VCIC Training Workshops will give you real-world investor feedback and hands-on learning. The workshops take place on Friday evenings and are led by an attorney and a Venture Capitalist. Students are simulating live investor meetings, and startups gain direct, candid feedback from the instructors on how they present, position their value proposition, and answer tough questions. This live critique is invaluable because it mirrors the pressure and scrutiny of an actual pitch room. 

VCIC Competition is a half-day due diligence immersion for startup founders on a Friday or Saturday morning. Six student VC teams from UC Berkeley's graduate or undergraduate programs will perform intensive due diligence on your startup, including six one-on-one Q&A sessions with you. Just after noon, while you’re having lunch with real investors there to judge the students, teams propose mock term sheets. Go from pitch to term sheets in about 4 hours. 

 

• Safe environment to sharpen communication, storytelling, and negotiating skills before stepping into real investor meetings. 

• Unique perspective: how early-stage investors dissect their deal, what terms matter most, and where founders can gain/lose leverage. 

• Inside look into the investor decision-making process.

• Exposure to legal and strategic nuances

• Relationship building & visibility

• Practice under pressure, without the stakes

Apply now to participate in UC Berkeley VCIC workshops / competitions. 

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