Join VU's Investor Syndicate
Co-invest in VU's top 3-5 new portfolio company investments each quarter, sourced from ~20,000+ companies per year across Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Frontier, Healthcare, and PropTech. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to participate in the follow-on rounds in VU's portfolio.
VU's Investor Syndicate
Members: VU's Investor Syndicate is a private network of accredited investors, including angel investors, super angels, and family offices. VU has ~1,500+ investors in its syndicate.
No Annual Membership Fees
Select deal by deal which companies you want to invest in
No required minimum investment amount per year
Invest a minimum of $5,000 or more in each company
Co-invest in VU's top 3-5 quarterly investments, sourced from ~20,000+ companies per year, as well as follow-on rounds in VU's portfolio
Join Investor Syndicate Calls where VU's investment team presents the investment thesis on each investment opportunity that has passed VU's investment committee
Leverage VU's team of 70+ investors, with offices in San Francisco, NYC, & Hong Kong with top performing GP's who have invested $1.8B+ over 45+ yrs and have achieved a 4x+ net cash realized returns, and were early investors in 10+ unicorns, including Beyond Meat, Facebook, Twitter, Uber, Venmo, FabFitFun, Oculus, Oscar, Wish, etc.
Receive invitations to attend VU's private investor-only networking events
Investments
Activity: VU's Investor Syndicate makes ~2-5 new portfolio company investments each quarter, as well as follow-on investments within the portfolio
Size of Investments: VU invests up to $1M in initial investments
Stage: Mainly Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, & Series B rounds. Note: While most of VU's investments are in Pre-Seed through Series B rounds, VU is not stage focused, or valuation sensitive, but focuses on >10x opportunities.
Verticals: Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Frontier, Healthcare, & PropTech
Deal Flow: VU's investment team sources ~20,000+ companies globally per year
- ~10x+ more deal flow than traditional VC funds and angel groups who source ~2,000 companies per year
Selectivity: VU invests in ~0.1% of the companies it sources
- ~10x+ more selective than traditional funds and angels groups who invest in ~1% of deals sourced
Co-Invest: Alongside VU Venture Partners and other top tier and seasoned VCs, accelerators, and angelsFees: A 2% annual management fee for 10 years, which is collected upfront and then drawn down over a 10 year period. Upon a liquidity event in less than 10 years any remaining management fee that has not been drawn down is returned to investors. There is also a 20% carried interest on profits.Powerful Network: VU's has access to proprietary deal flow and far-reaching ability to support its portfolio companies via VU's investment team, alumni investors (insiders at VC/PE funds and accelerators), investor network, and investors within the Investor SyndicateCo-Invest with Top Investors
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