Dear Prospective VC Partner,

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about CVC and the VC Internship Program. Cornell Venture Capital (CVC) was founded in 2007 with the aim of bridging the gap between Cornell Students, Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital. In order to further this aim, in January of 2009 CVC launched the VC internship program providing high-potential Cornell undergraduates the unparallel opportunity to work with leading VC firms and their startup portfolio companies. Over the years the program has grown and today we have over a dozen VC partners, which include some of the best VC firms in the world. Read More

Sequoia Capital

• Sequoia is one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture capital firms
• Boasts a portfolio of companies including Google, YouTube, PayPal, Yahoo!, and Oracle
• Invests in companies all over the world, and has offices in the U.S., China, India, and Israel

Tula Technology

• Tula technology is a Sequoia Capital portfolio company
• Tula Technology develops solutions for fuel processing in combustion engines
• Its solutions include a digital signal processor that provides the requirements to manage fuel

What We Did

• Partnered with a General Partner and the Head of Campus Recruiting of Sequoia, and the CEO of Tula Technology
• Performed significant market research, financial modeling, and qualitative strategic analysis
• Utilized a team of 10 interns who worked throughout the year and into the summer to create a go to market strategy for Tula

Castile Ventures

• Castile Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm
• Invests in companies in the mobility, software, digital media, and communications industries

What We Did

• Performed market research and expansion analysis for Castile and one of their portfolio companies
• Partnered with a General Partner at Castile ventures and the CEO of the aforementioned portfolio company

Cayuga Venture Fund

• Cayuga Venture Fund specializes in seed to growth stage investments
• The firm prefers to invest in patent protected core technology companies
• It typically invests in companies with a connection to Cornell University located in upstate New York

What We Did

• Assisted CVF with its analysis of a potential investment
• Conducted a competitive analysis, a patent analysis, and a market analysis
• Synthesized a conclusion based upon data collected and analysis conducted

DFJ Gotham

• Invests in all sub-sectors of the IT space, including e-commerce and network infrastructure
• Prefers to be the first institutional investor in a company
• Investments range from $1M to $3M

What We Did

• Completed an analysis of the competitive landscape of one of DFJ Gotham's portfolio companies
• Compiled an extensive list of competitor companies and gathered relevant data on each
• Partnered with a Principal ad DJF and a director of their portfolio company

New Atlantic Ventures

• New Atlantic Ventures (NAV) is an early-stage venture capital fund
• NAV's portfolio of companies have generated over $600 million of revenue
• NAV focuses on four main sectors: wireless, new media, online services and breakthrough technologies

What We Did

• Completed market research and competitive analyses for one of NAV's portfolio companies
• Analyzed competitive landscapes and made specific recommendations, which were subsequently implemented
• Partnered with two Managing Partners at NAV and the Chief Marketing Officer at their portfolio company

Dream Tiger Equities

• DTE is a VC firm in the social media space
• Actively invests in New York City digital media startups
• Its advisors have more than $40 billion completed deal volume

What We Did

• Analyzed the M&A activity of 15 large technology companies such as Google and Apple
• Identified categories of acquisitions by tech firms such as purchases for complementary products or engineering talent
• Cataloged the cash and equity component of each acquisition target's purchase price

Akkadian Ventures

• Focuses solely on providing early liquidity to founders, early employees, and seed investors
• Specialize in small transactions from $100K to $2M

What We Did

• Worked with the co-founder of Akkadian Ventures on a proprietary investment analysis project
• Analyzed an extensive list of potential investment companies based on a set of given investment criteria

Clearstone Venture Partners

• Clearstone Venture Partners specializes in seed and early stage investments
• The firm seeks to invest in technology markets, including software, consumer, and infrastructure
• The firm prefers to invest between $3 million to $15 million and can increase its investment size in special situations

What We Did

• Assisted the firm in its analysis of the investment potential within a particular real estate subsector
• Conducted market research, gathered quantitative data, utilized regression and financial modeling techniques
• Synthesized a cogent investability thesis based on collected data and our team's analytic techniques

Court Square Ventures

• Court Square Ventures (CSV) is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments
• CSV seeks to invest in the communications, information technology, and media sectors

What We Did

• Analyzed historical VC investments for a particular type of portfolio company
• Carried out a broad analysis for a range of VC fund vintages and identified portfolio companies of a specific type
• Partnered with the Principal at Court Square Ventures