VILLANOVA VENTURE CAPITAL (VVC)
Investing in Students, Innovation, and the Future.
Venture capital (VC) is a team sport; a cross-disciplinary convergence to build what’s next. This initiative creates an an interdisciplinary venture capital ecosystem where Villanova undergraduate students from all majors and backgrounds learn venture capital through experience and build competence through hands-on work with portfolio companies.
Villanova Venture Capital will include three elements; courses, a student club, and a student-managed venture fund.
Venture capital is a team sport!
VC is for Finance Majors:
learn how capital gets allocated, deals are structured, risk is priced, and returns are generated in the real world.
VC is for Marketing Majors:
evaluate product market fit, brand positioning, customer acquisition, and whether a founder truly understands their customer.
VC is for Engineering Majors:
breakthrough technology only matters if it solves a real problem and scales. You help assess technical feasibility, defensibility, and build advantage.
VC is for Science Majors:
commercialization turns discovery into impact. You evaluate scientific validity, translational potential, and whether innovation can move from lab to market.
VC is for any student
skilled and curious about how new ideas become real world ideas, products, and services.
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Two courses anchor the academic foundation of VVC:
VC I: Venture Capital Foundations (Fall 2026)
VC II: Analysis & Diligence (Spring 2027)
Members of the Villanova Venture Club Society will have the opportunity to serve as analysts assisting with sourcing, research, and diligence. Officers will serve as the investment committee. The society is an incredible opportunity for students to learn through experience and hear from a variety of guest speakers and experts in the VC space.
The Villanova Venture Fund is the cornerstone of the VVC initiative, a student-managed fund that provides immersive, hands-on experience.
Students will:
Evaluate real early-stage investment opportunities
Conduct structured due diligence
Present recommendations
Participate in investment decisions
Support portfolio companies over time
Through this experience, students learn not only how to assess opportunity, but also how to exercise responsibility, collaboration and integrity in the process.
Jeremy Kees
Faculty Director
Jeremy.kees@villanova.edu
Ivy Wang
Director
Ivy.wang@villanova.edu
Kate Grady
Assistant Director
kaitlin.grady@villanova.edu
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