Venture Initiation Program Overview
- Investor Type
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Status
- Active
- Professionals
- 1
- Investments
- 278
- Portfolio
- 142
- Exits
- 128
Venture Initiation Program General Information
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.
Contact Information
Website
vip.wharton.upenn.edu
Formerly Known As
Wharton Venture Initiation Program
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
Venture Initiation Program Investments (278)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coBlossom | 01-Jun-2021 | Accelerator/Incubator | 000 | Application Software | Startup | |
| 0000000 | 01-Jan-2021 | 000000000000 | 000 | Social/Platform Software | Generating Revenue | |
| 0000 0000000 | 01-Jan-2021 | 000000000000 | 0000 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |
| 00000000000 (00000 | 01-Nov-2020 | 000000000000 | 000 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |
| 0000000 | 01-Aug-2020 | 000000000000 | Alternative Energy Equipment | Generating Revenue | ||
| 00000.00 | 01-Jun-2019 | 000000000000 | Education and Training Services (B2B) | Profitable | ||
| 00000 000000000 | 01-Jun-2019 | 00000 | 000 | Other Healthcare Technology Systems | Startup | |
| 00000000 000000000 | 01-Jun-2019 | 000000000000 | 000 | Monitoring Equipment | Out of Business | |
| ConnectED Mobile | 01-Jun-2019 | Accelerator/Incubator | 000 | Telecommunications Service Providers | Startup | |
| Frutero Ice Cream | 01-Jun-2019 | Accelerator/Incubator | 000 | Food Products | Profitable |
Venture Initiation Program Exits (128)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shero Housecalls | 27-Apr-2022 | Out of Business | |
| 0000000 | 26-Apr-2022 | 000 00 00000000 | |
| 00000000 | 01-Feb-2022 | 000 00 00000000 | |
| 0000000000000 | 10-Jan-2022 | 000 00 00000000 | |
| 00000 000000 | 09-Dec-2021 | 000000000000000000 | |
| 0000000000 0000000 | 20-Oct-2021 | 000000000000000000 | 00.000 |
| 0000000000 | 01-Oct-2021 | 000000000 00000000 | |
| 00000 000000 | 29-Sep-2021 | 000 | 00.000 |
| Eduqo | 01-Jul-2021 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| BioAlert Technologies | 10-Jun-2021 | Out of Business |
Venture Initiation Program Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry
Investments by Year
Investments by Region
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Request a free trialVenture Initiation Program Team (1)
| Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valentina Goutorova | Senior Associate Director | 0 | Philadelphia, PA |
Venture Initiation Program Co-Investors (2)
| Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIP-Xcelerat | 1 |
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| Weiss Tech House | 0 |
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