University of Cincinnati's student-led venture capital fund. Providing opportunities to students of the present and the past.
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Congratulations to our fund’s first investment Tembo —already making us money??
Exciting day today in my next “you can’t start a company like that in the Midwest” journey. Tembo raises Series A, backed once again by the absolute greatest VC firms. https://lnkd.in/ezgSp3Ck ?? We are fired up to execute from here ??
Congratulations to our Managing Partners Jay Kothari and Jaden Walton?
Congratulations to University of Cincinnati current students Jaden Walton, Jay Kothari and recent alum Ben Booker for being recognized on this year's Cincinnati Business Courier Cincy Inno 25 Under 25 list ?? Jaden Walton - University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business student Jaden Walton serves as the Student EIR for the center and has coached countless students to develop, launch and scale their businesses. As a Managing Partner of Bearcat Ventures, Jaden created a student-led, 10-week, co-curricular training program for students interested in learning about venture capital that develops students to eventually apply to be a member for our Bearcat Ventures Student Fund. As the founder of Motiv, Jaden and his co-founder, Noelle Scheper, are looking to deploy their platform for managing high-school sports to over 40 local high school programs in the weeks ahead Jay Kothari - University of Cincinnati - College of Engineering and Applied Science student Jay Kothari is the Managing Partner of Bearcat Ventures and Founder of the Bearcat Ventures' Venture Research Studio, Jay has led and operationalized Bearcat Ventures leading to the fund's first two student investments in UC affiliated companies Tembo and Band Connect, Inc. Jay also founded our Venture Research Studio (VRS) two years ago as a part of Bearcat Ventures which provides student market research support to UC affiliated (including our UC Venture Lab) and #StartupCincy portfolio companies. VRS has supported over two dozen companies to date and Jay now oversees a team of 5 Bearcat Ventures' VRS students. Ben Booker - University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business and University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning alum Ben Booker is the co-founder and former President of Net Impact University of Cincinnati where he built an organization that not only harnessed and directed UC student's interests in sustainability, but brought all of UC's academic and administrative units connected to sustainability together to build a coalition of campus wide collaboration that includes not only students, but also faculty and staff members, for greater info-sharing and student engagement. Through Ben's leadership, Net Impact built critical relationships with Greater Cincinnati sustainability leaders and corporate partners that has resulted in a high impact network leading to Net Impact alums gaining valuable skills, internships and actual jobs in sustainability. A recent graduate, Ben continues his priority for sustainability and has directed it into Urban Farming Initiative, where he and his co-founder with Kevin Mackey, are bringing fresh food to Cincinnati's food deserts. Read more about this impressive list of Greater Cincinnati founders https://lnkd.in/gCJKWimQ #GoBearcats #FoundersandFunders 1819 Innovation Hub Cincinnati Innovation District
Excited to have welcomed eGateway Capital's Mike Veith, CFA last evening to talk with our membership ?? Mike met first with members of our executive team Jay Kothari Nida Aslam Aniruddhan Ramesh Joe Kuncheria Panjikaran to share how e-Gateway sources nationwide and builds trusted relationships with Fortune 500 companies looking to deploy disruptive eCommerce technology from growth-stage companies. He then met with our fund members to share the e-Gateway story and take questions from our membership highlighting the differences in how later-stage funders think about potential investment deals. University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business 1819 Innovation Hub
Attention All Students ?? - - - Bearcat Ventures will be hosting a workshop brought to you by E-Gateway. E-Gateway is a locally based venture capital firm - - - Please join us for an evening of learning on Monday 10/28 at 6pm in the Linder Kautz Attic Classroom. This is an open event to any UC students so make sure to bring all of your friends!!
