The VC Fellowship

We are super excited to share that Gaurav has joined us as a mentor and will be supporting the vc fellows in their journey. Gaurav is a part of the Investment Team at Roots Ventures. Roots Ventures is a sector agnostic early-stage investment platform with some key investments in Smytten, StockGro, Daily Objects, Jar, GoDesi, Jimmy's and Raaho. We are super excited to be associated with Gaurav. #mentorpannel #thevcfellowship

Often people ask us, how do you market the fellowship? Do you run ads? Answer is We Don’t. Every application we ever received have got to know about us either from the fellows themselves or from the people mentioning us on LinkedIn. Simple Word of Mouth. And this is for those who have often asked us “can we talk to the fellows? We wanna know their experience” well - hear directly from the fellows. It was amazing hosting Praveen in our Cohort 2 & hear about his over the moon experiences, now let’s hear what Praveen has to say about the fellowship! #fellowfeedbacks #feedback #thevcfellowship

Often people ask us, how do you market the fellowship? Do you run ads? Answer is We Don’t. Every application we ever received have got to know about us either from the fellows themselves or from the people mentioning us on LinkedIn. Simple Word of Mouth. And this is for those who have often asked us “can we talk to the fellows? We wanna know their experience” well - hear directly from the fellows. It was amazing hosting Praveen in our Cohort 2 & hear about his over the moon experiences, now let’s hear what Praveen has to say about the fellowship! #fellowfeedbacks #feedback #thevcfellowship

We are thrilled to announce an exclusive session on “Building an Investment Thesis” for Cohort 3 VC Fellows led by Karthik Prabhakar, Managing Partner at PeerCapital Karthik has a rich background in Venture Capital, with extensive experience in leading multi million dollar investments & exit deals with his previous fund. His insights and guidance would be invaluable for future VCs in building an Investment Thesis. This is just the beginning, Karthik will continue to support the VC Fellows through these sessions. Incase you are looking to get mentored by such an amazing set of mentors and build your career in Venture Capital, apply for our Cohort 4, application link in the comments.

Cohort 3 was a big success! We received applications for 5+ countries (total of 989) however considering we are very selective about the kind of people we’d want to join, we could only shortlist 31. If you submitted your applications and haven’t heard back from us, then most probably we did not liked your “Why?” - hence we could not take it forward. But if anything’s changed since, we encourage you to go ahead and apply again for Cohort 4. Applications link in comments. See you on the other side :)

Kaching 🎉 Our final episode of Ajay Modi’s podcast is streaming now on YouTube! The episode will be released on Spotify as well by tonight. Leaving the link in captions for y’ll - enjoy and please share your thoughts! #thevcpodcast #thevcfellowship

It’s a moment of joy & proud for us! Our Batch 1 fellow Mrutunjay Rachanaikar has been working with TANFUND. This is our first public announcement of such sorts, many more to come hopefully soon. 🏆 We would take a moment to thank our ecosystem partners and mentors for the support that have been extended to us. P.s. now accepting applications for December batch, apply now from link in comments.

It’s a moment of joy & proud for us! Our Batch 1 fellow Mrutunjay Rachanaikar has been working with TANFUND. This is our first public announcement of such sorts, many more to come hopefully soon. 🏆 We would take a moment to thank our ecosystem partners and mentors for the support that have been extended to us. P.s. now accepting applications for December batch, apply now from link in comments.

We are thrilled to welcome The VC Fellowship’s Cohort 3 🥁 We received more than 700 odd applications for the third cohort & we shortlisted best 31 out of them. 🥳 Average age for Cohort 3 happens to be 27. And the fellows have worked with top brands and are alumnus of Stanford, Oxford, MIT, INSEAD, Chicago Booth, Kings College - London, University of Rochestes including BITS, IITs, and IIMs. We look forward to seeing them evolve in the fellowship and contribute in their journey to break into Venture Capital. 🎙️ Tagging all the fellows for y’ll to follow :) P.s. accepting applications for Cohort 4, apply from the link in comments. Ricardo Suarez Heredia, Ph.D. Anika R. Brian Bacon Naina Jain Dr William Thompson Tao Wen Shiven Khosla Arushi Sangal, CFA Avinash Padhi Avanija R. Chaitya S. Akyyuum Singh Akshat G. Vibhor Bhardwaj Rohan Patil Preetham Kumar Sagar Dube Gopal Sundar Ram CA Prashanth Kasala Sanathan Kannamparambil Shubham Kumar Praveen Gadde Maher Sampath C Sai Bhargav Reddy Debangan Ganguli Irshad Shaik

Yesterday second batch of The VC Fellowship graduated. This journey has been nothing short of remarkable, filled with learning, growth, and the formation of a community dedicated to shaping the future of venture capital in India. A special shoutout to our mentors, guest speakers, and everyone who has supported our fellows along the way. Your guidance and insights have been invaluable. To our graduates: You are the pioneers, the trailblazers, and the future leaders of the venture capital ecosystem. We are immensely proud of your accomplishments and excited to see the impact you will create in the world. Mohnish Jaiswal Avanish Shirsath Meghana Denduluri Himani D. Jyoti Damaraju Maneshwar Kumar Praveen Kumar Pramoth A. Alok S Aryan Apar Sinha Anshul Panda Sandhya Sridhar Gaurav Virendra Saanvi Jain Rushabh Surana Bhavjot Singh Here’s to new beginnings and continued success. The journey doesn't end here; it’s only just begun. Congratulations to the second batch of The VC Fellowship! 🎉 P.s. third cohort starts today :)