VCIC Fellows · UNC Kenan-Flagler
Travel, learn, network and represent.
Two weekend trips to VCIC events at top schools, for credit. A selected group of UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA and undergraduate students study venture capital from inside the room.
- 1ApplyOpens November 1. Due November 24.
- 2DecisionsAnnounced in early December.
- 3Get your two regionsAt least one is a top choice, usually with another Fellow as your travel partner.
- 4TravelTwo weekends, January to March. Class meets Mondays in Mod III.
What Fellows do
The VCIC Fellows Program is a 1.5-credit course at UNC Kenan-Flagler for a selected group of MBA and undergraduate students. Fellows study venture capital and entrepreneurship from inside VCIC events, at two regionals each. Admission is need-blind. Travel grants are a separate request and aren’t guaranteed; we spread them out so more students can go.
- Represent VCIC at each event. You’re not an observer. You go as VCIC’s representative from UNC Kenan-Flagler, the competition’s home. You work alongside the host, keep the day on track, and are the person judges, teams and founders turn to.
- Sit in on partner meetings where real VCs discuss real startups as investments.
- Watch founders field due diligence questions from investment teams.
- Learn from how student teams show off their VC knowledge and skills.
- Network with students, founders and investors from other regions.
- If you ask and are accepted, a travel stipend helps with costs.
Course information
- Course
- MBA 848R and BUSI 511 (co-listed)
- Title
- Regional Venture Capital Immersion
- Meets
- Mod III, Mondays 12:30–1:50 p.m.
- Travel
- Two weekend trips to VCIC events
- Credit
- 1.5 credit hours
- Instructor
- Patrick Vernon
- Undergraduate prerequisite
- BUSI 502 or 506, or competed in VCIC before
- Enrollment
- By application
Where you could go
This season’s VCIC regionals. You rank your top choices on the application.
Travel grants. We have a budget for travel grants for some Fellows. All grants are partial: a grant is meant to cover a low-cost economy flight booked well in advance, not hotels, meals or ground transportation, and rarely exceeds $400. The cheapest fares often mean early-morning or late-night flights, so look up flight and hotel costs for the events you pick, so nothing surprises you later.
- Jan 29FriBU QuestromBoston, MA · New England
- Jan 29FriRice BusinessHouston, TX · South
- Jan 30SatCarnegie MellonPittsburgh, PA · Central
- Jan 30SatAmericanWashington, DC · Mid-Atlantic
- Jan 30SatBoston Univ.Boston, MA · New England
- Feb 5FriFordham GabelliNew York, NY · East
- Feb 5FriColorado LeedsBoulder, CO · Mountain
- Feb 6SatVillanovaPhiladelphia, PA · Northeast
- Feb 6SatBrigham YoungProvo, UT · West
- Feb 19FriTexas McCombsAustin, TX · Central
- Feb 20SatUSCLos Angeles, CA · California
- Feb 26FriDartmouth TuckHanover, NH · Northeast
- Feb 26FriBerkeley HaasBerkeley, CA · Silicon Valley
- Feb 27SatFloridaGainesville, FL · East
- Feb 27SatCincinnatiCincinnati, OH · Midwest
- Mar 5FriSMU SobeyHalifax, NS · Canada
Outside North America No travel grants: self-funded or club-backed
Some of the best learning in the program: venture capital in a different ecosystem, with investors, startups and students you wouldn’t meet otherwise. If you can self-fund or get club backing, consider one.
- Jan 15FriKAISTSeoul · Korea
- Feb 19FriBayesLondon · Europe UK
- Feb 26FriNTUSingapore · SE Asia
- Feb 27SatTrinity College DublinDublin · Ireland
- Mar 5FriAaltoHelsinki · Europe North
In their words
Former Fellows on what the program meant to them.
Fellows through the years
Every VCIC Fellow since 2014. Pick a year.
Ready to apply?
Open to UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA and undergraduate students.