• VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship Training Program

      "Learn By Doing" At Venture University

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      Join The Investment Team Of VU Venture Partners As Part Of The Investment Apprenticeship Training Program

       

      Work & Learn Alongside VU's General Partners With 35+ Yrs Of VC/PE Investment Experience & Top Financial Returns (4x+ on $1.8B+)

       

      Deal Source (Meet Startups & Investors) & Conduct Due Diligence

       

      Invest In ~3-20 Companies Over 1-4 Semesters (3-12 months)

       

      Gain Quality Investment Experience

      Cohort Members Include...

      • Individuals Who Aim To Join or Are New Hires At VC/PE Funds
      • Angel Investors
      • Family Offices
      • Aspiring New Fund Managers
      • Experienced Professionals
      • Entrepreneurs Who Want To Learn To Think Like Investors
      • Undergraduate & Graduate Students (Many MBA's Use VU As A "VC/PE Finishing School")

       

       

      Program Participants

      Gain Quality Work Experience Over 1-4 Semesters (3-12 Months)

       

      Fall 2019 (12 Weeks): 

      Sept 16th - Dec 13th

      (Available in San Francisco, NYC & Chicago)

       

      Winter 2020 (11 Weeks): 

      Jan 13th - Mar 27th

      (Available in San Francisco, NYC, Boston, & Chicago)

       

      Spring 2020 (11 Weeks): 

      Mar 30th - Jun 12th

      (Available in San Francisco, NYC, Boston, & Chicago)

       

      Summer 2020 (11 Weeks): 

      Jun 15th - Aug 28th

      (Available in San Francisco, NYC, Boston, & Chicago)

       

      Full-Time Program:

      5 Days per Week, Mon-Fri, ~9am-5pm

       

      Program Periods & Schedule

      Receive A Profit Sharing Agreement

       

      Participate In The Financial Upside From The Investments Made

       

      Potential Future Value = Some, All, or More Than The Total Cost Of The Program

       

      Financial Upside*

      Limited To 30 Individuals

       

       

      Team Size

      Offices in San Francisco & Chicago

      Launching NYC in 2019 and Boston in 2020

       

      Locations

    • Schedule & Activities

      Schedule: Venture University's VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship is a full-time (Monday-Friday, ~9am-5pm+) program and offers individuals the option to do 1, 2, 3, or 4 semesters: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall for 3 months to 1 year.

       

      Daily Activities: Individuals take on the role of a VC/PE investor guided by investment professionals at Venture University's investment fund. Daily activities include deal sourcing investment opportunities, reviewing pitch decks, meeting with startups, growth stage companies, and investors, conducting due diligence, putting together company evaluations and investment recommendations, participating on investment committees, and strategically supporting portfolio companies via introductions to potential clients, partners, employees, advisors, investors, acquires, etc.

       

      Lunch Time Speaker Series: Each cohort includes a number of Lunch Time Speakers from startup founders, investors, and industry experts. These are 1 hr fireside chats and presentations. Note: The Lunch Time Speaker Series is only for individuals that participate in the VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship Program and is separate from the Academic Programs (VC/PE Masterclass & Night Modules).

       

      Investment Teams & Investment Strategy: During the 2nd week, individuals in the VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship Program form multiple deal sourcing investment teams around various industry focuses and investment theses

      • Investment Thesis & Strategy

        Develop An Investment Thesis & Strategy: Individuals in the VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship Program form multiple deal sourcing investment teams with various investment theses and develop an overall investment strategy for sourcing the investment opportunities

        • Each cohort targets 3-5 investments
        • Each cohort forms 3-5 deal sourcing investment teams around various verticals. Examples include: Consumer, Enterprise, FinTech /  Blockhchain, Frontier Tech, Healthcare, Prop Tech, etc.
        • Geography? US, Europe, Asia, LatAm, Middle East, Africa
        • Source Investment By Channel: Accelerators, Angel Networks, Seed, VC & PE Funds, Primary Research & Directly Reaching Out To Companies
        • Invest Initially up to $1M+ per Company, Up To $10M in Follow-on Investment Rounds

      • Investment Process

        Deal Flow: Each week investment teams deal source and screen for potential investment opportunities

         

        Weekly Partners Meetings:

        • Review Deals Sourced: Teams discuss top companies sourced and decide to pass or move forward with additional due diligence
        • Review Due Diligence: Teams review initial and deeper due diligence and decide if any companies should be considered by the Investment Committee, and if so, submit an investment evaluation and recommendation
         

        Investment Committees:

        • Investment Committee Review & Decision: A deal sourcing investment team presents an investment opportunity to an Investment Committee that decides to pass, make the investment, or requests additional due diligence. The Investment Committees are comprised of select individuals from other deal sourcing investment teams + the General Partners, Managing Directors, and Investment Associates.

        Additional Investment In Portfolio Companies: If there is additional availability in an investment round, above and beyond the target allocation from Venture University's investment fund, accredited investors (which may be current individuals in the program, friends of individuals in the program, alumni, and LPs) may invest in the portfolio companies if they invest through Venture University's investment fund.

      • "Build Equity In Your Education"

        With a traditional university, college, masters or MBA program an individual's tuition is a 100% sunk cost, however at Venture University individuals "build equity in their education" by receiving a Profit Sharing Agreement that provides financial upside based on the future performance of the investments made.*

      • Profit Sharing Agreement

        Individuals that participate in and complete Venture University's VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship Program receive a Profit Sharing Agreement that offers financial upside on the investments made, creating the opportunity for individuals to receive back some, all, or more than the total cost of the program.*

         

        Apprenticeship Program Capital: Venture University contributes capital for each cohort to invest, which becomes the Apprenticeship Program Capital, and is combined with additional capital from Venture University's investment fund. The Profit Sharing Agreement offers individuals in the VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship Program the opportunity to share 80% of the future profits on the Apprenticeship Program Capital on a per portfolio company basis.

         

        Investing In The Fund: If an individual that participates in the VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship Program is an accredited investor, then at their option, with no obligation, during the program period, at Venture University's sole discretion, and based on capital availability in an investment round, an individual may be allowed to invest in Venture University's investment fund, and shall not be charged any management fee or carried interest. Accredited investors who are Venture University alumni and friends and family of Venture University cohort members, may also participate based on capital availability in investment rounds through Venture University's investment fund.

      • Financial Upside: Examples

        Below are examples provided for explanatory purposes only.

        Actual amounts and results may vary per cohort.

        Investment Fund: A Venture University cohort of 30 individuals invests in 5 companies, investing $1,000,000 across the five companies ($200K per company). Venture University contributes $300K in Apprenticeship Program Capital to the fund and $700K is contributed by LPs (accredited investors) to the fund.

         

        Five Investments: The fund invests in five companies at $200K each ($60K per company from the Apprenticeship Program Capital and $140K per company from other Accredited Investor Capital).

         

        Future Outcomes: At some point in the future, the five portfolio companies exit via acquisitions or IPOs, and return 0x, 1x, 2x, 4x, and 8x capital invested, for an average return of 3x capital invested, turning $1M into $3M.

         

        Profit Sharing:

        • Apprenticeship Program Capital: Based on this scenario each of the 30 individuals that participated in Venture University's VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship Program would receive ~$17.6K, sharing 80% of the profits from the Apprenticeship Program Capital, returning ~1.2x the cost of the Investment Apprenticeship Program.*

        Below Is A Financial Model Of The Above Profit Sharing Examples

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