The Great Filter: Top academic institutions and top employers act as a great filter for identifying individuals out of the general population for future career opportunities. Similarly, and to an even greater extent as a trade school, Venture University provides a more focused filter for heads of talent and recruiters to meet with individuals in our program which represent the top 1-3% of candidates (more competitive than the top Ivy League schools and MBA programs) who are looking to get into VC, PE, top startups, and large innovative corporations.

Individuals that graduate from Venture University's come out with the relevant investment experience, academic knowledge, and a deep network within the industry that differentiates them from the large volume of other candidates that apply for these highly competitive positions.

High Quality Investment Experience: Guaranteed real world investment experience as a VC/PE investor at Venture University's investment fund. You'll be part of the investment team, doing all of the daily functions of a VC/PE investor, not useless busy work. We literally don't have any busy work for you to do other than the actual role of a VC/PE investor. Welcome to the real world!

Career Opportunities: Increase your ability to get into venture capital, private equity, hedge funds, asset management, successfully start your own company, or work at a startup, innovative corporation, investment bank, or consulting group

Broad Skill Set: Build a broad set of skills including strategic networking, financial modeling, company evaluation, market landscape analysis, understanding term sheets, investment negotiation, and supporting the growth of a company from human capital, increasing revenues, and investment capital

Useful Academic Coursework: Learn applicable finance, strategy, and investing skills usually not available to under grad and business school students, and that are mainly only taught on the job

Financial Upside: Individuals within the Investment Apprenticeship Program receive a Profit Sharing Agreement tied to the future performance of the investments made during the program, enabling individuals to receive back some, all, or potentially more than the amount of their total tuition^*

Time Efficient:

Flexibility: Venture University's program happens three times during the year: Summer (11 Weeks), Fall (12 Weeks), Spring (15 Weeks), and offers a Full-Time (5 Days per Week) and Part-Time (Some Week Days, Nights, Weekends) option.
1-3 Sessions: Individuals can choose to do the Investment Apprenticeship Program for 1-3 sessions (3 months to 1 yr) to immerse themselves into being a VC/PE investor and increase their overall investment experience

Capital Efficient:

Lower Cost: Venture University's tuition is $15K-$20K per session, a much lower cost to the cost of a private university or MBA's tuition, which averages $25K-$40K per semester or ~$200K for a 4 year undergraduate or ~$150K for a 2 year MBA education. Individuals can choose to do: 1 Session (~3-4 months) = $15K-$20K, 2 Sessions (8 months): $30K-$45K, 3 Sessions (1 year): $45K-$50K.

Receive College Credit: If individuals are current students they may be able to receive college credit for participating in Venture University's Investment Apprenticeship Program via internship credit

Cohort 1 SF

AI & Big Data Team

AI & Robotics Team

Consumer (Fashion, Food, Services) Team

Enterprise Tech (AI/Bitcoin/IoT) Team

Marketplaces Team