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    •  
      2018 - 2019: Cohorts 1-6
      Jun 2018 - Dec 2019

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      Cohort 6
       
      Fall: Sept - Dec 2019

      San Francisco & NYC

       

       

       

       

    • Cohort 6 includes 30 investors (~0.5% accepted) that formed four deal sourcing teams: Consumer, Enterprise & Healthcare, Fintech, & Frontier Tech

      Cohort 6 Deal Sourcing Teams

      Consumer Team

      Derek Barnett

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners

      Kenneth Paz

       

      After VU: Joined as a Director at BourkeHood, a Global Research and Development (R&D) Innovation Consultancy

      Rahul Brahmbhatt

       

      After VU: Founded Day One, an ecosystem to power the next generation of entrepreneurship

      Alberto Bertamino

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners

      Clark Ricciardelli

       

      After VU: Joined as a Research Analyst at FT Partners

       

       

      Lisha Davis​

       

      After VU: Founded Arable Ventures, an innovation consulting & advisory practice with roots in venture building and investing, across corporate intrapreneurship and startup entrepreneurship

      Brija Johnson

       

      After VU: Joined as a Scholar in Residence at Zane Venture Fund

      Jason Wintery

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners

       

       

      Jun "Julie" Li​

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Associate at Goldberg and Schiffman Capital Partners

      Enterprise & Healthcare Team

      Kusum Chanrai

       

      After VU: Joined as a Managing Partner at HazelRock Capital

       

      Shirin Ahmed​

       

      After VU: Joined as an investor at Global Health Impact Fund

       

       

       

      Eric Leander

       

      ​After VU: Joined as a Managing Principal at Square Peg Ventures

      Clay Maxwell

       

      After VU: Joined as a Managing Partner at PX Venture Studio

       

      Joanne Kim Greller​, PharmD, RPh

       

      After VU: Joined as the Head of Commercial Competitive Intelligence at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

      Roger Soares

       

      After VU: Continued his work in Public Accounting at Mitchell Titus LLP

      Arjun Vasan

       

      After VU: Went to finish his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Houston University

      Thomas Grillo

       

      After VU: Joined as a PE Data Analyst at Chronograph

      Fintech & Blockchain Team

      Nick Markola

       

      After VU: Joined as a Chief Investment Officer at YourCapital, a digital investment advisor that provides unbiased advice

      Kip Lawrence

       

      After VU: Continued his work as an Associate Director at Athansios Capital Group LP

      Gaurab Oli

       

      After VU: Joined as a Business Development at SV Academy

       

       

      Todd Bertsch

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners

      Christine Onyung

       

      After VU: Joined as a Portfolio Manager at University of California - Office of the Chief Investment Officer

      Eran Elhanani

       

      After VU: Continued his work as the CEO & President at Esquared Realty

      Frontier Tech Team

      Nora Alkadi

       

      After VU: Joined as a Partner at Graphene Ventures

       

      Steve Frenkel

       

      After VU: Joined as a Management Director at Covalent Solutions, advising early and growth-stage companies seeking Angel/Seed/Series A funding

       

      Maxwell Klafter

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Analyst at Plug & Play Tech Centre

      Desmond Fogg

       

      After VU: Joined as a Head of Business Development at A3Ventures

      Gino P. Greco

       

      After VU: Founded G.P. Greco & Co., an investment management company for innovators.

       

      Leonardo Fonseca

       

      After VU: Joined as a Principal at Graphene Ventures & Adjunct Partner at AgFunder

      Vaishnavi Paruchuri

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investor at Touchdown Ventures

    •  
       
       
      Cohort 5
       
      Summer: Jun - Aug 2019
       
       

    • Cohort 5 includes 20 investors (~0.5% accepted) that formed four deal sourcing teams: Consumer, Enterprise & Healthcare, Fintech & Blockchain, & Frontier Tech

      Cohort 5 Deal Sourcing Teams

      Consumer Team

      Patrick Allen

       

      After VU: Joined Nextdoor doing Business Development

       

      Gilyana Saldusova

       

      After VU: Joined as a Deal Advisory Manager at KPMG

      J.P. Bowgen

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Associate at OCA Ventures

      Birju Trivedi​

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Banking Analyst at Auctus Capital Partner

