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Venture Capital Initiative
Venture Capital Initiative
Supporting education, experiential learning and professional development in the venture capital industry
The Venture Capital Initiative at Darden provides students with a suite of world-class curricular, experiential and professional offerings to support their educational interests and long-term career pursuits in venture capital. Degree program students seeking to establish or enhance their foundational knowledge of the VC industry or gain practical skills and experience through investing and operational roles can take advantage of several curricular and co-curricular programs during their two years at Darden.
Led by expert faculty and staff in Charlottesville, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, California, the Venture Capital Initiative enables every Darden student to pursue educational and professional opportunities in venture.
Leadership Team
Elena Loutskina
Professor of Business Administration & Peter M. Grant II Bicentennial Foundation Chair in Business Administration
Robyn Swift
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Batten Institute
Paul Reeder
Senior Director, Careers in Finance, Darden Career Center
Rodney Sullivan
Executive Director, Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management
