VENTURE UNIVERSITY

Venture University is a multi-stage investment fund and a trade school for venture capital, private equity, and angel investing. Venture University is redefining the value of an investment fund by creating an investment team that is capable of covering markets broader, deeper, faster, and smarter than a typical fund, providing a significantly more powerful network that can better support portfolio companies, and offering greater value to LPs. Venture University's mission is to generate consist... ent and superior returns net of fees and to curate and develop top investor talent for the benefit of the innovation ecosystem. Venture University's investment fund, VU Venture Partners, invests in seed through growth stage companies, initially investing up to $1M per company and up to $10M in follow-on rounds. Each quarter the investment team makes 3-6 investments across Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech / Blockchain, Frontier Tech, HealthTech, and Real Estate Tech. Venture University's trade school is designed as an Investor Accelerator and includes a VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship and Academic Program. Venture University accepts <2% of the applications it receives, making it more competitive to get into than the top Ivy League schools and MBA programs. Individuals that participate in the VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship Program include those who seek to join venture capital and private equity funds as Analysts, Associates, Principals, and Partners, angel investors and family offices looking to professionalize their direct investment strategies, aspiring new fund managers, entrepreneurs who want to learn to think like investors, experienced professionals who would like to make career transitions, and select undergraduate and graduate students. Venture University offers extraordinary individuals the ability to gain quality investment experience by... - Joining the investment team of VU Venture Partners - Working alongside and learning from top performing General Partners - Leading deal sourcing efforts around your own investment theses - Conducting deep due diligence - Presenting investment evaluations during weekly Partner Meetings - Participating on Investment Committees - Making real investments with real capital - Co-investing with top tier accelerators, VC/PE funds, and strategics - Building a powerful network within the startup and VC/PE industry, and becoming part of a tight knit family of VU Alumni - Sharing in the financial upside from the investments madeMore