Meet the scholarship recipients of VC University Cohort 14

News & Insights | Contact: Phone: Email: ABOUT THE PROGRAM: VC University is the industry-leading certificate course on the fundamentals of venture capital. Produced by Venture Forward, Berkeley Law Executive Education, and NVCA, this program caters to professionals who are new to the venture ecosystem, and current practitioners seeking to reinforce their VC knowledge and skill […]
Meet the scholarship recipients of VC University Cohort 13

News & Insights | Contact: Phone: Email: ABOUT THE PROGRAM: VC University is the industry-leading certificate course on the fundamentals of venture capital. Produced by Startup@BerkeleyLaw, NVCA and Venture Forward, this program caters to professionals who are new to the venture ecosystem, and current practitioners seeking to reinforce their VC knowledge and skill set. To date, […]
February 2023 Update: BHM features, MBDA Capital Readiness Program, Venture Forward open house
Meet the scholarship recipients of VC University Cohort 12

News & Insights | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: hello@ventureforward.org Phone: Email: ABOUT THE PROGRAM: VC University is the industry-leading certificate course on the fundamentals of venture capital. Produced by Startup@BerkeleyLaw, NVCA, and Venture Forward, this program caters to professionals who are new to the venture ecosystem, and current practitioners seeking to reinforce their VC knowledge […]
January 2023 Update: VC University registration, women’s healthcare mixer recap, and events across the ecosystem
December 2023 Update: Giving Tuesday success, holiday party recap, women in healthcare happy hour
November 2022 Newsletter: VC University scholarship, LP office hours recap, new addition, holiday party
October 2022 Newsletter: New board directors, SSBCI, & upcoming programming
Venture Forward Appoints Three New Directors to Board
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Venture Forward today announced the appointment of three new members to its board of directors: Barry Eggers, Founding Partner of Lightspeed; Samara Hernandez, Founding Partner of Chingona Ventures; and Courtney McCrea, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Recast Capital. Venture Forward is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, dedicated to shaping a stronger, more diverse […]
September 2022 Newsletter: VC Human Capital Survey, Mentors Needed & More
Early September 2021 Newsletter: Welcome to the September 2021 Scholarship Cohort of VC University ONLINE!
August 2022 Newsletter: VC Human Capital Survey, Scholarship Announcement, & Job Opportunities
July 2022 Newsletter: VC University, 2 SF Events, Congressional Hearing
Venture Forward Executive Director Stresses Importance of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in VC Industry at Congressional Hearing
San Francisco, CA – Maryam Haque, the Executive Director of Venture Forward, testified before the Committee on Financial Services Task Force on Financial Technology this week on the topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the U.S. venture capital (VC) ecosystem. The hearing focused on understanding obstacles to more investments in underrepresented founders in […]
13 LGBTQ+ Investors Making a Big Impact
News & Insights | Contact: Phone: Email: Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈 To celebrate, we’re highlighting 13 LGBTQ+ investors making a positive impact in the venture ecosystem. From rising stars to seasoned investors, these investors are making a big impact and show the strength and importance of the LGBTQ+ community in our industry. Advancing intersectional diversity […]
June 2022 Newsletter: Pride Month & VC University ONLINE!
Meet the Cohort 10 Scholarship Recipients of VC University ONLINE

Meet VC University ONLINE’s Cohort 10 Scholarship Recipients! We’re thrilled to introduce Cohort 10 of VC University ONLINE scholarship recipients – 41 talented, aspiring VCs from historically underrepresented backgrounds. ABOUT THE PROGRAM: VC University ONLINE is a highly-reviewed certificate course on the fundamentals of venture capital, created by NVCA, Venture Forward, and Startup@BerkeleyLaw. The course […]
May 2022 Newsletter: LP Office Hours Chicago & VC University ONLINE Cohort 10
April 2022 Newsletter: April Newsletter: VC University, Volunteer Opportunities & VC Jobs
March 2022 Newsletter: Women in VC: Rising Stars to Watch; Special VC Jobs Edition
Women in VC: Rising Stars to Watch
News & Insights | Contact: Phone: Email: As of 2020, women in venture capital comprise: 16% of investment partner positions at VC firms 24% of investment professionals who originate deals 21% of those who represent the firm on the boards of portfolio companies 21% of firm investment committee members 18% of management company owners These […]
February 2022 Newsletter: Black VCs Making a Big Impact
New Research Quantifies the Breadth, Growth, and Resilience of Jobs at VC-backed Companies
From coast to coast, the venture capital industry is fueling resilient American jobs, and we have new data to prove it. NVCA, Venture Forward, and the UNC Kenan-Flagler Institute of Private Enterprise embarked on a first-of-its-kind study to explore the employment dynamics of workers at VC-backed companies in the U.S. Using a list of over […]
Employment Dynamics at VC-Backed Companies in the United States: 1990 to 2020
News & Insights | Contact: Phone: Email: New research from NVCA, Venture Forward, and the University of North Carolina Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise estimates and geographically maps employment at VC-backed companies headquartered in the United States at the state and congressional district levels, and analyzes the employment dynamics at VC-backed companies from 1990 to […]
Black VCs Making a Big Impact
News & Insights | Contact: Phone: Email: Black investors remain underrepresented in VC. The latest VC Human Capital Survey tracked little progress in the representation of Black partners between 2018 and 2020, though there is some optimism to be found in the growing representation of Black junior investment professionals. Venture Forward’s mission to diversify and […]
Meet VC University ONLINE’s Cohort 9 Scholarship Recipients!