      Daniil Chen

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Associate at Type 1 Ventures, a VC fund focused on frontier technology

      Enterprise & Healthcare Team

      Sterling Duggan

       

      After VU: Joined as an Account Manager at Kochava, industry leader for mobile app attribution and mobile app analytics

       

      Johan Richards​

       

      After VU: Raising capital for Synergos Venture Partners, a fund focused on investing across the African continent in partnership with VU Venture Partners

      Anna Tishchenko

       

      After VU: Founded Heed Capital, an impact venture fund that catalyzes sustainable innovations and aims for superior financial returns

       

      Pranavi Cheemakurti​

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Associate at Acceleprise

      Vidya Raman

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Principal at Sorenson Capital, investors in early-stage enterprise and security startups

      Fintech & Blockchain Team

      Ebube David-Osuagwu

       

      After VU: Founded Snippy, an early-stage startup looking to transform how, and where haircuts are conducted

       

      Henry Ngan

      ​

      After VU: Continued working at HHN Capital, a financial advisory firm

      Tarek Waked

       

      After VU: Founded Type 1 Ventures, a VC fund focused on frontier technologies in partnership with VU Venture Partners

      Frontier Tech Team

      Samira Gholami

       

      After VU: Founded Green Data Ventures, providing Venture Building as a Services

      Benoit Foulon

       

      After VU: Joined as a Customer Success Manager at Sparted

       

      Daniel Grampa

       

      After VU: Launched his own startup studio fund, AMALGAM8 in partnership with VU

       

      Azim Ghafoori

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners

    •  
       
       
      Cohort 4
       
      Spring: Apr - Jun 2019
       
       

    • Cohort 4 includes 20 investors (~0.5% accepted) that formed four deal sourcing teams: Consumer, FinTech & Blockchain, Frontier Tech, and Healthcare.

      Cohort 4 Deal Sourcing Teams

      Consumer Team

      Taylor Bozarth

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Associate at The Company Lab

       

       

      Said Mia

       

      After VU: ​Founded Stormbreaker, an early-stage venture fund focused on investing in capital-efficient startups

      Brent Breslau

       

      After VU: Joined as a Revenue and Growth associate at Tonal, a leading startup in the fitness industry

      Alberta Tete-Lartey

       

      After VU: ​Founded Startup Founder, an advisory service committed to supporting founders, to navigate the business hurdles from idea to execution

      Grayson Helm

       

      After VU: Joined as a 1st hire to head sales & merchandising at Aura Bora

      FinTech Team

      Peter Arethas

       

      After VU: Joined as a VP at Lacrosse Investments 374, LLC.

      Michael Son

       

      After VU: Joined as a Senior Associate at Strategy&, the strategy consulting business unit of PricewaterhouseCoopers

      Juan Arias

       

      After VU: Received three job offers, one at a VC Fund and two at Hedge Funds, and joined Millennium, one of the world's largest hedge funds with $47B+ AUM.

      David Tsang

       

      After VU: Joined as New Product Development lead at Verkada

      Andrew Stockstill

       

      After VU: Joined as an Associate Director at Serent Capital

      Frontier Tech Team

      Sebastian Pulido

       

      After VU: Joined as a Vice President of Change Management at Goldman Sachs

      Tristan Jennings

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Analyst at Marubeni Ventures

      Benoit Foulon

       

      After VU: Joined as a Customer Success Manager at Sparted

      Dan Gonzales

       

      After VU: Joined as an Advisor / Head of Sales at BexMe while continuing his work with Flux Technology

      HealthTech Team

      Noreen Brar

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Analyst at Plug and Play Ventures, the largest accelerator in the world

       

      Brian Yen

       

      After VU: Joined as a Business Development Manager at BoxNearBy

      Jeanose Lexima

       

      After VU: Continued investing in teams/founders & companies in tech, health, fintech, femtech, education, transportation, food & water safety, real estate, females leadership globally

      Sherman Williams

       

      After VU: Joined as a Managing Partner at Academy Investor Network, an investment syndicate of U.S. Service Academy graduates that invest in venture-backed startups

       

    •  
       
      Cohort 3
       
      Winter: Jan-Mar 2019
       
       
       

    • Cohort 3 includes 25 investors (~0.5% accepted) that formed five deal sourcing teams: Consumer, Enterprise, FinTech & Blockchain, Frontier Tech, and Healthcare.

