Venture University
Venture Capital and Private Equity PrincipalsCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
Venture University, based in San Francisco, California, with 11-50 employees, operates as an investor accelerator in the venture capital and private equity space, serving individuals seeking to enter VC, PE, and angel investing. It runs two investor accelerators—the Venture Capital Investor Accelerator and the Real Estate Private Equity & REIT Investor Accelerator—each featuring an Education Program and an Investment Apprenticeship Program with a profit-sharing arrangement. Participants join VU Venture Partners, a multi-stage global venture capital fund investing roughly 2-4 new portfolio companies per quarter across Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Frontier Tech, Healthcare, and Proptech, as well as VU Capital Partners, a real estate private equity and growth equity fund. The organization provides mentorship, career development, and industry networking, guided by investment professionals who have collectively invested $9B+ and possess over 100 years of investment experience in venture capital and real estate private equity. Venture University accepts fewer than 2% of applications and aims to curate and develop diverse talent for the VC/PE industry while seeking to generate consistent and superior financial returns for investors.