking events
• Review pitch decks, conduct due diligence, put together investment evaluations and recommendations, participate on investment committees, and support portfolio companies
• Make investments during the program, investing up to $1M+ in each company
• Individuals in the Investment Apprenticeship Program are offered a Profit Sharing Agreement to benefit from the financial upside from the investments made

Location & Requirements:

• You are applying for the VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship Program based in San Francisco or NYC
• You must be located in or move to San Francisco or NYC during the program period

Eligibility (must meet one or more of the below criteria):

• Individuals looking to join venture capital and private equity funds
• Individuals who are new hires at VC/PE funds and starting their new job after the program ends
• Angel investors and family offices who seek to professionalize their investment strategies
• Aspiring new fund managers
• Entrepreneurs who want to learn to think like investors
• Experienced professionals who would like to make career transitions. Examples include individuals with 1-3 yrs investment banking and/or consulting experience, individuals who have worked within corporate business development, innovation, or corporate VC, individuals who have worked at a startup and founders of companies
• Individuals at corporations that want to launch their own corporate VC
• Undergraduate and graduate students
• Individuals with extraordinary abilities & exceptional achievements: Individuals who have gone against the odds with spectacular success and/or failure, created something from nothing, executed something to a large scale with limited resources, uncovered and leveraged secrets within market dynamics, acted in creative ways and built solutions to hard problems