We’re thrilled to introduce Cohort 9 of VC University ONLINE scholarship recipients – 42 talented, aspiring VCs from historically underrepresented backgrounds. ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP: Thanks to the generous financial support of Foresite Capital, Longitude Capital, Johnson & Johnson Innovation | JJDC, Omega Funds, Salesforce Ventures, and Sofinnova Investments, we were proud to award full scholarships […]
January 2022 Newsletter: Meet VC University ONLINE’s Cohort 9 Scholarship Recipients
Mid-November 2021 Newsletter: Successful LP Office Hours + #GivingTuesday
Early-November 2021 Newsletter: Apply for a VC educational scholarship + new VC research
Measuring Venture Capital’s Impact on the Economy

Producing new insights and sharing third-party or academic research on the impact of venture capital (VC) is a key focus for Venture Forward in its mission to drive the narrative of VC and inform the public about the critical role the VC industry plays in the U.S. economy. Venture capital as an investment vehicle is […]
Mentoring Forward with Faith Voinovich of Ohio Innovation Fund
News & Insights | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: hello@ventureforward.org Phone: Email: Welcome to our Mentoring Forward series! We’re highlighting an incredible group of mentors and the positive impact the VC University Mentorship Program has had on VC University scholarship recipients. Since launching in 2020, the Mentorship Program has had four cohorts with a total of […]
Mentoring Forward
Welcome to our Mentoring Forward series! We’re highlighting an incredible group of mentors and the positive impact the VC University Mentorship Program has had on VC University scholarship recipients. Since launching in 2020, the Mentorship Program has had four cohorts with a total of 154 new and early career VCs from historically underrepresented backgrounds, each […]
October 2021 Newsletter: NEW Mentoring Forward series + LP Office Hours registration
Mentoring Forward with Jeff Clavier of Uncork Capital
News & Insights | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: hello@ventureforward.org Phone: Email: Welcome to our Mentoring Forward series! We’re highlighting an incredible group of mentors and the positive impact the VC University Mentorship Program has had on VC University scholarship recipients. Since launching in 2020, the Mentorship Program has had four cohorts with a total of […]
Mentoring Forward with Jessica Yi of Norwest Venture Partners
News & Insights | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: hello@ventureforward.org Phone: Email: Welcome to our Mentoring Forward series! We’re highlighting an incredible group of mentors and the positive impact the VC University Mentorship Program has had on VC University scholarship recipients. Since launching in 2020, the Mentorship Program has had four cohorts with a total of […]
Mentoring Forward with Nick Washburn of Intel Capital
News & Insights | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: hello@ventureforward.org Phone: Email: Welcome to our Mentoring Forward series! We’re highlighting an incredible group of mentors and the positive impact the VC University Mentorship Program has had on VC University scholarship recipients. Since launching in 2020, the Mentorship Program has had four cohorts with a total of […]
Mentoring Forward with Heidi Roizen of Threshold Ventures
News & Insights | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: hello@ventureforward.org Phone: Email: Welcome to our Mentoring Forward series! We’re highlighting an incredible group of mentors and the positive impact the VC University Mentorship Program has had on VC University scholarship recipients. Since launching in 2020, the Mentorship Program has had four cohorts with a total of […]
Mid-September 2021 Newsletter: Our new look + exciting program updates!
Welcome to the September 2021 Scholarship Cohort of VC University ONLINE!

