Venture Capital

Investing in Innovation Intensive (i3)

YES supports the launch of TSAI City’s next cohort of the i3 program.

The Investing in Innovation Intensive is a hands-on, project-based workshop series where students learn how to invest in innovative, early-stage ventures.

The Investing in Innovation Intensive is a fall-term program that will gather a cohort of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students from across the University.

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Applications to the Investing in Innovation Intensive will open soon for Fall 2024!

core program components:

  • Online lessons on venture capital fundamentals;

  • Weekly in-person sessions featuring trainings, guest speaker conversations, and occasional student presentations;

  • Guidance on personal projects relating to the curriculum; and

  • Opportunities to advise, mentor, and invest in ventures founded by Yale students.

what you’ll gain:

  • Develop marketable skills such as constructing and pitching an investment thesis, writing a persuasive investment memo, and advising entrepreneurs.

  • Create a portfolio of project-based work they can use to demonstrate their knowledge of venture capital and communicate their investing lens.

  • Learn from seasoned investors who will participate as occasional guest speakers.

  • Receive mentorship from VC partners and Tsai CITY staff.

who you are:

  • Students enrolled in Yale College or any of Yale’s graduate & professional schools.

  • Students who want to gain hands-on experience in venture capital.