Hear the stories of startup leaders working in Venture Capitalwho got their start with Venture for America and gain insight into how the Fellowship shaped their entrepreneurial careers.

During this event you will hear from our Fellow guest panelist, Bijoy Shah ('22 Kansas City) & Leena Chen ('20 Philadelphia) about their VFA experiences and working inVenture Capital.

Venture For America aims to mobilize the next generation of entrepreneurs and equip them with experience, training, and community to become startup leaders and founders. During the two-year Fellowship, our Fellows are salaried, full-time employees at startups, VCs or high-growth companies in one of our 13 cities.

Through the program, Fellows find lifelong friends, an entrepreneurial community, and a network of individuals to help take their career and ambitions to the next level. We’ll walk you through our mission, how Fellows find their job, commonroles and industries available to Fellows, plus the programming, community, and resources. We'll close out with a Q&A with our panelist.

Venture For America Fellows work in a range of roles and industries. In this event, we'll highlight one of our most popular industries for Fellows, which is Venture Capital. Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity and a type of financing that investors provide to startup companies and small businesses that are believed to have long-term growth potential. Venture capital generally comes from investors, investment banks, and other financial institutions. Roles at VCs vary widely, and this event will showyou the day in a life of a VFA Fellow in VC.

To apply to Venture For America's 2024 Fellowship class you must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident or DACA recipient and a rising senior, or graduated from undergrad in the last three years.