      Cohort 3 Deal Sourcing Teams

      Consumer Team

      Allen Archuleta Jr

       

      After VU: Joined as a professor at Sacramento State College of Business Administration

       

      Helene Servillon

       

      After VU: Founded JourneyOne Ventures, a VC fund focused on investing in the cannabis industry

      Hoa (Danny) Duong​

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investor at Alphabeta Ventures 360

      Samala​

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investor at New Media Ventures, investing in activists & entrepreneurs moving democracy forward

      Enterprise & AI Team

      Adam Baker

       

      After VU: Joined Kobre & Kim doing litigation in Switzerland

       

       

       

       

      Conor Hayward

       

      After VU: Joined as a VC Analyst at Pegasus Tech Ventures

      Daniel Eidell

       

      After VU: Joined as a VC Associate at Lightbank, VC fund founded by Founders of Groupon, and then joined VC Associate at Supernode Ventures

      Thomas Devon Pence

       

      After VU: Joined as a Solutions Engineer Associate at Oracle

      Grant Weichang Ge

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Analyst at SOSV, HAX

      Fintech & Blockchain Team

      Saeed Arafeh

       

      After VU: Joined as a Supply Operations Associate at Scale.AI

       

       

       

       

      J.P. Keating

       

      After VU: Continued working at Allstate doing VC & Innovation

      Peter Arethas

       

      After VU: Continued his work as a VP at Lacrosse Investments 374, LLC.

       

       

       

      Corey Pigott

       

      After VU: Joined as a Senior Associate at M31 Capital, an alternative asset management firm focused exclusively on crypto assets and blockchain technology

      Jordan Jefferson

       

      After VU: Continued to work at Voleon Group, a hedge fund focused on the development and deployment of cutting-edge technologies in investment management

      Ricardo Roberts Jr

       

      After VU: Joined as a Strategy Consultant at Wells Fargo

      Frontier Tech Team

      Chris Draper

       

      After VU: Continued working on his startup Trokt

       

       

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      Felix Ruess

       

      After VU: Joined as a VC Analyst at Porsche Digital Venture Capital Fund

      Grant Kendall-Bell​

       

      After VU: Joined as an Associate at Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator where he works with startup founders build the next generation of space technology

      Michael Siegel

       

      After VU: Joined as a Strategy Analyst at Oracle for Startups

      Joshua Pineault

       

      After VU: Launched his VC fund, Jump Canon

      Healthcare Team

      Stefan Arteaga

       

      After VU: Joined as an Associate at LTX VC

       

      Camella Wilson​

       

      After VU: Joined as a VC Associate at OCV Partners

      Josh Rieders

       

      After VU: Joined as a Principal at Medstartr Direct

       

      Shuhan Zhou

       

      After VU: Joined as a VC Analyst at Strawberry Creek Ventures

      Zac Rowley

       

      After VU: Joined as a Partner at ETS*Z, a boutique Venture Development and Advisory firm

    •  
       
      Cohort 2
       
      Fall: Sept - Dec 2018
       
       
       
       

    • Cohort 2 included 23 investors (~0.5% accepted) that formed five deal sourcing teams: Consumer, FinTech, Healthcare, HighTech, and Impact.

      Cohort 2 Deal Sourcing Teams

      Consumer Team

      Aakash Jain

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Principal at VU Venture Partners

      Kiyoko Osone

       

      After VU: Currently a GP at Weclikd Cap and a Venture Partner at GX Ventures. Previously Managing Director of Cryptonite Ventures focusing on blockchain, fintech, e-sports, robotics, consumer, and healthcare

      Brian Kelley​

       

      After VU: Joined Alden Investment Group doing Private Equity Sales

      Karishma Patel​

       

      After VU: Joined Tim Draper's investment fund platform Draper Venture Network, managing multiple venture capital funds

      Wayne Lim​

       

      After VU: Continued as an advisor/mentor at Hanhai Investment

      FinTech Team

      Elias Can

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Analyst at Fenox Venture Capital

      Noubar Tedjirian​

       

      After VU: Joined as a Strategy and Operations Associate at Wavo.me

      Yan Mu

       

