Princeton Undergraduate Capital Partners
Launched in 2020, our Princeton chapter sources startups and recruits talent from Princeton University’s entire academic community.
Princeton, NJ
We provide direct opportunities in VC to undergraduate students through firsthand investing experience.
PUCP provides Princeton students the opportunity to work with real venture capital firms, gaining valuable industry experience as undergraduate students. Driven by the fact the VC is typically difficult to get into as an undergraduate, PUCP aims to foster interest and experience in VC by giving students the opportunity to work directly with top firms. As the only client-facing VC club on campus, PUCP provides a unique chance to gain expertise in this field.
Applications are now open to members of the Class of 2027 and 2028.
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2024 Recruitment Timeline
For Investors
Reach out to our management team to explore ways to work with our analysts and diversity initiatives—see what Collegiate’s founding chapter at Harvard has done already through our diligence and sourcing programs.
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 to us as we begin the Fall 2024 recruitment process! As we get closer to the semester, we’ll be in touch with relevant information.
Diligence
Our services run the gamut of research possibilities: industry overviews, startup deep-dives, financial projections, and analyses are our bread and butter.
We provide a dedicated five-person team of student analysts, led by a principal with extensive VC/entrepreneurship experience, to each of our client firms. Our diligence program includes:
Weekly due diligence deliverables with daily 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 financial engineering, public policy, computer science, philosophy, neuroscience, economics, history, and more.
Sourcing
Being one of our sourcing clients means gaining unique and unparalleled access to an exhaustive list of the brightest, most cutting-edge startups from the ecosystems of our respective schools, including Princeton, Harvard, MIT, NYU, and Penn.
Our analysts monitor university innovation hubs, alumni groups, and more to provide custom startup updates to our partner investors well before companies gain widespread exposure.
Placements
Current & Past Member Placements