Andrea Tassistro, Founder & CEO @ Foodetective
“One of the best events I've done so far [..] It's helping me get to know, have like a personal contact with all the amazing VCs, [..] and have a precise feedback on what we should do in order to grow, recruit and make sure that our company becomes viable fast.”
WE ARE A VENTURE CAPITAL EDUCATION PLATFORM.
Since 2017, UPCOMINGVC® connects tech founders, aspiring VCs and top-tier venture capitalists through immersive, digital content & physical, life-size, unique events. Our mission is to elevate the understanding of the VCs methods through practice, to help better raise and better invest.
Why UPCOMINGVC®?
Designed for individuals and corporations willing to start their VC journey.
We surface and bring together:
Aspiring Venture Capitalists
Test your investment & due diligence skills in a life-size test with genuine startups and seasoned VCs. Get potentially hired as an Intern / Analyst / Associate.
Mission-Driven Entrepreneurs
Full-scale training to the fundraising process. Learn how to talk to VCs. Connect with VCs and prepare the ground for your potential upcoming funding rounds.
Top-Tier Venture Capitalists
Share your methods as a VC. Help the ecosystem understand how to introduce businesses to VCs. Identify talented aspiring VCs. Feed your deal flow.
Our events
Venture Capital Investment Challenges.
Our proprietary format, shaped like a life-size simulation of a fundraising round.
4
venture capital investment challenges
10'000+
minutes of simulated due diligence meetings
400+
due diligence workshops
500+
minutes of Challenger’s Demo Day
100+
challengers on 350+ applications
40+
startups on 200+ applications
"The ecosystem needs to understand how to introduce things to VCs and why we take this or this decision. It is a good opportunity for us to explain to everyone what our methods are, what we expect as information."
Raffi Kamber, Founding Partner, Singular VC (ex-Partner, Alven)
Already 4 challenges since 2017
Soon new formats.
Delivering value by offering a unique format
Real startups meet aspiring VCs the latter behaving as the “VCs for a day” in unique, high-intensity workshop combinations which simulate fundraising talks. Each workshop is mentored by a world-class VC. Aspiring VCs close the event by going through their Aspiring VCs Demo Day, where they are challenged on their one investment recommendation by the jury of VCs. The most structured, thorough team of aspiring VCs is designated as the “Upcoming VCs” by the jury of VCs. In parallel, the startup selected the most by the aspiring VCs during the Aspiring VCs Demo Day is designated as the “Most Investable Startup”..
Jean de La Rochebrochard, Partner @ Kima Ventures
“I was interested because the format is different [..] It is a good opportunity to connect with good entrepreneurs and good people willing to become VC at some point [..] I'll be happy to come back.”
Paulina Szyzdek, Challenger @ Edition #3
“It’s demanding team working and time management exercise. It’s an intense day full of emotions, new people, networking opportunities and deep learning sessions.”
Camille Kriebitzsch, Co-Founder & Principal @ Eutopia
“It's a perfect occasion to meet startups, wannabe VCs, VCs, it's quick and interactive. It's a really good exercise we cannot really do when you are at school or later on. It is a good experience for everyone.”
Bartosz Jakubowski, Partner @ Alven
“It's a very innovative format [..] extremely helpful for us as investors [..] because seeing all these new brilliant people wanting to work as a VC kind of asks us to be more demanding with ourselves to be better VCs. [..] It is a great crowd and it's very refreshing.”
