Mission: Venture for America is creating economic opportunity in American cities by mobilizing the next generation of entrepreneurs and equipping them with the skills and resources they need to create jobs. He is working at ZeroFOX, a cybersecurity startup in Baltimore. Revenue: 5 to 25 million (USD) Competitors: Unknown. Through VFA, he hopes to gain experience needed to market the technology. “I hope to learn a lot more about the execution problems that happen when you’re a startup,” says Meegoda, whose fellowship brought her to Detroit Venture Partners, a venture-capital firm.Īs an undergraduate, Verne and fellow students in Engineering Projects in Community Service, a Princeton course, won a $90,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant to develop “Power in a Box,” their wind- and solar-powered replacement for diesel generators. Though none of the three is sure of their plans after their VFA fellowships, all are interested in starting their own businesses. Through helping startups grow and training fellows who might form their own companies, the organization aims to create 100,000 jobs by 2025. The three were lured by the organization’s goal of providing entrepreneurial experience while helping grow startups.Īlong with training future business leaders, VFA seeks to funnel talented young people into cities that don’t usually attract recent college graduates to stimulate their economies - the “perfect marriage” between benefiting local communities and providing business experience, says Goldstein, who works in Providence, R.I., at Betaspring, a company that helps budding entrepreneurs start their businesses. The Organization’s Mission To fuel job growth in cities that need it while empowering our best and brightest to help startups grow and create value in their communities.
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Our Fellows are excited to learn how to build lasting businesses, join young companies, and grow alongside your team. Based in New York, NY, Venture For America is a medium-sized non profits organization with 642 employees and a revenue of 15.0M. While some recent alumni make close to six figures, the roughly 100 VFA fellows earn between $32,000 and $40,000 per year. Venture For America recruits top recent college graduates through a rigorous process and connects them with opportunities at startups in the cities where we work. The three began their fellowships last August. Modeled after Teach for America, VFA pairs recent college graduates with startups for two-year fellowships in cities in need of an economic boost.
Venture for America (VFA) doesn’t offer jobs with the highest pay or in the most glamorous cities, but for Eleanor Meegoda ’12, Wesley Verne ’13, and Ben Goldstein ’13, that didn’t matter. Courtesy Wesley Verne ’13 Michael Lax Photography (Meegoda) Stephanie Caress (Goldstein)
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