Executive Education Programs

For Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Angel Investing

Overview:

The VC/PE Masterclass is an investment intensive course taught by VU's partners that covers the critical concepts of venture capital and private equity, with a number of case studies and group discussions.

Two VC/PE Masterclass Program Options:

Option 1) 1 Week Program: Join In-Person or Virtually

Time: 1 Week, Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm PST or 9:00am-5:00pm EST

Location: Join in-person in VU's San Francisco or NYC office or virtually from anywhere

Schedule: The 1 Week VC/PE Masterclass happens during the 1st week of each VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship investor track

• Winter 2020: Mon, Jan 13th - Fri, Jan 17th 2020
• Spring 2020: Mon, Mar 30th - Fri, Apr 3rd 2020
• Summer 2020: Mon, Jun 15th - Fri, Jun 19th 2020
• Fall 2020: Mon, Sep 14th - Fri, Sep 18th 2020

Option 2) 7 Week Program / 2 Nights A Week: Join Virtually From Anywhere

Time: 7 Weeks, Two Nights A Week, Monday & Wednesday Nights, 6:30-9:30pm PST / 9:30-11:30pm EST

Location: Join virtually from anywhere

Schedule: The 7 Week VC/PE Masterclass happens seven times a year

• Session 1: Jan 13th - Mar 2nd, 2020
• Session 2: Mar 4th - Apr 20th, 2020
• Session 3: Apr 22nd - Jun 10th, 2020
• Session 4: Jun 15th - Jul 29th, 2020
• Session 5: Aug 3rd - Sep 23rd, 2020
• Session 6: Sep 28th - Nov 11th, 2020
• Session 7: Nov 16th - Dec 30th, 2020

Curriculum: To receive the outline of the VC/PE Masterclass curriculum, please e-mail: jenna@venture.university

VU's Angel Immersion Track includes both the Angel Masterclass and the Angel Membership.

Angel Masterclass: Learn the strategies of sourcing, due diligence, and investing in startups as an angel, as well as becoming an LP in funds. The Angel Masterclass is taught by VU's partners, angels, and super angels.

Time: Friday Night Dinner, Saturday & Sunday (9:00am-5:00pm PST), and Monday (9:00am-12:00 noon PST)

Location: Join in-person in San Francisco or virtually from anywhere

Schedule: The Angel Masterclass happens during the weekend between week 10 and week 11 of the VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship investor track

• Fall 2019: Friday, Dec 6th - Monday, Dec 9th, 2019
• Winter 2020: Friday, Mar 20th - Monday, Mar 23rd, 2020
• Spring 2020: Friday, Jun 5th - Monday, Jun 8th, 2020
• Summer 2020: Friday, Aug 21st - Monday, Aug 24th, 2020
• Fall 2020: Friday, Dec 4th - Dec 7th, 2020

Angel Membership: Join VU's angel network to get access to top deal flow and co-invest with seasoned VC investors

Benefits of Angel Membership (Accredited Investors Only):

• Access to top global deal flow that has been screened for our angel members out of 20,000+ deals per year (5,000+ per quarter), 10x more deal flow than traditional angel and VC funds 
• Curated deal flow by our investment team in San Francisco and New York City of 35+ full-time investors alongside top performing GP's that have invested $1.8B in 250+ companies and have a 4-5x cash on cash net return as early investors in Beyond Meat, Facebook, Uber, Twitter, Venmo, etc.
• Evaluate and co-invest in the 3-6 investments that VU Venture Partners makes each quarter, getting access to higher quality top deals (VU's selectivity = 0.1-0.2% vs. 1% for traditional angel and VC funds).  
• No minimum investment amount per year and select individually which investments you want to participate in.  
• Leverage a powerful network 140+ VU alumni investors who are industry insiders working at seed funds, VC funds, and PE funds, accelerators, angel groups, and are angels and super angels, family offices, and first time and emerging fund managers.  VU's alumni is growing to 1,000+ investors over the next few years.
• Join quarterly in-person investor only events hosted by VU in San Francisco and NYC bringing together the angel and VC ecosystem

Curriculum: To receive the outline of the Angel Masterclass curriculum, please e-mail: jenna@venture.university