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    • 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.

       

      Apply To Join VU's Investor Syndicate

      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 angels
       
      Fees: 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 Syndicate

    • Co-Invest with Top Investors

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