Yale Undergraduate Capital Partners

Launched in 2023, our Yale chapter sources startups and recruits talent from Yale University’s entire academic community. If you are a founder interested in connecting with our network of top venture capital firms across the nation, fill our your information in the Yale Pitchbook.

Yale Pitchbook

New Haven, CT

We harness the persistent drive of top students at Yale to provide actionable insights for VC diligence and source deals for investors across the country.

Whether it is a campus startup report, professor-backed diligence, or Gen Z consumer insights, YUCP has a strong track record of catering to the intricacies of each VC firm.

5 universities

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60 VC partners

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$27B+ partner AUM

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2,500+ startups

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$23M+ in investments facilitated

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5 universities 〰️ 60 VC partners 〰️ $27B+ partner AUM 〰️ 2,500+ startups 〰️ $23M+ in investments facilitated 〰️

For investors

Reach out to our management team to request a work sample and explore ways to work with our analysts—see what Collegiate’s founding chapter at Harvard has done already through our diligence and sourcing programs.

We craft specialized teams of analysts and principals for each client, ensuring that the most engaged and insightful students are producing high-quality deliverables.

For students

Are you excited by the thought of working in close-knit teams, exploring cutting-edge startups, and presenting to investors? If so, we’d love to work with you!

Please don’t hesitate to reach out as we begin the Fall 2024 recruitment process! As we get closer to the semester, we’ll be in touch with relevant information.

Sourcing

We leverage our unique insider perspective at top universities, including Harvard, MIT, Penn, and Princeton, to provide inbound deal flow to investors.

Our analysts monitor university innovation hubs, alumni groups, and more to give our investors early access to university startups before they gain widespread exposure.

Our sourcing program includes the following:

Deliverables composed of top YUCP-sourced companies that align with your investment thesis
Introductions to any companies you decide are compelling
Access to our online sourcing database

Diligence

We provide a dedicated teams of student analysts led by a principal with VC or startup experience to each of our client firms.

Our diligence program includes the following:

Biweekly due diligence deliverables with constant team communication
A closely tailored program fit to the needs of your firm
Analysts with customizable technical backgrounds

Our analysts, hand-selected after a rigorous interview process, come from backgrounds including molecular biology, statistics and data science, computer science, economics, and more.

Management Team