Apply To Venture University's Investor Accelerator 

Or One Or More Of The Executive Education Programs

• Gain High Quality Work Experience: Become an Analyst, Associate, Principal, Venture Partner, or Emerging Fund Manager at VU Venture Partners, a global venture capital fund, where you will focus on investing in Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Frontier, Healthcare, & PropTech companies

• Education: Learn via The VC/PE Masterclass, The Advanced VC/PE Modules, and Fireside Chats from top tier VC/PE investors, angels, founders, and strategics

• Develop Critical Skills: VU's VC/PE Investor Accelerator includes a VC/PE Apprenticeship where you develop critical skills such as deal sourcing, conducting due diligence, investment evaluation, raising LP capital, and helping portfolio companies succeed. VU's VC/PE Apprenticeship is much more valuable for career development than an internship, a fellowship, or a scout program. At VU individual's take on a more senior role on the investment team where you are the one who selects and presents the opportunities at the weekly Partner Meetings, you get to decide what deals are brought to the Investment Committee. Additionally, you get the benefits of participating in a structured program which has a dedicated full-time team focused on developing your skills and your VC/PE career.

• Build A Track Record: Make ~2-5 new portfolio company investments and ~1-3 follow-on investments each quarter, each targeting a 10x+ return, and co-invest with other top tier investors. Note: On average VU makes ~20 new portfolio company investments and ~10 follow-on investments each year. View VU's portfolio companies. VU has a 70%+ IRR and is benchmarked as a 97th percentile top performing fund.

• Profit Sharing Agreement: Share in the financial upside on the investments made via a Profit Sharing Agreement.

• Time Commitment: Join full-time or part-time.

• Join For ~3-12 Months: Each quarterly program is 11 weeks and individuals can join for 1-4 quarters (~3-12 months). VU's program is designed to provide flexibility in the amount of work experience and track record you want to build: ~3 months (invest in ~2-5 new portfolio companies + ~1-3 follow-on rounds), ~6 months (invest in ~4-10 new portfolio companies + ~2-6 follow-on rounds), ~9 months (invest in 6-15 new portfolio companies + ~3-9 follow-on rounds), ~12 months (invest in ~8-20 new portfolio companies + ~4-12 follow-on rounds).

• Location: Join VU's program in-person or virtually from anywhere in the world. VU has offices in San Francisco and Hong Kong

• Mentorship: Work alongside and learn from top performing investors with over 45+ years of VC/PE experience who have invested $1.8B+, achieved over a 4x+ net cash return, and were some of the earliest and largest investors in 15+ unicorns, including Beyond Meat, Facebook, Twitter, Uber, FabFitFun, Palantir, Oculus, Oscar, Wish, and more. VU's current portfolio includes a number of unicorns such as Wayfyler and Flyr Labs.

• Partner Meetings: Present your top 1-2 deals at the weekly Partners Meeting

• Investment Committees: Present your investment recommendations to the Investment Committee and vote on the proposed investment opportunities

• REVERSE DEMO DAY: Present the investment thesis on the companies selected to the investor and startup community. Attend an upcoming REVERSE DEMO DAY.

• VC/PE JOB RECRUITING: Interview with VC/PE Funds. ~66% of VU alumni get VC/PE job offers within 12 months of graduating.

• Career Development: Add actual investment experience to your resume, develop a career strategy, receive career coaching, gain access to proprietary VC/PE job opportunities, do interview prep, and have job references. For Emerging Fund Managers VU also provides its alumni with a much lower cost fund infrastructure to launch your own fund, which is very flexible and faster to create.

• Networking: Build a deep network within the VC/PE industry and join a powerful tight-knit family of 500+ VU alumni investors. VU hosts a quarterly VU Alumni event during the last week of the program.