Wharton Venture Initiation Program
ACCEL/INCU
INVESTOR TYPE
Active
STATUS
1
PROFESSIONALS
239
INVESTMENTS
162
PORTFOLIO
71
EXITS
Description
Wharton Venture Initiation Program is an educational incubator program managed by Wharton Entrepreneurship that assists University of Pennsylvania students as they build businesses. VIP students become part of an entrepreneurial community that provides office space, educational programming, professional advising, seed funding awards and a support system of fellow VIP members. The VIP program operates under three divisions of VIP-Community, VIP-Xcelerate and VIP-San Francisco. VIP-Community provides advisory services, co-working spaces and workshops on entrepreneurship basics to the companies. VIP-Xcelerate is an intense 4-month accelerator program on the Pennsylvania campus. VIP-San Francisco brings the resources of the Pennsylvania community to the West Coast with an intensive accelerator which runs twice a year, in spring and fall.
Website
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Accelerator/Incubator
Primary Office
- 3733 Spruce Street
- Vance Hall, 4th floor
- Philadelphia, PA 19104
- United States
Wharton Venture Initiation Program Investments (239)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avior Analytics | 01-Jun-2019 | Grant | 000 | Other Software | Startup | |
| 00000000 000000000 | 01-Jun-2019 | 000000000000 | 000 | Monitoring Equipment | Generating Revenue | |
| 000000000 000000 | 01-Jun-2019 | 000000000000 | 000 | Telecommunications Service Providers | Startup | |
| 0000000 000 00000 | 01-Jun-2019 | 000000000000 | 000 | Food Products | Startup | |
| 000000 0000 0000 | 01-Jan-2019 | 000000000000 | Pharmaceuticals | Generating Revenue | ||
| 00000 0000000 0000 | 01-Jan-2019 | 000000000000 | Clinics/Outpatient Services | Generating Revenue | ||
| 0000 | 01-Jan-2019 | 000000000000 | Application Software | Generating Revenue | ||
| 000000000 | 11-Oct-2018 | 000000000000 | Educational Software | Generating Revenue | ||
| Nananke | 11-Oct-2018 | Accelerator/Incubator | Educational and Training Services (B2C) | Generating Revenue | ||
| Openbook Lab | 02-Apr-2018 | Accelerator/Incubator | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue |
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Wharton Venture Initiation Program Exits (70)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size | Status | Buyers |
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| Custora | 05-Nov-2019 | Merger/Acquisition | Completed | ||
| 0000000 | 02-Oct-2019 | 0000000000 | Completed |
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| 000000000 | 01-May-2019 | 000000000000000000 | 00000 | Completed |
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| 000000 0000000 | 02-Apr-2019 | 000000000000000000 | Completed |
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| 000000000 0000000 | 01-Apr-2019 | 000000000000000000 | 000.00 | Completed |
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| 00 0000 000000'0 0 | 01-Dec-2018 | 000 00 00000000 | Completed |
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| 0000000 00000000 | 15-Nov-2018 | 000000000000000000 | 00000 | Completed |
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| 000000000 | 05-Nov-2018 | 0000000000: 000000 | Completed |
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| Coqovins | 01-Sep-2018 | Out of Business | Completed |
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| LetSync | 01-Sep-2018 | Out of Business | Completed |
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Wharton Venture Initiation Program Team (1)
| Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valentina Goutorova | Senior Associate Director | 0 | Philadelphia, PA |
Wharton Venture Initiation Program Co-Investors (38)
| Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founder.org | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DreamIt Ventures | 0 | 0 | |
| 500 Startups | 0 | ||
| MI Ventures | 0 | ||
| NewSchools Venture Fund | 0 |