Venture for America Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Venture Capital
  • Status
  • Active
  • Professionals
  • 3
Professionals
  • Investments
  • 25
  • Portfolio
  • 22
  • Exits
  • 2
Exits

Venture for America General Information

Description

Founded in 2011, Venture for America is an organization that prepares college graduates for careers in the startup community. is a two-year fellowship program for recent grads who want to work at a startup and create jobs in American cities. Fellows learn important startup skills at our five-week Training Camp, apply for jobs within their vetted company network and work for two years as full-time, salaried employees in one of 14 cities. The firm is based in New York, New York.

Contact Information

Website
www.ventureforamerica.org
Year Founded
2011
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Not-For-Profit Venture Capital
Other Investor Types
Accelerator/Incubator
Primary Office
  • 307 7th Avenue
  • Suite 1201
  • New York, NY 10001
  • United States
+1 (646) 000-0000

Venture for America Investments (25)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
FloatMe 09-Dec-2019 Grant 00.00 Financial Software Generating Revenue
000000000 15-Oct-2019 0000 00000 00000 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
00000 (00000000 00 26-Sep-2019 0000 00000 00.00 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
00000000000000 20-Aug-2018 0000 00000 00.00 Movies, Music and Entertainment Generating Revenue
00000 00000 21-Mar-2018 00000 00000 00.000 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
000000 06-Feb-2018 00000 00000 00000 Information Services (B2C) Generating Revenue
0000000 16-Jan-2018 000000000000 Accessories Generating Revenue
00000 17-Nov-2017 000000000000 Other Commercial Services Generating Revenue
Balto (Guidance Software) 02-Aug-2017 Accelerator/Incubator Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
AdMobilize 01-Aug-2017 Early Stage VC 000 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
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Venture for America Exits (2)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Find My Flock 24-Jan-2019 Merger/Acquisition
000000 09-Feb-2018 000 00 00000000
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Venture for America Team (9)

Name Title Deals Funds Boards Office
Amy Nelson Chief Executive Officer New York, NY
Jed Cohen Chief Operating Officer New York, NY
Katherine Gledhill Director, Finance New York, NY
Cris Landa Director, Learning New York, NY
Andrew Yang JD Founder New York, NY
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