venture.university Reviews 65

Venture University is the original venture capital investor accelerator. The program has been imitated but not replicated. It’s far and away the best program for current and future venture capital analysts, principals, partners and investors.

I was part of Cohort 3 based in the SF headquarters. They’ve now expanded to New York and Hong Kong. In Cohort 3 I learned and worked with 2 VCs (Sky and Andrew) that have both extraordinary returns and extraordinary teaching skills. You’re simply learning from the best in their craft.

Week 1 is intense. 10 hour days learning core venture capital concepts through through their real world early-stage investing experiences in companies like Facebook, Twitter, Venmo and Beyond Meat.

Week 2 took it to the next level. The program grows from learning to working. We met with over 40 startup companies in 5 verticals. Determining which we would present to the General Partners during the weekly partners meeting.

You’re investing $100,000 to $1 million at the end of the cohort in four to six companies too. Real decisions. Real money. Real consequences. So it’s more than a masters-level learning program it’s also the best 3 month-long internship in VC.

They founders are very selective on who’s admitted into the program. For our cohort it was a 0.5% acceptance rate. Highly talented but even better people. A true credit to Jenna.

Again it’s a select program with multinational demand. But I’m grateful and fortunate to be a part of the program and the VU family. Thanks to Sky, Jenna and Andrew.

Again they’re highly selective but you can’t be admitted if you don’t take the chance and apply. I highly recommend.

If you want to immerse yourself into Venture Capital and Real hands on experience, join Venture University. You will learn and experience all you need to be successful in VC!

VU was able to give me the education, tools, a remarkable and highly select network, all whom are successful people, and curriculum that no B school or University can provide.

The exposure and work that goes into the program is unrivaled, and the framework of learning is by doing under top professionals - is unique, effective and concise. I had an incredible experience where cost was negligible based on what I have already gained professionally, monetarily, and educationally for years to come.

Had a great experience in Cohort 4!

VU is practical in the sense that you learn everything you need to know in order to break into a VC career. Everything that I have learned at VU has directly helped me in landing my first VC job. From Market sizing, go to-market strategy, key risks, business model, key metrics, capital efficiency, financial modeling, competitive landscape, customer/investor interviews, cap tables, waterfall analysis, term sheets amongst other useful learning points. VU instilled trust in us to perform real life due diligence on startups with hopes for us to participate in weekly partner and investment committee meetings. VU is a great way to get direct applicable VC experience to start your career.