Venture University is the world's leading investor accelerator for individuals breaking into venture capital, private equity, and angel investing. 

VU has two investor accelerators: 1) The Venture Capital Investor Accelerator, 2) The Real Estate Private Equity & REIT Investor Accelerator.  Both programs are triple certificate programs. Each Investor Acceelrator includes an Education Program (Masterclass, Advanced Modules, Deal Madness, Fireside Chats) and an Investment Apprenticeship Program where individuals build a gain high quality investment experience, build a track record by making VC/PE investments, and receive a profit sharing agreement to share in the financial upside.  

Individuals "learn by doing" by joining VU Venture Partners, a multi-stage global venture capital fund, investing in ~2-4 new portfolio companies per quarter, across Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Frontier Tech, Healthcare, and Proptech, and VU Capital Partners, a real estate private equity and growth equity fund.

During the program individuals receive mentorship, career development, VC/PE industry networking, and learn from and work alongside top performing investment professionals who have invested $9B+ and have over 100+ yrs of investment experience across venture capital and real estate private equity. 

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.

VU's mission is to curate and develop the top diverse talent for the VC/PE industry and to generate consistent and superior financial returns for investors.

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Join Venture University's upcoming Real Estate Private Equity & REIT Investor Accelerator - Winter Cohort: Jan 15th - Mar 29th, 2024. Apply Here: https://lnkd.in/gZM36jR5. Learn More: https://lnkd.in/gmDb2Fy

Education Program: Real Estate PE Masterclass + Advanced Modules + Deal Madness + Fireside Chats.

Investment Apprenticeship Program: Build A Track Record By Making Real Estate Private Equity Investments & Share In The Financial Upside Via A Profit Sharing Agreement. 

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🎓 Celebrating Success: Venture University (VU) announces the graduation of four Venture Capital Investor Accelerator cohorts (Cohorts 33–36, growing to 700+ VU alumni) and twelve new investments (growing portfolio to 90+ companies) in the second half of 2023. Watch Graduation Video Of Cohort 36: https://lnkd.in/gYa6-KM2.  Read Article: https://lnkd.in/gfGmQXhf.

🏆 Seize the opportunity to advance your career in Venture Capital and Private Equity industry! Apply to an upcoming Venture University cohort: https://lnkd.in/gZM36jR5

🌟 Intensive Training: Each cohort underwent a rigorous three-month program, including 4 Education Programs (Masterclass, Advanced Modules, Fireside Chats, & Startup Madness) and an Investment Apprenticeship Program to focus on skill-building in deal sourcing, due diligence, and investment evaluation at a top-tier global venture capital fund, and where they made ~3 investments per cohort and received a profit sharing agreement to share in the upside from these investments. 

🌍 Diverse Talent: These cohorts boasted over 100+ members, with ~36% women (2-3x the industry avg.) and ~20% underrepresented minorities (3-4x the industry avg.), reflecting VU's commitment to increasing diversity in the venture capital and private equity industry.

🔍 In-Depth Startup Review: Cohorts 33–36 collectively reviewed over 11,000+ startups, focusing on those with significant market size opportunities (Avg. SAM of $77B) and large magnitudes of improvement over the status quo.

🤝 Extensive Engagement: Over 4,000+ meetings were scheduled with founders and investors, providing deep insights and facilitating top deal flow discussions.

🔎 Rigorous Due Diligence: Conducted detailed and deep analysis on over 100+ companies, ensuring informed investment decisions for the Investment Committee.

🎯 Selective Investment Strategy: Of 11,000+ opportunities, only 12 companies were selected, demonstrating a ~0.1% selectivity rate, 10x more selective than an average venture fund and they had an average potential return multiple range of 21x-91x.

📈 Diverse Investment Portfolio: Investments spanned various sectors, including AI Drug Discovery, Biological Sensors, Early Wage Access For Employees, Innovative Protein for Food, Mental Health, Organ Biotech, Reproductive Healthcare, Retail Technology, Super Apps, Team & Project Management, Underground Infrastructure, & Vertical Farming.

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Excited to kickoff Venture University's VC East Cohort 38: Asia-Pacific, Middle East, & Africa! Also excited to announce VU Venture Partners new office in Hong Kong with this photo of the reception area! Will be releasing a video tour of the new office soon! Building is in Central and we got current and future Unicorns on the floors! 

Co-Invest: This quarter we will be selecting up to seven Venture Capital opportunities and up to two Real Estate Private Equity opportunities to invest in. If you're interested in co-investing with us, sign up here to join Bonded, VU's Investor Syndicate, to invest on a deal-by-deal basis: https://lnkd.in/gzWGvkWQ.

Pitch VU if you're raising Pre-seed to Series B: Submit your startup here: https://lnkd.in/giadraKQ.

Excited to kickoff Cohort 37 of Venture University's Venture Capital Investor Accelerator and Cohort 2 of Venture University's Real Estate Private Equity Investor Accelerator on Monday, January 15th! 

Co-Invest: We will be selecting up to seven Venture Capital opportunities and up to two Real Estate Private Equity opportunities to invest in this quarter. If you're interested in co-investing with us, sign up here: https://lnkd.in/ghW7kGav.

Pitch VU if you're raising Pre-seed to Series B: Submit your startup here - https://lnkd.in/gz2XU4hS

Excited to kickoff Cohort 37 of Venture University's Venture Capital Investor Accelerator and Cohort 2 of Venture University's Real Estate Private Equity Investor Accelerator on Monday, January 15th! 

Co-Invest: We will be selecting up to seven Venture Capital opportunities and up to two Real Estate Private Equity opportunities to invest in this quarter. If you're interested in co-investing with us, sign up here: https://lnkd.in/ghW7kGav.

Pitch VU if you're raising Pre-seed to Series B: Submit your startup here - https://lnkd.in/gz2XU4hS.

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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 consistent 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 made

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