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
After VU: Joined as a Director at BourkeHood, a Global Research and Development (R&D) Innovation Consultancy
After VU: Founded Day One, an ecosystem to power the next generation of entrepreneurship
After VU: Founded Arable Ventures, an innovation consulting & advisory practice with roots in venture building and investing, across corporate intrapreneurship and startup entrepreneurship
After VU: Joined as an Investment Associate at Goldberg and Schiffman Capital Partners
Enterprise & Healthcare Team
Joanne Kim Greller, PharmD, RPh
After VU: Joined as the Head of Commercial Competitive Intelligence at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Fintech & Blockchain Team
After VU: Joined as a Chief Investment Officer at YourCapital, a digital investment advisor that provides unbiased advice
After VU: Joined as a Portfolio Manager at University of California - Office of the Chief Investment Officer
Frontier Tech Team
After VU: Joined as a Management Director at Covalent Solutions, advising early and growth-stage companies seeking Angel/Seed/Series A funding
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
After VU: Joined as an Investment Associate at Type 1 Ventures, a VC fund focused on frontier technology
Enterprise & Healthcare Team
After VU: Joined as an Account Manager at Kochava, industry leader for mobile app attribution and mobile app analytics
After VU: Raising capital for Synergos Venture Partners, a fund focused on investing across the African continent in partnership with VU Venture Partners
After VU: Founded Heed Capital, an impact venture fund that catalyzes sustainable innovations and aims for superior financial returns
After VU: Joined as an Investment Principal at Sorenson Capital, investors in early-stage enterprise and security startups
Fintech & Blockchain Team
After VU: Founded Snippy, an early-stage startup looking to transform how, and where haircuts are conducted
After VU: Founded Type 1 Ventures, a VC fund focused on frontier technologies in partnership with VU Venture Partners
Frontier Tech Team
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
After VU: Founded Stormbreaker, an early-stage venture fund focused on investing in capital-efficient startups
After VU: Joined as a Revenue and Growth associate at Tonal, a leading startup in the fitness industry
After VU: Founded Startup Founder, an advisory service committed to supporting founders, to navigate the business hurdles from idea to execution
FinTech Team
After VU: Joined as a Senior Associate at Strategy&, the strategy consulting business unit of PricewaterhouseCoopers
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.
Frontier Tech Team
After VU: Joined as an Advisor / Head of Sales at BexMe while continuing his work with Flux Technology
HealthTech Team
After VU: Joined as a Venture Analyst at Plug and Play Ventures, the largest accelerator in the world
After VU: Continued investing in teams/founders & companies in tech, health, fintech, femtech, education, transportation, food & water safety, real estate, females leadership globally
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 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
After VU: Joined as a professor at Sacramento State College of Business Administration
After VU: Founded JourneyOne Ventures, a VC fund focused on investing in the cannabis industry
After VU: Joined as an Investor at New Media Ventures, investing in activists & entrepreneurs moving democracy forward
Enterprise & AI Team
After VU: Joined as a VC Associate at Lightbank, VC fund founded by Founders of Groupon, and then joined VC Associate at Supernode Ventures
Fintech & Blockchain Team
After VU: Joined as a Senior Associate at M31 Capital, an alternative asset management firm focused exclusively on crypto assets and blockchain technology
After VU: Continued to work at Voleon Group, a hedge fund focused on the development and deployment of cutting-edge technologies in investment management
Frontier Tech Team
After VU: Joined as an Associate at Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator where he works with startup founders build the next generation of space technology
Joshua Pineault
After VU: Launched his VC fund, Jump Canon
Healthcare Team
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
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
After VU: Joined Tim Draper's investment fund platform Draper Venture Network, managing multiple venture capital funds
FinTech Team
Healthcare Team
After VU: Continues to manage a personal investment portfolio, and joined as a Mortgage Advisor at All California Mortgage
After VU: Formed a private investor syndicate focused on investing in SaaS and digital healthcare
After VU: Joined as an Investor at Fortune Partners Group, focused on investing in tech, healthcare, & esports
HighTech Team
After VU: Joined as a Business Development Associate at Orbit Fab, a portfolio company of VU Venture Partners
After VU: Continues to professionally invest as a super angel investor and looking to raise her own fund
After VU: Joined as an Investment Analyst at Plug and Play's investment Fund, leading cybersecurity investments
Impact Team
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
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
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
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)
Enterprise Team
After VU: Went back to Wharton Business School to finish her MBA, and then joined as an Associate at DigitalDx Ventures
After VU: Joined Trilogy, a multi-billion dollar private equity buyout fund focused on enterprise software companies
Marketplaces Team
Robotics Team
After VU: Joined an an Investment Analyst at Pegasus Technology Ventures, a $1B+ VC fund
After VU: Continues to angel invest & continued to work as an Assistant Director of Patent at Intel Corporation
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