• Career Development & Strategy

    Break-In & Accelerate Your Career Within Venture Capital & Real Estate Private Equity

     

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  • Career Development

    • Gain High-Quality Investment Experience Over 3-12 Months: Join VU Venture Partners (VU's venture capital fund) or VU Capital Partners (VU's private equity fund) as an Analyst, Associate, Principal, or Venture Partner / Partner-In-Residence as part of VU's Venture Capital Investment Apprenticeship and Real Estate Investment Apprenticeship.

     

    • Develop Skills: Focus on deal sourcing, due diligence, investment evualution across market sizing, team, value proposition, mangutitude of improvement, ROI, key risks, core metrics, financial analysis, competition, unfair and sustainable advantages, co-investors, investment terms, and potential financial return.

     

    • Develop Your Career In Venture Capital & Private Equity Industry As Both As A Vertical Expert & As A Generalist: Choose to be part of a vertical focused investment team to develop vertical expertise in venture capital (Consumer, Enterprise, FinTech, Frontier, Healthcare, PropTech, & Web3) and real estate private equity (Residential Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate, Industrial Real Estate) in order to have an advantage when applying and interviewing at VC/PE funds. You will also gain the benefit of being a generalist by having exposure to all verticals by participating in weekly Partner Meetings and Investment Committees and reviewing and evaluating all investment opportuntities.

     

    • Build A Investment Track Record: Start making venture capital and real estate private equity investments. Make ~2-28 venture capital investments over 3-12 months as part of VU's Venture Capital Investment Apprenticeship. Make ~1-6 real estate private equity investments over 3-12 months as part of VU's Real Estate Private Investment Apprenticeship.

     

    • Person Brand Development: Develop your personal brand via blog articles, social media posts, showcase investment theses, and speak at events

     

    • Networking: VU offers multiple networking opportunities during and after VU's Investor Accelerator Programs including: Fireside Chats, Quarterly Investor Deal Flow Sharing Meetings, VU Hosted Investor Networking Events, VC/PE Industry Events, VU Alumni & VU Alumni Events, and VU REVERSE DEMO DAY Events.

  • "I am extremely grateful for being part of the VU family and getting direct VC experience, which is something completely unheard of, especially for someone at my age (still in college) and others who recently graduated from undergrad or an MBA. The Investor Accelerator is not an "internship", it is so much more than that, because VU allows you to operate at a more senior level, gaining real experience sourcing your own deals, doing your own due diligence, and deciding which deals you want to bring to the Investment Committee. VU's team also dedicates so much more to your personal growth than what you would get from an internship."

    Faizan Ahmed, Cohort 7

  • Career Strategy - Analysts, Associates & Principals

    • Create Customized Career Plan: Develop a career strategy based on your interests and goals

     

    • Updated Resume: Review and update your resume and LinkedIn profile

     

    • Mentorship: Receive mentorship from VU’s leadership and VU alumni

     

    • Brand Building: Portfolio track record, blog articles, social media posts, showcase investment theses, and speak at events

     

    • VU Candidate Job Matching: VU recommends 3-6 top VU candidates per VC/PE job submitted to our job portal, often unique and highly sought after VC/PE job opportunities

     

    • Interview Prep & Case Studies: VU provides job interview prep and practice case studies

     

    • Job References: VU provides job references for employers

  • Career Strategy - New Fund Managers & Partners

    • Expanded LP & Investor Network: Access to VU's growing network (LP Match) of fund-of-fund relationships and LPs, including VU alumni who have gone on to start their own funds, to support sourcing of LPs and securing allocations more effectively

     

    • ⁠Hands-On Mentorship & Feedback: Assistance from VU’s senior investment professionals in reviewing and providing feedback on the fund manager's fund deck, investment strategy/thesis, and approach to pitching LPs

     

    • Operational Guidance & Best Practices: Access to templates and best practices for key elements like LP pitch decks, fund modeling, fund administration, Partner Meetings, Management Meetings, ICs. Accelerate the setup and operations of the emerging fund while maintaining accountability without external oversight

     

    • Deal Sourcing & Co-Investment Opportunities: Doing Venture University simultaneously while fundraising means you can be sourcing great deals and adding to your track record. VU can also facilitate introductions to co-investors in the network

     

    ⁠• Credibility & Marketing Boost: Credibility and marketing benefits of being associated with Venture University and VU Venture Partners as an emerging fund manager. This can help differentiate the fund and attract both LPs and founders.

  • Disclaimer: *Foreign nationals participating in Venture University's program in the United States are not able to receive the profit sharing agreement as part of the Investor Accelerator unless they have a J1 Visa or other type of Visa allowing them to work in the United States. Individuals participating in Venture University's Investor Accelerator program outside of the United States are able to receive the profit sharing agreement. Individuals that participate in and complete the Investor Accelerator receive a profit sharing agreement that is tied to the future performance of the investments made during the program. Individuals that participate in Venture University's programs do not receive an equity stake in Venture University's investment funds or an equity stake in any of Venture University's portfolio companies. If an individual that participates in the Investor Accelerator is an accredited investor, then at Venture University's sole discretion, the individual may be allowed to, but is not required to, nor have any obligation to, invest in Venture University's investment fund or a portfolio company through Venture University's investment fund. There is no guarantee of any return of capital or profits from the investments made, as the risks of investing are high, the future outcomes from the investments are unknown, and could result in a 100% loss of invested capital in the portfolio companies, or result in a small or significant amount of profits for individuals in the Investor Accelerator which will be recognized as income and be taxable.

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