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2018

Founded

VU Created The Investor Accelerator Category

Originator

Join For 1 - 4 Cohorts
Over 3 - 12 Months

VC Investor Accelerator

1,000+

Alumni Worldwide

01 — Why Venture University Exists

VC Investors Have Historically Learned By Losing Capital

Historically, venture capital investors have learned by losing (killing) capital over 5 – 10 years, only to then learn they didn't know what they were doing.

Founders can fail fast and iterate in days and weeks, but VC investors have a long feedback loop of years before they know if they made a great or terrible investment.

Venture capital is risky enough on its own — it is one of the riskiest asset classes in finance. It doesn't need to have additional risk added to it by investors deploying capital who are uneducated and untrained.

Founders

Fail fast and iterate in days and weeks.

A founder can ship, hear from the market, and adjust the product almost immediately.

VC Investors

A feedback loop of years.

It takes 5 – 10 years before an investor knows whether they made a great or a terrible investment.

Surgeons don't learn by killing people.

They go to medical school, where they first learn by taking educational courses in medicine and surgery, and then participate in a residency where they practice doing surgeries alongside experts in surgery before graduating and practicing on their own. They learn by doing risky operations in a safe environment.

02 — Our Model

The Same Philosophy, Applied To Venture Capital

Venture University's Venture Capital Investor Accelerator combines the same philosophy of learning by doing, by pairing a comprehensive Investor Education Program with a VC Investment Apprenticeship over 3 – 12 months.

Investor Education Program

A comprehensive curriculum — the VC/PE Masterclass, advanced modules, and weekly fireside chats.

VC Investment Apprenticeship

Join the investment team of a top-performing VC fund and help select real deals.

3 – 12 Months

One to four 11-week cohorts, learning by doing inside a live fund.

In many ways, you can say we built the "Medical School" for the venture capital industry.

03 — The Ecosystem

Startup Accelerators vs. Investor Accelerators

Startup Accelerators

Built For Founders

Over the last 20+ years, startup accelerators have proliferated around the world and across every sector. Lots of time, energy, and resources have been invested in creating these entrepreneurial ecosystems, educating and training founders.

Serves: Founders & startup teams
Trains: Entrepreneurship & company building
Ecosystem Role: Entrepreneurial ecosystem

Investor Accelerators

Built For Investors

Venture University created the concept of the Investor Accelerator in 2018, when all that existed at that time was startup accelerators.

Serves: VC & PE investors
Trains: Investor education + apprenticeship
Ecosystem Role: Investor ecosystem

For Founders

Y Combinator

For Investors

Venture University

VU became the "YC For VC" — Y Combinator solved the critical ecosystem need for founders, and Venture University solved the other side, by helping to develop the investor ecosystem.

VU's Investment Platform

One platform. Five connected parts.

Venture University sits inside the broader VU ecosystem — a venture fund, a real estate fund, an investor syndicate, an investor accelerator, and a fund administration platform. Each one reinforces the others.