      After VU: Joined as a Data Science Fellow at NYC DSA

       

      Ben York

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Associate at Archview, the largest investment fund dedicated to the legal cannabis industry

      Jeff Piltch

       

      After VU: Joined as a Senior Venture Associate at Real Company, a real estate technology VC

      Healthcare Team

      JJ Fang

       

      After VU: Founded AVA, Angel to Venture Accelerator in Taiwan

      Margaret Quigley

       

      After VU: Continues to manage a personal investment portfolio, and joined as a Mortgage Advisor at All California Mortgage

      Joe Harris

       

      After VU: Formed a private investor syndicate focused on investing in SaaS and digital healthcare

      Vitor Lima​

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investor at Fortune Partners Group, focused on investing in tech, healthcare, & esports

      HighTech Team

      Lupo Benatti​

       

      After VU: Joined as a Transport Planning Senior Specialist at AB InBev

       

      Grant Kendall-Bell​

       

      After VU: Joined as a Business Development Associate at Orbit Fab, a portfolio company of VU Venture Partners

      Jagruti Bhikha​

       

      After VU: Continues to professionally invest as a super angel investor and looking to raise her own fund

      Ben Steven​

       

      After VU: Joined as Associate Partner at Momenta Ventures, leading the Connected Industry Fund

       

      Rohit Gupta​

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Analyst at Plug and Play's investment Fund, leading cybersecurity investments

      Impact Team

      Stefan Arteaga

       

      After VU: Joined Venture University for a 2nd Semester to join Cohort 3's Healthcare investment team & then joined as an Associate at LTX VC

      Alina Tioupikova

       

      After VU: Joined as a Director of Product Management at Techstars

      Yvonne Okafor

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Analyst at Alitheia Capital

      Christopher Tarika​

       

      After VU: Joined PitchBook Data as Sales Development Associate

    •  
       
      Cohort 1
       
      Summer: Jun - Aug 2018
       
       
       

    • Cohort 1 included 17 investors (~0.5% accepted) that formed five deal sourcing teams: Big Data, Consumer, Enterprise, Marketplaces, and Robotics.

      Cohort 1 Deal Sourcing Teams

      Big Data Team

      Taylor Hurst

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Associate @ Esports Venture Capital Fund - Konvoy

      Oluwaseyi Olaleye

       

      After VU: Went back to Stanford University to finish his undergrad

      Francis Vu

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Analyst at KingsCrowd, empowering individuals to invest in startups confidently through a platform-agnostic suite of products including research, recommendations, data analytics, and financial products

      Consumer Team

      James Frankel

       

      After VU: Joined Technology Sales group at Silicon Valley Bank

      Daniel Salzner

       

      After VU: Received admission into London Business School for his MBA and started working at TrueAI / TypeGenie, an AI powered writing platform, then worked at Balderton Capital (London's top VC firm)

      Ahmana Tarin

       

      After VU: Continued her work as a Technology Analyst at Accenture

      Enterprise Team

      Jitendra Kavathekar

       

      After VU: Launched his own fund, Horizon 3 Ventures (H3VC)

       

      Sonal Panda

       

      After VU: Went back to Wharton Business School to finish her MBA, and then joined as an Associate at DigitalDx Ventures

      Matthew Kol

       

      After VU: Joined Trilogy, a multi-billion dollar private equity buyout fund focused on enterprise software companies

      Jing Liu

       

      After VU: Joined Glen Prairie Capital, a large Private Equity Fund

      Marketplaces Team

      Sergio Marrero

       

      After VU: Founded LTX VC, and joined Stat Zero's investment team

      Andrew Van Nest

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investor at Blumberg Capital

      Michael Siegel

       

      After VU: Joined as a Strategy Analyst at Oracle

      Farshad Yousefi

       

      After VU: Joined as a Co-Founder & CMO at Visionful, a 500 Startups Portfolio Company,

      Robotics Team

      Kaylan Agarwal

       

      After VU: Went back to DePaul University to finish his undergrad

      Carter Boisfontaine

       

      After VU: Joined an an Investment Analyst at Pegasus Technology Ventures, a $1B+ VC fund

      Iris Mok

       

      After VU: Continues to angel invest & continued to work as an Assistant Director of Patent at Intel Corporation

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