?? MASTERCLASS ALERT: Thrilled to have Fireroad CEO+Founder Tim Metzner teaching our ENTR 4009 Venture Capital Structure & Strategy course this spring term ? Tim is a University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business alum and serial founder/funder (Coterie Insurance, OCEAN Programs, Differential) who has been engaged with supporting the center and UC Venture Lab for years now as a mentor, EIR, guest speaker, competition judge and Bearcat Ventures Investment Committee member. Tim will be sharing his extensive experience as both an entrepreneur and investor through this foundational venture investing class that will focus heavily on case studies and experiential learning. Sign up today for ENTR 4009: Venture Capital Structure & Strategy (3 cr. hrs) meeting M-W-F from 9:05-10:00am - open to all majors ? #FoundersandFunders #GoBearcats 1819 Innovation Hub University of Cincinnati Alumni Association
What do you do on a Saturday morning? ?? We welcomed our first graduate students to our fall VC Training cohort led by Partner Joe Kuncheria Panjikaran! With over thirty graduate students signed up to attend from four different colleges(!), Joe and Managing Partner Jaden Walton will be leading the training of interested graduate students on Tuesdays and Saturdays this fall in preparation for future fund and consulting expansion, and with the goal of sending our first graduate team to a future VCIC (Venture Capital Investment Competition) ??
An amazing MASTERCLASS in founder vision, strategy, and grit from Workday VNDLY Co-founder/CEO and SIERRA Ventures Managing Director Shashank Saxena yesterday evening ?? The University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business alum shared his entrepreneurial journey from student to exited founder and investor and dropped invaluable truth bombs for success along the way ?? #FoundersandFunders #GoBearcats 1819 Innovation Hub University of Cincinnati Alumni Association
Exciting Opportunity Alert! Mark your calendars for this Sunday at 5 PM because we have a special guest joining us at Kautz Attic—the one and only Shashank Saxena!? Shashank is the mastermind behind Vndly, which was acquired by Workday for an incredible $510M!??? ?This is your chance to dive into this University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business alum’s success story and gain insights from his entrepreneurial journey. Bring your enthusiasm and some thoughtful questions you’d like to ask Shashank. This is your chance to learn directly from a leader in the industry—don’t miss out! Let's make the most of this unique opportunity. See you all there!
Bearcat Ventures, UC's student-led?Venture Capital Fund?is officially launching its training program for Grad Students! If you're interested in learning more about startups, VC investing and want to network through amazing professional opportunities, sign up on?the form below?to join our training program! We're open to all colleges and no prior experience is required! Opportunities through Bearcat Ventures: Compete in the prestigious Venture Capital Investment Competition??? Become a Venture Analyst for our 1819 Venture Research Studio ?? Join our student fund and invest in startups ?? Network with successful VCs and founders ?? Learn more about us on our?website(www.bearcatventures.org)?and follow us on our?Instagram(@ bearcat_ventures)?to stay up to date with our programming! Sign up for the training?at the link right below! We close our applications?Midnight on Sunday October 6th! https://lnkd.in/egyeBebG
What a whirlwind weekend for Bearcat Ventures meeting GitHub co-founder and Null Games founder Chris Wanstrath ? And we got his autograph to boot (which will be nicely framed in our student staff office) at 1819 Innovation Hub Founders + Funders summit ?? Prior to F+F, we installed our newest Bearcat Ventures Student Venture Fund members with our VC vesting ceremony taking the oath from Managing Partners Jay Kothari and Jaden Walton to protect the confidentiality and trust of our clients. Official congratulations to Nida Aslam for being promoted to Managing Partner and Aniruddhan Ramesh Joe Kuncheria Panjikaran Ethan Luxenburg Jacob Wernke and Kaaustaaub Shankar for their promotions to Partners and Analysts?? And on Saturday morning, we started our 10-week VC training program for interested University of Cincinnati students to prepare them to be eligible to join our fund. We had over 20 eager students showing up at 10am to learn about the fundamentals of venture investing led by Joe Kuncheria Panjikaran and supported by Jaden Walton and our advisor Joe Maruschak ?? Noelle Scheper