Click through the deck above to meet our new scholarship recipients. Today, we’re thrilled to welcome 45 aspiring and early-career investors to the September 2021 cohort of VC University ONLINE scholarship recipients! VC University ONLINE, a highly-reviewed certificate program led by Venture Forward, NVCA, and Startup@BerkeleyLaw, democratizes access to quality education on venture capital. Participants […]
August 2021 Newsletter: NEW Research piece + VC University ONLINE
Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

Producing new insights and sharing third-party or academic research on the impact of venture capital is a key focus for Venture Forward in its mission to drive the narrative of VC and inform the public about the critical role the VC industry plays in the U.S. economy. Venture capital as an investment vehicle with active […]
Venture Forward 2021 Impact Report
Late July 2021 Newsletter: Our first Impact Report + VC University updates
Mid-July 2021 Newsletter: LP Office Hours, Lunch & Learns + VC Jobs
June 2021 Newsletter: VC University Opportunities – Mentorship & Scholarship Programs
Venture Forward Celebrates One-Year Anniversary Welcomes Two New Board Members
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Venture Forward is excited to celebrate its one-year anniversary as well as the appointment of two new members to its board of directors: Elliott Robinson, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, and Nicole Walker, Managing Partner at Arboretum Ventures. Publicly launched on June 16, 2020, Venture Forward was created to meet the […]
Diversifying the VC Industry, Venture Forward Celebrates One Year Anniversary
News & Insights | Contact: Phone: Email: Venture Forward turns one today! After several years in the making, we publicly launched on June 16, 2020 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting organization to NVCA, to meet the growing needs of the VC industry related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), education, research, and history preservation. In a year […]
VC University ONLINE: June 2021 Cohort Begins Today!

Launched in 2019, VC University ONLINE is an educational certificate course, jointly operated by NVCA,Venture Forward, and Startup@BerkeleyLaw. VC University ONLINE participants learn the nuts and bolts of venture finance through self-paced lectures, interactive assessments, virtual office hours, monthly webinars with faculty and industry experts, and interviews with leading venture capitalists. Serving more than 200 participants, the June cohort marks our seventh sold–out course. […]
Introducing the June 2021 Cohort of VC University Scholarship Recipients
News & Insights | Contact: Phone: Email: Launched in 2019, VC University ONLINE is an educational certificate course, jointly operated by NVCA, Venture Forward, and Startup@BerkeleyLaw. VC University ONLINE participants learn the nuts and bolts of venture finance through self-paced lectures, interactive assessments, virtual office hours, monthly webinars with faculty and industry experts, and interviews with leading venture capitalists. Serving more than 200 participants, the June cohort […]
May 2021 Newsletter: VC in NC, Connecting Emerging Managers with LPs
April 2021 Newsletter: 3 VC Educational Opportunities for New Investors
March 2021 Newsletter: VC University LIVE & ONLINE Scholarships, 4/6 DEI Workshop
US VC Firms Focusing on Achieving Greater Diversity and Creating Workforce Equity
Though diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are moving in the right direction, the pace of change remains uneven for some demographics; third edition of survey powered by NVCA, Venture Forward and Deloitte reveals and more WASHINGTON, DC – Amid heightened efforts to promote increasingly diverse, equitable and inclusive workforces over the past year, venture capital […]
February 2021 Newsletter: Black History Month, 14 VC Jobs & 9 Industry Events
January 2021 Newsletter: 17 VC Career Opportunities, VC University & New Comms Programs
December 2020 Newsletter: 2020 Accomplishments & What’s Ahead in 2021
November 2020 Newsletter: The Latest News from Venture Forward
October 2020 Newsletter: The Latest News from Venture Forward
September 2020 Newsletter: Human Capital Survey & VC University LIVE
August 2020 Newsletter: The Latest News from Venture Forward
July 2020 Newsletter: The Latest News from Venture Forward
June 2020 Newsletter: The Latest News from Venture Forward
NVCA Launches Nonprofit Venture Forward to Shape the Future of Venture Capital
Venture Forward will focus on industry advancement initiatives around diversity, education, research, and history, while NVCA continues to advocate on behalf of the venture industry WASHINGTON, DC – The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) today launched Venture Forward, a 501(c)(3) non-profit to shape the future of venture capital and meet the growing needs of the […]
See Bias | Block Bias
Research shows that stereotypes can introduce errors in managers’ decision making about talent throughout the employee life cycle. While most people agree that bias exists in the abstract, many cannot see their own role in enacting bias or how it functions in their organization. Further, resistance to the idea that bias exists at all is […]